Friday, June 26, 2009

The Development And Growth Of One 8th Grade Reader


In the start of this year i come in to 8th grade not liking reading because i was a bad reader.so every time it came to reading i will try to do something so i dont have to read. But on september 2nd 2008 i had people that was willing to take time out to work one on one with me, like Ms.shah. Everyday i came in my class when my class was doing independent reading she will take me out of class to help me one on one and help make me get a feel for reading. One day i came in to class and i was told i had to read 50 books before the end of the year . So i had to start some where so i started by reading little books but i never liked them because most of the time i like to read books that can relate to me and my career or what i want to be when i get older. But in about the middle of October i was starting to like reading because the books i was reading. Like the "GAME" by Walter. D. Myers this book is now my favorite book because i can relate to Drew Lawson. Drew was a young teen that lived in Harlem and loved the game of basketball and one day wanted to play for the NBA but his mom and dad never had money to pay for him to go to college where he lives is s bad that he sees teens that are great players that don't make it and just like drew i refuses to become one of them that dont make it. This is why i love reading so much now because i feel like im talking to someone and there telling me there story and sometimes books help me in life. But with the help of the people around me I think im becoming a better reader.

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