It makes me feel good that people trust me enough to talk to me about any and everything. They know I would never judge them. I try to put myself in their shoes and help them to see both sides of the situation. I see myself as an honest people. People tend to say they lie because the truth hurts but really it is what it is “The Truth”.
It helps me visualize what I am reading and helps me connect to whatever I am reading. I t also allows me to involve my feelings, curiosity and a way to escape from life’s distractions. When I am required to read, the first thing I would do is find a quiet place where there is no distractions. Reading is fundamental and it involves focusing on basic literary elements, artistic skills, aesthetic features, ideas, observations, contexts, and dilemmas that will be discovered as I read more. The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a story, written by James Thurber.
During the semester August to October, I am taking my English writing class. I learned many writing techniques and many types of sentences, such as simple, compound, complex, run-on, and comma splice. This class has helped me a lot to practice and improve my writing skills. In my point of view, my writing during this semester improved a lot in the structural way of an essay. The two personal issues that I plan to focus on and improve are gaining self awareness and adopting lifelong learning.
Name: Lemar Archer I.D #: 3121007 Course: Fundamentals of English Lecturer: Mrs. Ellis Date: September 17, 2012 “My Literacy Journey” “Literacy arouses hope, not only in society as a whole, but also in the individual who is striving for fulfillment, happiness and personal benefits”, (UNESCO, 2012). According to the same source, ‘United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization’ (UNESCO) defines literacy is defined as the "ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts”. Throughout my literacy voyage in life. I have discovered and learned a significant amount of important and helpful facts. These facets of my literacy development were namely; through speaking, writing, listening, reading or even just observing, which have helped to develop my knowledge.
Gerson Guevarra Professor Juarez English A: MW 9:30 am November 29, 2010 My Journey to Reading and Writing (Re-write) Reading is a natural habit that most people will learn in life. Everybody learns differently however. Some may be faster than others, and some may be slower. The reading process as a whole is a very complex area, and is constantly changing. For me, reading and comprehending has been a challenge throughout my life from learning to speak English as a language, finding the interest for reading, and being able to understand the things I read.
As I went on to key stage 2, the literacy skill became harder for me as there were more things to learn and new skills to adapt to. My learning experience got better as I began to learn things like paragraphing, using literacy terms in my writing and also writing clear letters. During key stage 2, I had to become more independent with my literacy, so I had to work myself sometimes and try to adapt the new skills. By doing this I have learnt how write, read with very little support. This started of when I was in key stage 1 where they the teachers
Should teachers of Literacy be readers? How important is this for the pupils they teach? Perspectives on the Importance of Reading in Teachers' Classrooms and Lives. “Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.” John Locke (1632 - 1704) During my research for this assignment, regarding whether teachers of Literacy should be readers, I stumbled upon an article within a copy of Adolescent and Adult Literacy. Ann Powell- Brown solicited a straightforward but provocative question: “(2004, p284–288) The answer that was instantly retorted was ‘certainly not’, but after a moment, the magnitude of this question echoed within my mind and led me to stop and examine my own views and feelings regarding this, and furthermore, led to the professional questioning of how could teachers enable literacy if there wasn’t a love of reading?
In order for me to accomplish this goal I must read, write, and study heavily what I have learned from my lectures and classes. Another way is to study word synonyms and antonyms to gain a broad vocabulary, not for big words or being fancy, but for more precision of meaning. Words hold tremendous power and can be used to change the course of how individuals feel. Being able to speak and hold a conversation without . If everyone in the world, even if they didn’t agree on a subject, just accepted the fact we all have differences and kind of just lived with it instead
What I read is interwoven with who I was, who I am and who I will turn out to be. It is a way to gain perceptions on the world and a way to learn things that you would never know otherwise. The more you read, the larger your world becomes. Personally, I am and always have been an avid reader, and I would much rather curl up with a book than watch a film. However, the more literature lessons I attend, the less sure I become of how I interpret books.
Who I Am As a Writer. The traditional model of the writing process includes brainstorming, outlining, writing, revising, editing, and then finally publishing. But not many people actually follow this burdensome process step-by-step, going through all of the six processes. I don't brainstorm on paper, this is because I like to get things done briskly. Although brainstorming is a critical process, I do it in my brain due to the fact that in my brain, I know what to write about right after I get my assignment.