Graff's Book Report

To me it is so much easier to write a paper on a short story because it is so much easier to go back and find material for my paper. If I had to read a story,then I would have to go back and read a couple of paragraphs to find the right material for my paper. I can’t stand doing that it bores me especially if it is a book that doesn’t excite me. In Sophomore year english we had to read “The Freedom Writers” which I didn’t really care for and had to write a paper on it. My teacher told me that I had to have at least three pieces of text in my paper to get a good grade.

and I was never able to get out of the class. I began to feel as if my writing wasn’t good enough and I began to slack on my writing and reading. And by the time I got into middle school, I wasn’t as enthusiastic about literacy as a once

When I was eight-year-olds, I was always told to read a book by my teachers and peers and I absolutely loathed it. One day I was handed an assignment, we were set off to check out a book from the library to read during reading time, which during this time I dreaded. After what seemed like hours, I decided on a Junie B. Jones book that caught my eye. After a brief reading session of one hour, when I finished the small chapter book, at once I decided to check out another one of the books in the series which lead to another one and so on. On average I devote about twenty hours of my time a week reading books.

I don 't exactly remember the day learned to read, I guess learning to read came hand in hand with learning to write, slowly. I remember having to copy words off of a blackboard onto paper, then re-write those words over and over again until I not only memorized how to write them but also how to pronounce them. I remember every Friday was library day in elementary school and my friends and I would always fight to be first in line to get to the sports section because we never wanted to have to read anything "boring". I enjoy reading for pleasure but I dislike reading for information, most likely because I have a difficult time learning something just by reading it, I am more of a hands on learner.

I believe that my greatest skill is baseball. In my youth, I found that I didn’t enjoy sports as much as my parents pushed me to try them. Quite possibly the competitive nature of sports was not enjoyable and I felt that staying within the comforts of home was better. However, something clicked after following baseball for a season and I urged my parents to sign me up.

When I look back in my life, I remember failing many of my literacy tests. All throughout middle school I had a really hard time understanding poetry, novels, and even short stories. I would study really hard in order to grasp the topic and thought I understood it really well. However, when I went to go take the test I would fail and have to retake it. Back then, I never would have thought I would get good grades in any english course.

but it was later on though. I didn 't like that when I was younger but now I like that I did. When I got older it was easier for me to read then with excitement I knew I was going to get past all reading test that come my way.

In week one of Writing 101, the class was introduced to the writing process for college level writing. We focused on reading and note taking strategies to help assist us with starting and finishing the writing process. We also learned how to identify and correct sentence fragments. Our first writing assignment was due in week

When I started to think about it it made me realize I don’t try my best on some challenges. Sometimes I do the bare minimum to get the grade and get it over with. After reading this book I realize I need to try my hardest on everything I do, even if it’s

So, whether I read as much as needed, I did the best I could. Now, reading is a necessity, I prefer to read at least one book a month. I look forward to learning new words and how deep an author can go. Everyone should read, I don’t know how you can develop a vocabulary without doing so. Though, reading can be like a bridge that’s never ending, it’s a great mind stimulator.

I had to get caught up on the book but we started another story before I could. When we started Goodnight and Good Luck it was much easier for me to stay with the movie and understand what was going on, because I was here when we started it. We watched the movie so it technically wasn 't a story, but a

As a child, baseball was not a competition, but rather an outlet for fun and an exciting activity, and that is how I saw it even as I got older. However, with aging, it became more competitive and success driven. It was difficult for me to reconcile my carefree attitude with the harsh, competitive nature of the sport. However, as I matured, it became easier. I stopped emphasizing blind competition, and began to enjoy the game for its method.

I think that I would have found a coaching book interesting but I could not get myself to read a book about teaching. I am sure that there are great books about teaching, but I could not get myself to try and find one. There is a book that I had read parts of that was about coaching and basketball but I did not read it all. I wish that I would have met this goal because I think it would have been beneficial for myself.

I might have lost the school spelling bee but I’m still keen in spelling and learning new words everyday. But that specific day had left me traumatized. From that day forward I felt uncomfortable sharing my literature, expressing myself, participating in academic events or something as simple as talking.

I am Crystal Huang and I’m in 7th grade. I have been in Harvard in 5th grade, Cal or UC Berkeley in 6th grade, and now I am in UCLA in 7th grade. In 5th grade, I didn't really enjoy reading because reading was something I was struggling with at school. I wasn't interested in reading because I struggled a lot. Now throughout time, I saw so many books that I enjoyed with the support from my teachers like Ms.Adams, Ms.Jam, Ms.Roberto, and Mr.Howe in book club.