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My great grandma, before I could talk, would narrate her entire day when she would watch me while my mom was at work.
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My mom read to me every night before bed and we would talk about the story
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Pre-school teachers would sing the ABCs and teach us the sounds that each letter made.
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Before I started kindergarten I had to know how to write my name, my mom bought alphabet work shop books and I practiced writing letters.
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I started reading a series of chapter books about dog rescues that surrounded puppies. This was my first experience of reading for fun.
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In the fourth grade we were assigned a book report and we could choose any book we wanted. This was when I discovered that writing could be fun if it was something that interested you.
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I started reading for pleasure in my free time and reading books with more challenging vocabulary.
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Freshman year English, this was my first experience with citations and heavy research on an assigned topic.
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A research assignment on any of the books we had read that year, I picked invisible man. I was able to put the contents of the book in conversation with real world circumstances.
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We had to pick a topic that pertained to our life and come up with solutions to the problem. Getting a good grade on this assignment gave me confidence in my writing.