Personal Essay: The Importance Of Reading Books In My Life

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I ran into my bedroom. Hopped in my bed and waited for my dad to come read me a story. Well I remember doing that but I don't remember the books I reed? Except one! Don't Let The Pigeon Drive The Bus By: Mo Willems. As a toddler reading was fun, because the books were all pictures! As I grew as a reader I gradually started to dislike reading. As long I remember ago besides getting reed to in bed was in first grade I would sit at my desk and “read” my book but unfortunately I would get a little off task. I would look at the artwork on the walls around the room and look at the kids reading their books around me. I just would not read my book. Everyone had the choice of what they wanted to read but I just was dispassionate for reading. My favorite …show more content…

I had know idea what those where. The first chapter book I reed was The Chocolate Touch By: Margot Apple. As a reader I had a really hard time reading the difficult words and reading at the same pase as the other kids. I started getting books to take home to practice my reading skills with my mom. I also had my Language Arts teacher as a tutor after school on tuesdays. We worked on writing and reading. She was very nice but I felt like I was voiceless when it came to reading and …show more content…

I did not know at the time but I was in for a surprise at the end of the year. The same things happened again and again I read books I liked some I disliked some. Nothing new happened I just wanted to escape IEP. The books we reed made me feel like I was ten. I knew that the other class was not reading the books we were! They were reading the original The Christmas Carol By: Charles Dickens. We were reaing a book called The 8th grade year i have just started but I already like it more the things we read and write about are fassinating. I also love the large group! Now when I “read” my book I really do read my book as the characters and conflict all jump off the pages at me I definitely enjoy reading more than

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