Sophie+F+Letter

 Dear Humanities 6 Classmates,    I would like to share with you more about myself. I have always half loved and half hated reading and writing. Now that I am in sixth grade, I have realized that I will use reading and writing for the rest of my life, and it’s not something that I learn in school that disappears as I grow up. It will stay in my life forever.   My reading life has changed as my reading skills and vocabulary have improved. I used to love reading. When I was little, just reading my little kid stories like // The First Grade Bunny //, and // Something from Nothing //, made me so happy. I loved my early chapter book reading even more. But when I hit third and fourth grade, I thought that the reading was too hard and I wouldn’t read unless my mom read to me as I was going to sleep. At the end of fourth grade and fifth grade, I started to love it again. I would sit on my bed on some weekends and read for three hours. I hope I don’t go through another “I hate reading” phase again, but if I do I will remember that it’s just a phase and inside I still and always will love reading. My favorite book changes as I read more. This summer it was // Red Kayak //. When I finish the next book I read I could say that is the best book I’ve ever read. I like to read in my room, on my bed with a dim light. It feels calming to me to curl up with a good book. Sometimes even if it’s not for school, I like to incorporate writing into whatever book I am reading at the time.    When I think of writing, I feel like it calms me down. If I’m feeling stressed, or I just don’t feel like being at school, we could do a writing assignment, and I would feel at peace again. My attitude towards writing changes over time. At times I feel like it’s a hassle and I feel like writing time will go on forever, and I AM STUCK! Other times, I feel like I am in a world of words and I am floating on them. I could write forever. Sadly, writing time is not forever, and we have to re-enter reality.    So now I hope all of you have learned something about my reading and writing life. I still half love and half hate reading and writing, but they will stay in my brain until the day I die. Thank you to my classmates and Mrs. Blattner, for inspiring me to write this letter. Sincerely your classmate, ** Sophie  **