Grace's Literacy Timeline

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
01/28/1991	When I was young, my mom read to me every night before bed.
01/01/1997	Magic School Bus	I watched the TV show after school every day and read books from the series as well.
01/15/1997	PBS TV shows	Wishbone and Reading Rainbow became very popular shows in my house.
08/15/1997	My mom was the room mom for my class and came to read the class a story every Friday.
03/06/1998	Reading to my baby brother	When I was in first grade, My little brother was born. I helped my mom read bedtime stories to my little brother, like she did with me.
08/15/1998	In 2nd grade, I loved reading the Junie B. Jones series.
01/01/1999	Accelerated Reader	I made good grades on all of my AR tests and read at a 5th grade reading level.
08/15/1999	My teacher read Harry Potter during snack time	My third grade teacher, Ms. Luther read Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone out loud to the class during snacktime. At that point, I did not care for Harry Potter because the book seemed confusing and hard to follow. However, that changed a few years later.
01/01/2000	My love for horses encouraged me to read.	I loved horses and took horseback riding lessons for ten years. During that time, I read every horse related book I could get my hands on.
06/01/2000	Visiting the library	Every summer while I was in elementary school, my mom took me and my siblings to the public library once a week for storytime. Afterwards, we were each allowed to choose up to 5 books to check out.
08/15/2000	I would stay up and read past my bedtime.	My parents would often come to my bedroom to check on me before they went to bed and find me under the sheets with a flashlight reading a book. I guess I wasn't as sneaky as I thought I was!
01/01/2001	The Black Stallion	My grandmother introduced me to The Black Stallion series and I quickly read all of Walter Farley's books.
01/31/2002	Horse Illusrtated	My aunt bought me a magazine subscription to Horse Illustrated for my birthday every year while I was in middle school.This continued to be my favorite present for years.
08/15/2002	Science Fiction	In 7th grade, I read the book Ender's Game and developed a love for science fiction, which I still have today.
01/01/2003	I rediscovered Harry Potter	My mom bought the first three books of the series for me and I fell in love. After that, I went to the midnight releases for the remaining books.
08/15/2005	High School English classes	I found most of the required reading in high school, like The Great Gatsby, Romeo and Juliet, and Pride and Prejudice to be unappealing to my taste.
01/01/2008	I became obsessed with the Twilight Trilogy.	I have read every book at least three times and seen the all movies. I am looking forward to the premiere of the final movie in November!
05/15/2011	My favorite part of being a babysitter is reading books to the kids before bed.