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Reading Time with Mom and Dad
Throughout my toddler years and before I could read myself, my parents would read stories to me every night. This helped build my vocabulary at a young age. -
Starting My Library
My parents encouraged me to start reading on my own and allowed me to pick a book to buy every week. This developed my love for reading. -
Reading to my Brother
After my brother was born, I would read to him every night. This benefited my own reading skills and his. -
Theater Class with Mrs. Roberge
I took theater as an elective and fell in love with it. We had to read scripts and act them out. This helped develop my comprehension skills, as I really had to know and understand what I was reading in order to act it out. -
English Class with Mrs. Barker
My 8th grade English teacher allowed us flexibility with picking books and made our book reports fun projects. This encouraged me to read more books, which expanded my vocabulary. -
Thespian Society
Joining the Thespian Society required me to read through many monologues and screenplays to chose to preform for competitions. This expanded my vocabulary, because I would often come across words that I was not familiar with. -
Book Share
Throughout High School, I loved to read. My friends and I would share books and talk about our books. -
College
I have taken many English courses in college, which forced me to read books from all different eras, that I probably wouldn't have read on my own. This taught me a lot about the English language and expanded my vocabulary. -
Restaurant Management
As I became a manager of a restaurant, I had to help with creating menus and memos to employees. This helped me with my grammar and also helped me expand my vocabulary, as I would have to come up with descriptions for menu items. -
Book Club with Friends
My friends and I currently have a book club. We read a book and then pass it along to another friend. Then after we read the book, we discuss it. We also share opinions on authors that we like so that we expand our list by adding new books from specific authors.
