Literacy Timeline

  • Learning the alphabet

    Learning the alphabet
    Learning the alphabet was my first step in reading.
  • Learning to Read

    Learning to Read
    I learned how to read from dinosaur books in preschool.
  • Decodables

    Decodables
    In Kindergarten, we started reading decodables to practice our reading.
  • Playing Pokemon

    Playing Pokemon
    Playing Pokemon helped me learn how to read because of all the text and difficult words.
  • Period: to

    Reading practice

    Practicing learning the meaning of different prefixes and suffixes, and the pronunciation of sounds, and the rules of grammar and the English language throughout elementary school.
  • Period: to

    Reading Anthology

    If you were ever interested in a collection of some of the worst stories ever, you could just read the anthology from elementary school..
  • Harry Potter

    Harry Potter
    One of my favorite book series ever. This reading was very difficult, but it challenged me and made me a better reader.
  • SRC

    SRC
    SRC quizzes and SRC points incentivized reading, and used our competitveness to encourage us to read.
  • Warriors

    Warriors
    These books are my earliest memory of reading, about a bunch of cats that have a society in the woods. I should read them again.
  • Percy Jackson

    Percy Jackson
    This book series is the greatest ever if you are 8 years old. This book series was not only long and challenging, but it introduced me to Greek Mythology.
  • SportsCenter

    SportsCenter
    Listening to people talk and reading the ticker are great ways to practice reading without actually reading, and still being interested
  • Introduction to nonfiction and reading analysis

    Introduction to nonfiction and reading analysis
    Going to middle school marked a change in my reading, as we now started to read nonfiction books, and analyze books.
  • Reading Textbooks

    Reading Textbooks
    As I began to stop reading for fun, my reading became supplemented by the boring and wordy textbooks from middle school.
  • Of Mice and Men

    Of Mice and Men
    Once I got into high school, my reading career was put on pause. This is one of the first books that I remember reading in high school. It was terrible, but it definitely set the tone for reading in high school.
  • The Pearl

    The Pearl
    Reading books like The Pearl definitely made me like reading less. It wasn't a bad book, but the analytical way that we were supposed to read books in high school lowkey ruined reading for me.
  • Frankenstein

    Frankenstein
    Frankenstein was very difficult to read because of the vocabulary and sentence structure. I would definitely never read it again.
  • Great Expectations

    Great Expectations
    This book was really bad. Pip is a weird name, and why did I have to read it.
  • Memes

    Memes
    Once I started seeing memes, it was over. I am very literate in memes.
  • Twitter

    Twitter
    On a platform where your words are limited, abbreviations and what not are commonplace. I am very twitterate.
  • Into the Wild

    Into the Wild
    It was actually a really good book, and the first book I have read in a long time. Chris McCandless is the GOAT.