Comparing King's Essay, The Joy Of Reading And Writing

The way I prepared myself for this book was on every page I had at least about three sticky notes stating the important facts and at the end of the chapter I had a one sentence summary stating the main idea opic of that chapter. This method I have found out has helped me the most it helps me remember certain things better due to my short-term memory loss. For my writing method, I tend to make outlines so I don’t get off topic. Both of my reading and writing method I have discovered for myself throughout my school years has helped me learn better and just in generally better myself academic wise.

While running errands, Douglass goes to the street and receives lessons from children on there. He learns to write from observing men at Bailey’s ship-yard. Douglass also learns he is too smart for his own good. When he is alone, he copies from his master's copy book and

In the book Sunrise Over Fallujah, Myers does an excellent job of describing the scenes and really making the book come to life, along with describing the characters in a way that makes me able to relate

Often he would give them bread, as some children were poor, in-exchange for their guidance in the matter. During his errand runs he would meet with these young men for his lessons, he also used this time to read books which developed his reading skills further. As Douglass' capacity to read became fluent, he introduced the concept of learning to write. Douglass would study the timber, in the Durgin and Bailey's ship-yard, that was written on based upon its location on the ship. Here, he learned the four letters: A, F, L, and S. After mastering these four letters he took to the streets; telling young boys he could write then persuaded them to bet him.

At times when I read there are words that I don’t quite understand. When this happens I look up the word and see how I could use it. This also goes back to my writing, if I find a word in a book that I have read I can add it to my writing to improve my writing skills. When I see the effect of reading on my knowledge it makes me proud of myself because I used to get teased for always reading, but that didn’t matter to me because , in the end, I knew that reading would help me. All those people that teased me for always reading were probably envious of how much knowledge that I could acquire from just reading one book.

In 1836, Reverend William Holmes McGuffey published his volumes of the McGuffey Readers (“William H. McGuffey”). These volumes contained short stories or parables to teach values of honesty, respect, and kindness as well other of his necessary values of people (Damon). From then till 1922, the Readers were near omnipresent in all classrooms, being the number one most read text in schools (Damon). These small novelettes taught important key principles to students that formed them into empathetic, critical thinking citizens. The stories brought the values into perspective for its students and situated a character trait that could only be learned outside of literature through experience, into a relatable context for students to understand.

The Recalling days I would binge-read some of my favorite books, I remember how much my love for writing was incomparable to my love for reading; I could spend hours reading books but when it came to writing I always felt down. Maybe my inability to write in a similar or better way than the authors of books I read, provoked thoughts of a lack of imagination and strength to write anything that could be of interest to anyone. My confidence in my writing capability was at an all-time low. Slowly but surely, I pushed myself to practice more writing, using new words, learning more about punctuation I had assumed full knowledge of, and finally, though not at the level of my favorite books, my writing proficiency had experienced a noticeable improvement and so did my confidence in my writing.

Growing up over the years I have thought of writing to be a very limited field. Limiting writing to only published books, magazines and writing my essays for school, but over the course of the last couple weeks I have learned otherwise. Having read the texts that were assigned in class and discussed them as a group, has really allowed me to see that there are more parts to writing than the actual task of writing and allowed me to form my own ideas of good writing. Although some people believe that grammar and spelling makes good writing, in actuality good writing is created through understanding the context, connecting with the audience and realizing the genre you are writing in.

In addition, the daughter finds a fork in the road that she finds questioning. Towards the end of the passage, when Dad went to find the vocabulary book, the daughter thought, “Why should I eat when my own father has abandoned his own food? Nothing’s more important than his books and vocabulary words. He might say I matter, but when he goes on a scavenger hunt for a book, I realize I don’t matter” (Lopez paragraph 26). This shows that the daughter feels that her father does not care as much about her.

My experience as a reader isn 't as extraordinary as many, but I love to read. I had some great teachers throughout my education that taught me to enjoy reading challenge oneself and not be intimidated by it. Through college and today I do not have much time to read, other than school books speech, education ,and reading. Those are the sweet books I know read.

In any poll by historians or American citizens, Theodore Roosevelt ranks among the top five presidents of the United States. He is undoubtedly one of the two or three unique individuals who ever held the office and was an instrumental figure in shaping the nation we now know. Without his passion for education, he would have never been in the position or had the determination to be one of the youngest presidents of the United States. Without his education, he would not have been able to accomplish what he did and had the keen mind and other traits that he had. He was a keen observer of life around him and his education was very important to him.

Douglass start tring different way to learned to write. He planed to learn how to read from poor little white boys as much as possible. Douglass thought even these white kids are poor, but they are free. He would also bring some bread for them, he didn’t only learn, but also became friends with them. Douglass uses brickwalls, borad fences as his copy book,

Mrs.Auld had bread for the hungry, clothes for the naked and comfort for the every mourner that came within her reach. (Page 331). Frederick carried, almost constantly a copy of the Webster’s spelling book in his pocket. When he was sent on errands, or when play time was allowed me, I would step with my young friends, aside and take a lesson in spelling. He generally paid tuition fee to the boys for bread.

For many people, reading is a necessity: they read directions, tests, and labels. For other people reading is a joy: for me, however, reading has been very difficult. “The more that you read, the more things you would know. The more that you learn, the more places you’ll go,” wrote Dr. Seuss I Can Read with My Eyes Shut. My past reading experiences have set me back as an adult.

Throughout this semester, I have learned a lot from this class about my strengths and weaknesses in my writing and my preparation for in class writing. From the writing opportunities that were available in this semester, I have understand that my technical skills, like grammar are one my strengths in writing. Moreover, another strength of mine is that I am willing to revise my work, so it can be free of errors. However, I have realize that I have many weaknesses in my paragraph and essay writing, and this is mostly caused by lack of development in the ideas that I put in my writing. On the other hand, I realized that my writing has improved when I compare my recent assignment to the first assignment that I did in this class, I can clearly see