How To Write A Personal Literacy Essay

Personal Literacy Essay For as long as I can remember literature has always played an important role in my life. As a young child, I can remember how excited I’d be at story time each night before bed. My interest in literature carried on throughout my school years...from kindergarten...when I was placed in the red bird group, which was the group of strongest readers….to high school…when I had the benefit of being taught by one of the best English teachers ever, Ms. Irena King. Now as an adult and professional, I am very appreciative of the literary foundation that was laid for me by my family and my teachers. I understand how important literacy is in everyday life. First, as a young child, literacy played a very important role
This was very evident when I started kindergarten. I vividly remember there were different groups within our kindergarten class. The Blue Birds were the weak readers, Yellow Birds were mediocre, and the Red Birds were the strongest readers. When I started kindergarten I was an emerging reader but that soon changed. At the end of each day, my kindergarten teacher would play phonics records for us so that we could learn to blend sounds. This was my favorite part of the day. I wanted so badly to know how to read. I would practice over and over again until finally - I got it. I was one of the first readers in my class. I would read any and everything that was given to me. This continued throughout my school years. I would excel in all reading classes such as history and language. However, I was very weak in math. My favorite teacher was my high school English teacher, Ms. Irena L. King. In tenth grade she not only introduced me to Shakespeare and poets such as Langston Hughes (who would become my son's name sake), but she also taught me how to correctly structure an essay. These lessons would become lifelong assets and follow me throughout adulthood. For this, I am forever