Consider your own literacy story, and to share that story in an autobiographical paper about your own experiences learning to read or write. Specifically, you are asked to respond to the following: 2 pages needed
Describe how you think you learned to read and write. What do you recall about the initial instruction, successes or difficulties, and how you managed to “crack the code?” Solicit help from parents, older siblings or anyone else who can help you reconstruct your early literacy experiences.
Talk about books you read as a child that you still remember. What books did you read in high school by your own choosing? Why were these books special to you?
Describe how you see yourself as a reader/writer today. What do you like to read/write? What are the purposes for which you read/write? Is reading/writing an activity that you enjoy? Why or why not?
Why would thinking about how you learned to read/write and about your attitude towards reading/writing as an adult be important as you prepare to teach? What about in your content area?
Improving adolescent literacy: Effective classroom and intervention practices. (2008). Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance. https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Docs/PracticeGuide/adlit_pg_082608.pdf. pp. 11-36
