Literacy Narrative Self Reflection

Literacy Narrative Self Reflection

This literacy narrative assignment has made me realize how much I actually enjoy writing stories.  I learned a lot about myself through this project.  I have always known that beginning a paper was hard for me.  The speech was no different.  I had countless obstacles while trying to formulate my speech.  Once I found the right topic, the speech was much easier to write.  Now, I know the steps I need to take to ensure that I can complete my papers with ease.  I need to take a couple days coming up with an idea.  I need to revise and make sure that I am writing about something that I have interest in.  Once I come up with a good idea, the writing process becomes much simpler.  I feel like I have always known this about myself, but writing it in the literacy narrative helped me to acknowledge it. 

The literacy narrative was quite fun to write.  I was writing a story.  I just had to talk about my own experiences.  Writing in first person helped me to make a personal connection with my audience.  In the past, I had written very few papers in this style.  The idea of writing a paper in first person seemed foreign to me, but I enjoyed it.  I felt like I was actually talking to the reader.  I would enjoy writing other pieces like this one. 

I also had fun reading my other classmate’s narratives.  It was interesting to read about their experiences with literacy.  We all have had experiences in our lives that helped us to change our views on reading or writing.  Most teenagers do not talk about subjects like this.  It can be seen as weird or not cool.  By writing these narratives, we realized that we all had similar literacy experiences.  I learned a lot about my peers through their papers.