My Literacy Profile

* Reading is an activity that I thoroughly enjoy.  I enjoy reading because it is relaxing and is an easy way to forget about reality for a little.  Fourth grade was when I started reading actual novels.  I started strictly for school at first.  In 10th grade I started reading novels for my own amusement.  I started reading books such as Wicked, Twilight, New Moon, Eclipse, Breaking Dawn, The Harry Potter Series, and The Lovely Bones.  Fantasy, Romance, and Biographies are the genres and topics I focus on when I choose a book to read.  The literature that was taught in my classes as an adolescent were books about historical fiction, mystery, and science fiction.  I did not particularly like the books that were taught in the classroom when I was an adolescent.  I strictly viewed them as school work not pleasure.  These books included How to Kill a Mockingbird, The Diary of Anne Frank, Johnny Tremain, and Night.  I would definitely consider myself a motivated reluctant reader.  Just recently, I bought a Nook from Barnes and Noble and it allows me to access almost any book I want at any time.  I hope to inspire my own students to read for enjoyment and urge them to choose books that they are interested in.