My Experience Of Reading

It was in fourth grade when my mind was opened to all of the wonders of reading and what it meant to actually be able to read and comprehend. I walked in knowing that I was going to face the same struggles that I did in the previous years. With the help of one of my elementary teachers Mrs. Grham I walked out with one of the highest reading EOG scores in the class; something I thought that I would never be capable of doing. It was my freshman and sophomore year of high school when my teacher Mrs. Lewis impacted my life with her substantial amount of knowledge in writing and making me into a better writer and speaker. Without these two teachers dedicating their time and transferring their knowledge tome I would not be where I am; I will never

Before she got to know us she testes our listening and comprehending skills. I was never a fan of listening to someone read a book whether or not it was good, my attention span is not qualified for it. I did not know she was going to give a test on it and when she handed out the test I panicked because I knew I did not pay attention to any part of the story. So, therefore my first impression from me to her was that I did not know how to comprehend was told to me. After we moved on form that came the spelling and vocabulary test. It was different than the ordinary vocabulary test that I was used to. To be prepared for these tests she taught us prefixes, suffixes, and also, he had to learn how to break down works we were unfamiliar with. Mrs. Graham has been a teacher for a long time and I could very well tell because she would make our reading class by. For example, we would play competitive learning games like vocabulary bingo. We could make an illustrated vocabulary book if we had trouble learning the new vocabulary words that we had each week. For homework we could have to write our vocabulary words and the definition three times each. I hated doing that because sometimes it would be so many, but in the end when we had out vocabulary test I would ace it because of my memory retention. Mrs. Graham transferred all of her

My second literacy sponsor is my English one and two teacher Mrs. Lewis one of the best teachers someone could ask for. She engaged with her students and she made sure that you always had something to do that would be beneficial to you, not just busy work. She saw potential in all of her students even if they did not see it in themselves. She would do her very best to try to help you during class and after school hours. Mrs. Lewis took us on different level when it came to writing, proper grammar, and when it's appropriate to use certain words. Every day we drilled with grammar practice and even though I hated it at times I knew it would be useful in the long run. She would always say "just because it sounds right does not mean it is right" and I still follow by that motto today.

Mrs. Lewis did everything that she possible could've to make sure her students were getting the knowledge that they needed. Every day, Monday through Friday I looked forward going to her class because I knew I would be engage in the agenda that she had planned because her class was never boring. The comparison to how I wrote at the beginning the beginning of the semester compared to the end of the semester was a dramatic change. I never knew how illiterate I was until I got into her