Time line of Literacy by Kalany Rosado https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p Made with a curious mind en-us 2021-09-17 17:37:01 UTC 2021-09-17 18:49:09 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/23f0.png Moving to Germany: At a young age I moved from America to Europe where I can recall my first accounts of literacy in my life. kjrosado https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749309085 2021-09-17 17:41:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749309085 First memory of Elementary School: Starting school I was enrolled into a German school as my mom wanted me to be a part of their culture and learn the language. kjrosado https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749328624 2021-09-17 17:50:46 UTC https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749328624 Here I was immersed as a young kid into a school instructed fully in German learning German as my first language. I learned so fast that my own mother had to go to language school to understand her own kids! kjrosado https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749332532 2021-09-17 17:52:39 UTC https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749332532 Education: Here I learned how to speak the language and how to carry conversations as my mother would tell me we loved to talk to anyone and everyone who would listen. It was uncommon for kids like me to speak German so well so we captured the hearts of locals. After practice makes perfect! kjrosado https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749339547 2021-09-17 17:56:09 UTC https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749339547 Moving back to America: After nearly five years in Europe my family and I would move back to America. Here I would start a new journey of literacy in American culture. kjrosado https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749345042 2021-09-17 17:58:47 UTC https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749345042 4th grade-6th grade: Transitioning from German to English took some major adapting as the culture shock also hit me like a bus. kjrosado https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749349298 2021-09-17 18:00:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749349298 I recall struggling to understand how things were expressed here rather than Europe such as jokes and riddles. I was hard for me to pick up on the slang here. Another factor that would be introduced is the learning of Spanish. kjrosado https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749356324 2021-09-17 18:04:22 UTC https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749356324 I had family members and a mom who spoke spanish around me 24/7 in which they taught me through multimodal ways of learning. Tv shows and children's books were a big part of it. kjrosado https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749361191 2021-09-17 18:06:48 UTC https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749361191 Elementary school recap: Here I found my love for reading and other languages as I realized reading in not only one language but several was amazing. I loved Junnie B Jones books along with any science documentary I could get my hands on. kjrosado https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749369365 2021-09-17 18:10:53 UTC https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749369365 Junior High: We moved to the hot state of Arizona where I would go to 6th-8th grade at. I was sufficient at speaking English as my parents provided me with any support I needed. kjrosado https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749373431 2021-09-17 18:12:55 UTC https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749373431 Junior High: My years of improving my forming of paragraphs on paper, spelling, punctuation and so much more. I read more and wrote a ton to get better. kjrosado https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749379292 2021-09-17 18:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749379292 High School: In the 9th grade I would further my love for writing as I was introduced to my first film and journalism class. I learned that writing could also be writing a story board for a film. kjrosado https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749384322 2021-09-17 18:18:31 UTC https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749384322 Overall in high school I recall sharpening my essay writing skills and working incredibly hard to improve my creative writing as well. I learned that literacy is not just on paper it is all being able to write different types of educational essays on a range of important topics on computers too. I learned how to argue and keep my curiosity alive and debate. kjrosado https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749389227 2021-09-17 18:20:59 UTC https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749389227 Literacy was a huge, complicated, diverse journey for me and it inspired me to pursue my further education to be a Secondary Education English teacher. I hope to teach ESL students across the world English and maybe even inspire others to love their literacy journey. kjrosado https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749407551 2021-09-17 18:31:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749407551 Music! Music was huge help in learning literacy in any language. kjrosado https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749411128 2021-09-17 18:33:04 UTC https://padlet.com/kjrosado/d2g82k928ltqvm0p/wish/1749411128