12/13/2017 1 Comment my JOURNEY THUS FAR AND JOURNEY AHEADWhere I have been in my ELA JourneyA journey always starts somewhere, usually the beginning. Due to the aging process of young minds I do not fully have a memory of where my english journey begins. What I do recall is as a child my English journey was my own, I wrote the way I wanted to and read the typical generic childhood books such as Junie B Jones. Over the years English turned a lot into preparing for tests and learning to write essays. I learned a lot about writing personal narratives to prepare us for the Meap testing and eventually the Act. Which did not serve its purpose in the end due to the fact that the state of Michigan switched over to Sat. Everything we wrote served a purpose for our future, it was not write a creative writing of whatever we wanted. It was learn this specific thing for this test and do that to prepare for college. This is what teachers want to see and hear constricting creativity and making it all about doing it for the grade making us all write about the same thing in the same way. Over the years English has become writing the standardized five paragraph essays and read the required books that are expected to be read. It is no longer a creative outlook it's a standardized education system version of reading and writing. Who I Am As a ReaderAs a reader I am someone who only reads a lot when I really love the book. Lenae reads in spurts, some days I am super excited to read and reads consistently. However I can also go months without reading or read very little due to lack of pleasure for the book I'm reading. I only enjoy reading when I get to choose the book and the book draws me in and keeps my attention. If i have no interest in the book im reading i tend to loose my place and zone out. I only read at home if I really enjoy the book i started in class at school, but I sedomley start reading books in the summer. Ionly read the three books required for ap lit this summer. Last year I read about six books during the school year. I am not currently reading a book but I'm is very excited to read John Green's new book Turtles All the Way Down that is going to be released in a few weeks. John Green is my favorite author, I loves the detail and the story lines that he writes. At home I probably own one hundred books however most of them are books I read as a young child. In the past few years my passion for reading has increased and the genre of books I read now has more variety. I used to only like fiction Utopian world books but now I enjoy young adult love novels, and adventure books along with Utopian fiction. Who I am as a WriterMy love for writing stemmed from my love of poetry as a child. I enjoyed the rhythmic qualities that poetry attained. Over the years my passion for poetry writing spilled over into other kinds of writing as well. In school I enjoyed the personal narratives the teachers required them to write because it shared pieces of my life with other people. I also enjoyed doing creative writing at home in my free time. Over time I learned to enjoy writing essays using it as an outlet to get my opinions out there and persuading others that what I had to say had support behind it.I used to write a lot at home but now I mostly write at school due to lack of free time .I believe that others also write to get their voice and emotions heard, many may feel shy or awkward in social settings however writing gives them an outlet to express their beliefs in a more comfortable way.I also think people write to use their creativity that they have. In writing people have the ability to be as creative as they want because in writing it does not have to be realistically possible. The setting, characters and story line can be whatever the author chooses it to be. I believe anyone can write well as long as they put a lot of work into it. I think a good writer is someone who thoroughly thinks about the point they're trying to get across to the audience and then just writes from the heart. I believe that if someone is passionate about what they are writing they have the potential to be a good writer. I also think that a good writer will strive to use the correct the grammar and sentence structure. I choose what to write based on her passions at the time when I am writing. If I have a good creative idea I will write a creative piece and if I have an opinion or idea I feel strongly about I will write a persuasive piece. When I have an emotional idea she usually aims towards poetry. Constructive responses help me grow as a writer because it lets her know what the reader likes but also helps me know where to improve. Although I enjoy writing after I finish a piece of writing I tend to panic because I feel as though my writing has many mistakes and does not make sense. As I grows as a writer I hope to become more confident in my writing and start writing at home again. "What keeps me going is Goals"
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Andy
1/9/2018 05:46:16 am
Hi Lenae,
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