My History as a Reader My History as a Reader as a Reader
Part 1: Part 1::: Use the prompts below to reflect on your history as a reader.
Books I loved as a child:
Guru and Gura
Memories I have of seeing somebody read:
My mother read it.
People I remember who loved to read:
My younger sister loved to read.
People who read to me when I was little:
My mother read it to me.
Books I loved reading in school:
Harry Potters
Books I hated reading in school:
History of Japanese man.
Books I have read on my own and enjoyed:
Harry Potters
Literary characters I connect to:
nobody
Books that have captured my imagination:
Shin and a magic lion
Books and/or writers I am interested in, but haven’t yet read:
Bokuwaasu Kinounokimito DetoSuru
Books I pretended to read or understand:
nothing
Other types of reading materials I read and enjoy:
magazines
Other memories I have about books and reading:
In elementary school, there was a time that everyone had to read books.
Part 2: Create a timeline, plotting at least twenty Part 2: experiences you’ve had as a reader, beginning with the earliest memory you
have of reading, being read to, or seeing someone read and ending with now. For each, note your age, the readers, titles,
authors (if you know them) and the contexts of your experiences. Record what was memorable in just a few words.
The experiences you choose to record need not be wholly positive. Refer to the model below for ideas, noting positive
experiences with reading above the line, and negative experiences below. You might be surprised to discover that you had
positive and negative experiences with the same book. Note that the model below is focused on classic literature, but yours
may well include a wide range of reading material.
Part 1: Part 1::: Use the prompts below to reflect on your history as a reader.
Books I loved as a child:
Guru and Gura
Memories I have of seeing somebody read:
My mother read it.
People I remember who loved to read:
My younger sister loved to read.
People who read to me when I was little:
My mother read it to me.
Books I loved reading in school:
Harry Potters
Books I hated reading in school:
History of Japanese man.
Books I have read on my own and enjoyed:
Harry Potters
Literary characters I connect to:
nobody
Books that have captured my imagination:
Shin and a magic lion
Books and/or writers I am interested in, but haven’t yet read:
Bokuwaasu Kinounokimito DetoSuru
Books I pretended to read or understand:
nothing
Other types of reading materials I read and enjoy:
magazines
Other memories I have about books and reading:
In elementary school, there was a time that everyone had to read books.
Part 2: Create a timeline, plotting at least twenty Part 2: experiences you’ve had as a reader, beginning with the earliest memory you
have of reading, being read to, or seeing someone read and ending with now. For each, note your age, the readers, titles,
authors (if you know them) and the contexts of your experiences. Record what was memorable in just a few words.
The experiences you choose to record need not be wholly positive. Refer to the model below for ideas, noting positive
experiences with reading above the line, and negative experiences below. You might be surprised to discover that you had
positive and negative experiences with the same book. Note that the model below is focused on classic literature, but yours
may well include a wide range of reading material.