Orthography

The article “Writing First” has many great points and ideas on how we can improve our childrens writing and reading skills. Writing is something that all students need and something that many students lack. This article talks about how teaching children to write is something that can improve their reading as well. Children already know how to write it is just about helping children to do it well. Not giving them enough instruction on how to write is something that lacks in the classroom. Not…

Making reading personally meaningful through children's literature helps them learn to read (King, 1989). He asserts that while reading to children, it is important to let them interpret books with their personal experience and to share the meaning with others because their personal response to literature is a beneficial way to develop their literacy. As Wells (1990) indicates, children and young adults develop literacy (reading, writing, thinking) by having real literacy experiences and…

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Interaction For this writing assessment I asked my student, Madison, to write about whatever she wanted. Madison did not need any prompts and began writing right away. She wrote independently for almost five minutes. Afterwards, Madison read back her story all in a similar tone until the last sentence, where she used some expression to say, “The end!” Qualitative Analysis The story Madison wrote was a personal narrative about her experience of playing with a friend outside and getting hurt.…

There is nothing like the motivation I feel when I get my essay back and it is precise and well-written with a good grade. All the effort and hard-work put into a paper is so rewarding. The rewards are experience with writing and the motivation is to keep getting better. Writing is not one of my best subjects but I strive to do better. What drives me to become a better writer and reader is doing well in my English class because I want to be confident when I write, understand when I read, and…

Growing up as a kid I never really enjoyed reading and writing. It was and probably will always be my least favorite subject, nothing against you my lovely English professor, but I just don’t enjoy it. The only time I really enjoyed reading as a child was when I got my first leap pad and I eventually destroyed it and it was probably within 2 weeks of getting it, so I wasn’t interested for long. I don’t have much memory as a kid with reading and writing at home, because my parents never really…

The Note It was late September of my 8th grade year. We sat on the edge of our seats in Ms.Hansen’s class, watching every tick of the clock pass by. We anxiously awaited the clock to strike 2:00 that Wednesday afternoon. Unanimous silence fell upon everyone as the minutes ticked closer. Silent prayers and worries for him consumed our minds. We couldn’t believe Jacob was going in for surgery any moment. Just days before his four-wheeler accident Jacob and I were passing notes in class, laughing,…

2. I would, first, ask my teacher to be patient with me. I would also suggest that my teacher put effort into getting to know his/her students; be aware of disabilities and learning challenges. In a "normal" classroom, it may not be possible to always give special attention , however, individual help greatly helps work through learning challenges. I would ask that my teacher help me discover ways to deal with the frustration that comes with these challenges. The frustration is often a huge…

My Love for Writing and Reading Literacy experiences that have stood out to me is reading books and writing. Ever since I was little, I was always drawn into reading. Edgar Allen Poe have once said,” I became insane with long intervals of horrible sanity.” Reading has created a haven where the world could be understood from different perspectives from authors. No two books are the same or either are people. And with this realization, I have come with the realization of how reading has affected…

Looking back the English subject has never been something that came effortless for me. You can say it was more like a battle. Stumbling over words while reading aloud to the class, shortcoming of vocabulary in essays or just everyday conversations and not to mention the excessive amount of time it took me to comprehend a story. Having to read the page over and over just to earn a grasp of what was going on in the story. Not to mention trying to retain the information I had just read seconds…