Reflection Journal: Literacy Process

  • Listened to first Book

    I was born on the 15th and my mom would always read to me, so I started listening to books really young.
  • Read first book in Kindergarten

    In kindergarten we began reading and working on our sight words really early on.
  • Became Above Grade Level Reading

    Became Above Grade Level Reading
    I was doing so well in all my reading that they bumped me up to above grade level reading.
  • Read books to Kindergartners

    In the fifth grade we got to pick out favorite books and we got paired with a kindergartner. I read them my favorite book and also helped them read their favorite book.
  • English in Middle School

    I was scared going into middle school because we were reading things I had never read before and then writing essays on the books.
  • First Shakespeare

    In middle school we began reading Shakespeare, which was my first time reading that ever!
  • Kicked out of class /:

    I was really shy in middle school (still am) and I did not want to preform a Shakespeare play in front of the whole school, so I told my teacher and tried to explain why I did not want to read the play and she kicked me out!
  • Created a Book Drive!

    Created a Book Drive!
    For my Girl Scouts silver award, me and my friends created a book drive to donate books to the kids in a shelter. There were not many books there for the kids to read.
  • Honors English

    I took honors English in high school all four years and worked hard on my reading skills to maintain them.
  • Passed College level English!

    I passed college level English my first semester here at HCC and received an A in the course.