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I have been reading ever since I could remember. I was read to when I was little as well. I do not recall learning to read, only that when my mother sat me down to start learning how to read, I already knew how. All throughout elementary school, I participated in the Accelerated Reader (also called AR) program. I loved it because you would read books, and then takes quizzes on those books. Depending on your score, you would accumulate points, and those points could be used to buy things from the…

There are plenty great books that can be read about Chicago’s World’s Fair. But, one that stands out the most is the devil in the White City written by Erik Larson. This novel gives the reader a feeling as if he or she is reading two different stories but in the same book. The novel explains how the World’s fair became what it was and how it affected some people’s lives. This book gives all types of different readers a chance to enjoy the same book for a variety of reasons. Whether it be a…

In Sherwood Anderson’s, Winesburg, Ohio, the author intends for the reader to sympathize more with Wing Biddlebaum, a once-proud schoolteacher, over Doctor Reefy, a social recluse. The style with which Anderson wrote each character played a significant role as to how the readers will interpret them. Readers can sympathize with the type of isolation that was forced upon Wing Biddlebaum more than the self-imposed isolation of Doctor Reefy. The accusations made against Wing which forced him out of…

For the YA Interview assignment, I chose to interview one of my mom’s coworker’s sons. He is twelve years old and attends the 6th grade at Kinder Middle School. Something I learned during this interview about this student was that he is very passionate about reading and enjoys doing it rather than looking at reading to be more like a chore. Whenever I asked him if reading was something he enjoyed doing he responded with “Yes, I enjoy reading. Something else that I also enjoy about reading are…

The Man Watching Book Review Readers will feel like they are living Anson Dorrance's life with him as they read this intricate biography about america's greatest collegiate minor-sports coach. This book, The Man Watching, is full of twist and turns as it navigates through Anson Dorrance's journey as a soccer coach for what would become one of the best women's college soccer teams in the world. Anson Dorrance is strongly admired by many for his coaching style, The Man Watching adequately…

As a boy, my mother introduced me to a variety of things to read such as poems, short stories and novels. Whether I was being read to as a bedtime story or just for entertainment, I always enjoyed all of the different stories and characters. However, I did not exactly maintain a love for reading because I was forced to read novels like: Sherlock Holmes, Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick and The Stranger. Surprisingly, I did enjoy reading Life of Pi because I thought it was a good story and very…

found ways to look at the word sexually and to replace the phrase “have sex with.” At first glance, the reader reads the word “June” as a month, but considering that “Jazz” should be a verb, readers could possibly presume that “June” be a person’s name. Looking at this line a different way, readers would see “June” as a time of celebration, freedom, considering its around the time school tends to end. “Jazz” would then be considered a form of celebration or dancing of some sort. The next line…

When reading poetry or a novel, we tend to just read the words that are on the paper. This uses only one of our senses, our sight. Instead of using just this method to read and understand poetry, Billy Collins proposes other approaches. He wants readers to experience the poem, not just simply read it. Collins wants the reader to use more than one of their senses to understand the poem. Many times when reading, the reader tries to “torture” it to find the meaning, but Collins suggests readers…

Developmental Reading Memoir When it comes it reading, it is something that I often cherish and embrace. However, I have faced many obstacles to have the reading capability I have today. From humble beginnings, I was muted and was unable to speak my native language Creole or English. Which resulted in some delays in reading development. Once my family and I arrived to the United States it was difficult to adapt to our new setting due to knowing English or us not speaking. During my…

reading. The main thing that mainly stands out to me is my mom working with me through my younger years. She was always pushing me to learn in fun ways. I could not have even came close to being the kind of reader I am today without her help. My mom's name is Lindee Andrews. She is a thirty-six year old woman with brown hair and brown eyes just like mine. She is about the same height as I am, but a little bit which puts her at five feet and five inches. My mom is very engaged and involved,…