Personal Narrative: Improving My Reading In Middle School

I started talking around 3 years old which stunted my reading ability just a little bit. My reading did not have a strong start in the beginning to the point I had to really work hard on improving my reading ability. I do remember when I was in elementary school my teacher would read slowly word by word and show pictures. Unfortunately that made me dependant on being read to by the teacher rather than taking the time to read a book myself when I was a child. I was not interested in the beginning, and am not really my biggest interest at this time either. I had to really force myself to read and continue reading while I was in middle school. Even being in the library would not spark a single thought or interest in reading, instead I would go straight to the computer to play games or go and rent a movie or cd, which my mom did not like at all. …show more content…
If I had to choose either to play a sport or read a book, I would choose playing a sport over reading a book a million times over. I would read books that were not long and were easy for school, anything that didn’t require much effort. At one point in middle school I fell in love with the Harry Potter series and ended up reading the entire series. The nature of the book series and the authors creative thought process is what made me start reading the series plus the genre of the book help as well. Some days I would go straight to my room and continue to read the Harry Potter books even though my mom didn’t like the series’ content and background. I would usually read the series at night with a flashlight just because I could hide it and I couldn’t wait until the morning or at school to finish the exciting chapter I was at. Other kids in my class could finish a book within two hours or so but I couldn’t read straight through a book without taking a break to watch my favorite show, or make a sandwich or something of the