This collage combines the four most important aspects of my journey in literacy. The phonics books represent the same books that my mother used to teach me and my brother the basics of learning while we were very young. This is an important part of my literacy because I still remember learning from those books, and hating to do it the entire time. I credit my success in my English classes throughout public school to these books, because they gave me the leg up that I needed to succeed. The second photo is the classroom. This is where I learned most of my writing skills, and where I learned to perfect my voice through the writing of countless essays. While I did not find the classroom very interesting, it helped me to become as literate as I am today. The third photo, the novel, is what I find to be most important. Reading for recreation is what allowed me to become a fluent reader, and helped significantly in my writing, as it expanded my vocabulary and subconsciously taught me how to write proper sentences, keep consistent tone, spell words correctly, distinguish between homophones, and many other important parts of writing. In addition to this, reading is what I have always found most enjoyable about English. I won’t lie, I like reading books that entertain me, not ones that challenge me. I often get bored of reading and give many books up, but I can also become completely immersed in a novel, and read through it very quickly. Finally, the paper and pencil represent the countless papers that I have written. Over the course of my years in K-12 I have written more papers than I can recall. Each of these papers have allowed me to experiment and develop my voice, and I contribute that practice to my competence in the English language today.

Works Cited

“Jolly Phonics – Activity Books.” Photograph. Rainbow Resource. Rainbow Resource. n.d. Web. 26 July 2016.

“Classroom.” Photograph. Wikipedia. Wikipedia. n.d. Web 26. July 2016.

“Novel.” Photograph. Pixabay. Pixabay. n.d. Web. 26 July 2016.

“Pencil & Paper.” God, Money, & Me. God, Money, & Me. n.d. Web. 26 July 2016.

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