How Does Literacy Affect Me

Finally, the first day of kindergarten arrived. I was anxious to see it, but also very nervous at the same time. My mom told me it was going to be fine, but I was till worried about it. Then, I started to walk in with my mom, and that’s when she said “have a good day at school John, I’ll see you in a little bit. Bye!” Then, I was all alone. So I walked into my class, and that's when my world opened up right in front of my eyes. I looked around, and saw my new friends. I walked over to my table, sat down, and looked around. I turned to the back, and I was amazed by all the books there were. And that's how it started. I learned how to read, and started reading like there was no tomorrow. That’s how my personal literacy became reading. I like
Right now, I am strong at understanding texts and reading books, but weak at writing essays and taking notes. And reading wasn’t my personal literacy, I would have different strengths and different weaknesses for example, if a sport is my personal literacy, I would be strong at exercise and running, but weak at certain stuff like school work if I focus too much on sports. Another thing I am strong at is writing. I am pretty good at writing personal narratives, realistic fiction, and argumentative essays. I get good grades writing them and I also have a fun time writing them. But I am not so good at compare and contrast essays. I don’t really enjoy them that much, and I find the body paragraphs hard to
One of these goals from my Writer's Notebook is to get better at taking notes. Right now, I read a lot, so I need to take notes. But since i'm not that good at taking notes, I have a hard time understanding the text. If I get better at taking notes, I’ll be able to understand my books better and I could use this during books in school. Another goal I have from my goal poster is to get better at compare and contrast essays. In 7th Grade, I had to write a lot of compare and contrast essays, and I wasn’t to good at it. So I got bad grades from it. But if I work hard this year and get better at this, my grade will go up and I can write them easier. Another writing goal from my goal poster is to be able to cite text evidence better. On my research paper last year, we had to cite text evidence a lot. And I wasn’t that good at citing text evidence. So I hope to get better at it this