Peyton's Reading And Writing Outside Of Class

Outside of the classroom I never take the time to read. Every once in a while I will pick up a magazine and read it but it has to relate to me in some way to get me interested. Although I despise reading, in the eighth grade my English teacher, Mrs. Houck assigned the class to read the book "The Outsiders" by S.E. Hinton. This book did not really relate to me but for some reason I loved reading it. This was one of the few books that I have actually read entirely. The teacher would assign new chapters to read each night but I would always read ahead. The book built up so much suspension it was hard to stop reading it. I always said I hated reading just because I never took the time to sit down and find a book that I might actually be interested in. I feel like this book changed my opinion about reading.

I am also the same way about writing. I do not like to write essays but if it is on a topic that relates to me or interests me, then I do not mind it. I found that the personal essay we were asked to write at the beginning of this semester was not as hard to write as I thought it would be. I think the essays that we were assigned to read and blog about in class actually helped me think about how to write my personal essay. I found the personal essay to be easier to write because it related to my life and I had a lot of examples and real life situations to write about in my essay.