Answer To: jjg
Bidusha answered on Jan 20 2024
LITERACY NARRATIVE
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Personal narrative
I watched old school child shows on PBS to learn how to read and write before I started school. programs like Between the Lions, Super Why, and Sesame Street, to mention a few. I learned a lot of reading skills from the performances since they introduced me to new words, letter sounds, and good sentence construction. Not only have the shows improved my writing and reading skills, but they have also expanded my vocabulary. I was ahead of the other children in preschool when it came to vocabulary. We used to go over the alphabet every day, especially after we were taught it, and we would make up words that began with each letter. I was still not the finest writer, though.
If I were to use terms that I didn't know in a sentence, it wouldn't make sense. We used to file our documents in folders that had a long list of new and often used terms on the back, including words I use very frequently. I seem to recall writing, "I friend, lava, and volcano," on one paper. Since I couldn't spell fire, I typed buddy instead. I wasn't the best reader either, even still. Even though I understood more words than the other kids, I can still recall that I couldn't read or write as quickly. Which was amusing since I was the child who spoke so quickly that, in third grade, I had to enroll in a counseling session to learn how to slow down and practice "sliding" my voice. With my family speaking Spanish so rapidly, it was difficult to get used to speaking English correctly.
For this reason, viewing those outdated English-language schoolchildren's programs improved my understanding of speech. I could use them in a sentence when speaking with someone since the conversation was generally moving slowly enough for me to hear and process what was being said. In the past, I would also attempt to read the newspaper and the instructions for a certain video game. Turning on the subtitles and reading them along with the speech in video games was another method I used to learn to read. For additional reading practice, I would also study the lore from whichever game I was playing at the moment. I won't be able to utilize the terms I learned from video games in real life, but it didn't stop them from being fun to learn.
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