Personal Reading History



Personal Reading History Assignment

Today, we're going to take a trip back through your life as a reader. In your mind, put aside the reading you're doing for school and go to a place where you have positive feelings about reading.

You are going to be creating timelines chronicling your reading history. First, you will need to brainstorm and draft your history in Part 1, My History as a Reader, and then you will use your draft to create a polished piece that reflects who you are as a reader.

In your final timeline, you should include all types of experiences with reading that have shaped who you are as readers today and illustrate the timeline using meaningful images, such as book cover art for favorite books, photos of characters or readers who have inspired you, elements of locations that you have visited or would like to visit, etc.

REQUIREMENTS:

• Represent 8 texts that you have read over the course of your life.

o You can choose texts from any point in your life; just make sure that they have had some impact on you. Start at your early childhood, maybe with a book your parents read to you, and trace your reading history all the way up to present day.

o Make sure you correctly punctuate each text and include the TITLE and AUTHOR

o For each text you must include:

▪ A picture representing that text (this can be a symbol, book cover, etc.)

▪ A written reflection explaining how this text impacted you (how it changed your world view, how it helped you through a tough time, etc.) Record what was memorable about the text, whether it be positive or negative.

▪ An estimate of the age you were when you read the text

• When you finish your timeline, you must include a paragraph reflection (6-8 complete sentences) answering the following questions: What reading experiences have been most influential in your life? How were you encouraged and discouraged to become a reader? What did you learn about yourself by creating your timeline? Do you consider yourself "literate"? Why or why not? By what definition? Is it important to you to be "literate"? Why or why not?

• The final product must be in COLOR and proofread!

Selections of this assignment taken from: The New York Times Learning Network Blog

Name: __________________________ Date: ____________________

My History as a Reader

Part 1: Use the prompts below to reflect on your history as a reader.

Books I loved as a child:

Memories I have of seeing somebody read:

People I remember who loved to read:

People who read to me when I was little:

Books I loved reading in school:

Books I hated reading in school:

Books I have read on my own and enjoyed:

Literary characters I connect to:

Books that have captured my imagination:

Books and/or writers I am interested in, but haven’t yet read:

Books I pretended to read or understand:

Other types of reading materials I read and enjoy:

Other memories I have about books and reading:

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