EngComp Narrative Essay.docx C455 English Comp C455: Narrative Essay Western Governors University English Comp C455: Narrative Essay For as long as I can remember, reading has been a part of my life. As a four
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EngComp Narrative Essay.docx C455 English Comp C455: Narrative Essay Western Governors University English Comp C455: Narrative Essay For as long as I can remember, reading has been a part of my life. As a four and five- year-old child, my mother would become very frustrated with me when she would walk into my room to check me while I was supposed to be a sleeping and to find me reading book. As I got older, my love for reading did not lessen; in fact, I spent many elementary school summer breaks reading my childrens encyclopedia set. Reading was fun and easy for me and I loved to learn new things. In the fourth grade, I was introduced to something called a book report. While I had never before recounted my reading in written form, for most of that year I was successful in creating competent book reports. Unfortunately, towards the end of the school year, I made the fateful decision to read The Black Stallion by Walter Farley. The fourth grade provided me with important literacy development by teaching me the difference between movies and written work, the importance of finishing what I start, helping me find my own voice in order to avoid plagiarizing. Fourth grade, for me, was the year of the horse. I was not into the Chinese zodiac but I was into reading about horses. That year my reading included Black Beauty by Anna Sewell and Man OWar by Walter Farley; I had little difficulty finishing those books and writing book reports on each. I had recently watched the movie adaptation of The . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . .
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