Would you consider yourself a reader?
I am definitely a reader. Books have been and continue to be my favorite thing!
What do you enjoy about reading?
I love the escape that reading provides. Mostly though, I love how constant books are. I believe that John Green put it best when he said, "Books are the ultimate dumpees: put them down and they'll wait for you forever; pay attention to them and they always love you back."
When did you begin reading? Was it strictly for school or did you read for pleasure?
I suppose I began reading in grade school. I remember I was required to read each night for school. My mother would set the timer on the oven and when it beeped I was supposed to be done. However, it was never enough time, so I would sneak into the kitchen and add time. Even as a young child I was a nerd :D
What books did you choose to read as an adolescent? List titles if you can remember them.
I pretty much read anything I could get my hands on. Some of my favorites:
Which genres/topics were you drawn to?
I essentially read general fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and classics.
How did you respond to the literature taught in your classrooms?
Honestly, I disliked many of the novels we were supposed to read in class. The only literature I found myself enjoying were those pieces taught in my advanced/elective classes.
What type of literature were you exposed to in your middle/high schools? Again, list titles if you can remember them.
Standard Classes:
Would you consider yourself a motivated/reluctant reader?
I would say I am a motivated reader!
In what way do you hope to inspire your own students to value reading/literacy?
I hope to provide my students with books that they will enjoy and want to read rather than books that they must force themselves to read purely for a grade.
Do you see literacy as something that extends beyond traditional reading practices?
I suppose my answer to this question is dependent on how one defines "traditional reading practices".
I am definitely a reader. Books have been and continue to be my favorite thing!
What do you enjoy about reading?
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| John Green! |
When did you begin reading? Was it strictly for school or did you read for pleasure?
I suppose I began reading in grade school. I remember I was required to read each night for school. My mother would set the timer on the oven and when it beeped I was supposed to be done. However, it was never enough time, so I would sneak into the kitchen and add time. Even as a young child I was a nerd :D
What books did you choose to read as an adolescent? List titles if you can remember them.
I pretty much read anything I could get my hands on. Some of my favorites:
- Harry Potter Series - J.K. Rowling
- House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski
- EVERYTHING by John Green
- Looking for Alaska
- Paper Towns
- An Abundance of Katherines
- Will Grayson, Will Grayson
- Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
- Anything Jane Austen
- The Perks of Being a Wallflower -Stephen Chbosky
- Anything Scott Westerfeld
- The Chronicles of Narnia - C.S. Lewis
- Anything Mercedes Lackey
- Old Magic - Marianne Curley
- The Giver - Lois Lowry
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| House of Leaves - Mark Z. Danielewski |
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| Looking for Alaska - John Green |
Which genres/topics were you drawn to?
I essentially read general fiction, fantasy, science fiction, and classics.
How did you respond to the literature taught in your classrooms?
Honestly, I disliked many of the novels we were supposed to read in class. The only literature I found myself enjoying were those pieces taught in my advanced/elective classes.
What type of literature were you exposed to in your middle/high schools? Again, list titles if you can remember them.
Standard Classes:
- To Kill a Mockingbird
- Great Expectations
- The Scarlet Letter
- A Tale of Two Cities
- The Great Gatsby [my favourite of the required readings]
- A Separate Peace
- Of Mice and Men
- Hamlet
- Romeo and Juliet
- Beowulf
- The Canterbury Tales
- Our Town
- Ethan Frome
- Death of a Salesman
- The Bell Jar
- War and Peace
- Girl, Interrupted
- The Sun Also Rises
Would you consider yourself a motivated/reluctant reader?
I would say I am a motivated reader!
In what way do you hope to inspire your own students to value reading/literacy?
I hope to provide my students with books that they will enjoy and want to read rather than books that they must force themselves to read purely for a grade.
Do you see literacy as something that extends beyond traditional reading practices?
I suppose my answer to this question is dependent on how one defines "traditional reading practices".
