https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z Share with the class a little bit about your personal reading history. Did you read very much growing up? What do you like to read for pleasure (anything is fine)? en-us 2020-09-15 22:34:22 UTC 2020-10-16 20:38:51 UTC hello@padlet.com battyhk https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/749833760 Hi everyone! I'll start the conversation. Believe it or not, I actually did not enjoy reading when I was growing up. I had a hard time paying attention and would often lose focus. My mom encouraged us to read though, so I got lots of practice, whether I liked it or not. I started to like reading more in high school, after I read The Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien. To this day, this is one of the most beautifully written pieces of literature I have ever read. ]]> 2020-09-15 22:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/749833760 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/750393855 Hey class! I also never really was much of a reader, I mean I'm still not to this day because I had trouble with focus but when I do, I tend to submerge myself into the book/story or else I'd know I would never get it done. I like using audio books while reading a lot because it helps me keep focused and it feels like I have someone along my side when I read. For example, in the 7th grade my English class got to read The Outsiders. I fell in love with the story because it always had me wanting to know more of what was going to happen. But when I tried rereading it by myself, I couldn't bring myself to focus. Then I learned about Audio Books and I've been using them ever since. 

]]> 2020-09-16 03:50:05 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/750393855 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/750448808 Hi there, I do really enjoy reading. But I have to be in the mood for it. Sometimes, I'd just rather watch Netflix and relax, as reading seems to be a bit more work. But when I am in the midst of a great book, I can read and read and read! My favorite time to read is when I am eating alone. However, I don't get the chance to do that very often because I am the mom of two college kids and a hubby. I love books. I love the look of them, I love to feel them and the satisfaction I get when I close the cover after I have just finished a really great book. I just don't get that same sensation from reading a Kindle or e-reader. It has to be a real book! I guess you can call me "old school."]]> 2020-09-16 04:25:00 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/750448808 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/753096092 Hi everyone, I feel relief when I read books. Every time I read, I like to finish it all at once. I don't like to stop and then continue the next day or later on. Normally, I read about science and documentary because I like to explore the hidden things in the world. I know reading books will help me learn a lot, but I don't read much. I usually like to watch news and movies, so I can learn the pronunciation and read the subtitle at the same time since English is my second language.]]> 2020-09-16 19:52:12 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/753096092 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/753430795 Hey class, now as an adult I do enjoy reading a variety of different books that have a compelling summary in the back of the book but growing I was not enthusiastic about reading. Both my parents do not speak English so growing up as a young child most of my reading took place at school so I always required extra help but it was not difficult either. Now most of my reading  consist of reading non-fiction or sometimes reading articles online that I find interesting.

]]> 2020-09-16 22:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/753430795 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/756905299 Hey class! Growing up I wasn't much of a reader. I still am not much of a reader. I've always found it hard to concentrate when reading. Sometimes I'd be reading the words but my mind is thinking of something completely different so I have to go back and reread what I just read. However, when I do read something that interests me like psycho killer novels or anything that has to do with unsolved mysteries, I am all in! I'm more into spooky, creepy, scary reads. As a kid I loved to read "Scary Stories To Tell in the Dark".]]> 2020-09-17 20:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/756905299 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/757119062 Hello Everyone! 
I use to read a lot when I was younger. I remember my sister giving me Judy Bloom books and I became obsessed with her as an author. I use to go to the library and sit there and read until the bell rang. I used reading as a way to distract myself from being bullied. It became a hobby of mine reading before I would sleep or I would sit there with my mom on the weekends and read while she watched tv. Fast forward to now I read occasionally because I don’t have as much time. By the time I would want to read I’m dead tired. I buy really good books that I add to my collection, yes I have a whole collection of my favorite books. The last book I read was “A walk to remember”. I read that book so many times and watched the movie. I love the book more because it describes every detail and I imagine every detail like her sweater and the way the she describes the feel of it or when Landon touches her or kisses her. Very passionate. I love to read mystery, romance, and pretty much anything that catches my eye. I just bought “The boy who drew monsters” can’t wait to read that. ]]> 2020-09-17 21:49:06 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/757119062 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/757685386 Hi everyone, I am not big on reading. I have never really enjoyed sitting down and reading. My mind always wanders and I can never actually focus on what i'm reading. I would rather watch an adaptation of a book or listen to it through an audio book. I really only read when it is required for a class. The only other non assigned reading I do would be reading articles on the internet on topics that interest me.]]> 2020-09-18 02:57:34 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/757685386 rachelbecerra https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/760439947 I love books and reading has interested me since I was a small child. I grew up reading classics, contemporary and graphic novels. Four years ago I started a goodreads and I challenged myself for 40 books that year. The next two years I read 50 each year. This year has not been it though, I think I may have 12 right now. The pandemic really took it's toll and filled me with so much anxiety I have found it almost impossible to just relax, sit down and read. I hope to improve though.]]> 2020-09-18 22:18:18 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/760439947 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/760642227 Good evening class. My reading history has never been good for myself. I don’t really like reading anything. The only time I actually enjoyed reading was “The Crucible”. That book really caught my attention. I honestly have never been a fan of reading, but when I need to read I get it done. Sometimes I amaze myself with what I read. The reason why I don’t like to read is because I get so lost and I get easily distracted. ]]> 2020-09-19 02:42:48 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/760642227 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/760660294 Hello everyone. To be honest, I don't really enjoy reading. My free time I prefer watching a movie or go for a walk.For me reading is stressful, but instead I prefer audiobooks. I prefer audiobooks more because I can totally do other things also. Household chores, working out or driving a car.I think audiobooks don't require too much attention ]]> 2020-09-19 03:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/760660294 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/760667058 Hey guys. growing up I rarely did any reading at all the only times I would read would be in school with the class I never read on my free time it never interested me as a kid I would rather play outside then read and even after I would never read only when I was required to for a school assignment or for a test.]]> 2020-09-19 03:25:47 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/760667058 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/760732296 Hello Class! 
Growing up I didnt really read until middle school. Luckily my school had a reading contest and the more books you read you won prizes along the way. I didnt have much friends so I figured why not. Low key books are pretty chill and your imagination really comes to life. After middle school I never really kept up but I intend to at least try. 

