Where you’ve been and where you are as a reader and writer

M​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​ine your memory, thinking carefully about where you’ve been and where you are as a reader and writer. You might begin by answering questions such as: • How did you learn to write and/or read? • What kinds of writing/reading have you done in the past? • How much have you enjoyed the various kinds of writing/reading you’ve done? • What are particularly vivid memories that you have of reading, writing, or activities that involved them? • What is your earliest memory of reading and your earliest memory of writing? • What sense did you get, as you were learning to read and write, of the value of reading and writing, and where did that sense come from? • What frustrated you about reading and writing as you were learning and then as you progressed through school? By the same token, what pleased you about them? • W​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​hat kind of writing/reading do you do most commonly? • What is your favorite kind of writing/reading? • What are your current attitudes, feelings, or stance toward reading and writing? • Where do you think your feelings about and habits of writing and reading come from? How did you get to where you are as a writer/reader? What in your past has made you the kind of writer/reader you are today? • Who are some people in your life who have acted as literacy sponsors? • What are some institutions and experiences in your life that have acted as literacy sponsors? • What have any of the readings reminded you about from your past or present as a reader and writer Audience: Immediate audience: Your classmates and me. Secondary audiences could include local newspaper readers, a serious, high traffic blog, or a campus student a​‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‌‌‌‍​cademically oriented publication.