]]> 2020-09-19 05:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/760732296 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/761550460 Hey people I have read a lot but mostly during middle and high school. After that I got more into comics. I can't really remember the name of all the books I read but here is a list of books I do remember reading. I guess if I had a reading preference it would be about existentialism.
Eragon Series, The Crucible,  Lord of the Flies, 1984, Brave New World, Animal Farm, The Glass Menagerie,  Monster, god is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, Kingdom Come, Watchmen, and my favorite The Stranger.]]> 2020-09-20 04:45:35 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/761550460 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/781027964 Hello Class!...I have always enjoyed reading. Growing up in a printing shop we had no choice.  I started reading books instead of watching tv at an early age, and in elementary school I began reading non-stop. My favorite genres are comic, comedy, and fiction. Learning is fun, but imaginative reading can also take the reader to amazing places. 

]]> 2020-09-26 01:40:54 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/781027964 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/786184676 I liked reading in elementary. I enjoyed mystery books and sometimes I made my own little books out of paper and crayons. I lost interest in middle school and didn't finish a book until I was assigned to read Catcher in the Rye my senior year. I liked it because I could relate to a lot of what the main character, Holden, was saying most of the time. Now that I'm older, reading feels good. I like reading what other people have to say instead of being flooded with my own thoughts and social medias. ]]> 2020-09-28 23:39:44 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/786184676 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/789917885 Hi class! I enjoyed reading throughout my life. I would enjoying reading fiction books for the majority of my adolescence until most of my reading time was taken up by schoolwork. Later in high school I began to get read art history because about certain periods I enjoyed and since then all of my leisure reading was in some way about art. ]]> 2020-09-30 00:00:52 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/789917885 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/791669627 Hello Class,
Like many of you I have always enjoyed reading, but I have not had the time to sit down and read a book for my own enjoyment since I started high school. Some books that I really enjoyed reading and recommend to my friends are “The Giver” and “One of Us is Lying”. Of course I have done a lot of academic reading throughout the years, but I am not complaining because I get more time to analyze and break down the text that way. ]]> 2020-09-30 15:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/791669627 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/808395939 Hello Class!

I have always enjoyed reading growing up and actually used it as an escape when I was younger. Whenever I felt alone or unsure I would grab a book and get myself lost in the stories and the characters. That definitely followed me into adulthood and I still enjoy reading mostly fiction and sci-fi novels. The trouble now is I feel like I don't have the time to read. By the time i get home from a long day working I tend to want to play with my dog and then play a game on my phone. This breaks my heart! I've recently downloaded kindle and am going to try and read a little before bed each night. (Famous last words.)]]> 2020-10-06 20:55:32 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/808395939 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/808713609 Hello guys !                                                                                        When l was kid l loved reading book cause l loved see people drawing l wasn’t a good drawer . When l was in the middle school l lost this desire to read book l was interested by science like formula l found easy to memorize and it was hard to me to read  10 pages and just summarized it on one paragraph but now l try to recover my old behavior spending time reading whatever is about ]]> 2020-10-07 00:26:02 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/808713609 https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/836945863 Hello classmates, as a kid I did not read much mostly worked, in my adult life for most of it i have also only worked. Most of the skills I developed in practice not academically. Since i returned to school in my late 30's I have read my share of academic text only, my favorite so far has been "Let the People speak" on Chicano American Art which gives you a preview of the roots of TV and how people of color were and continue to be marginalized in suing stereotypes. History is powerful I find it empowering and reenergizing.  ]]> 2020-10-16 20:34:08 UTC https://padlet.com/battyhk/prdo6pmj5wq5gp7z/wish/836945863