About Me:
My name is Mayra I am a Junior at TYWLS. I can say that I am a very creative person. I like to help out people whenever I can. I like to draw and I am really interested in art. My whole life I enjoyed writing poetry or short stories because it is a way of expression just like art. People think that i'm quiet and shy. In reality I am but its just that I simply talk when i feel its necessary to. I don't talk much because I make sure to think before I talk. i like to know what I'm going to say even before I say it. I'm constantly rehearsing in my head what I will say next...
-When you say something out loud you simply can't take it back.
Who i am as a readerI think that I am actually a good reader because I'm always reading. It doesn't only mean reading books because I read the world around me. I am constantly reading something either if its a magazine or a review or even instructions. I have always enjoyed reading especially when I was younger because my mom would take an hour to read us a story and I really enjoyed it. I remember that before on Saturdays we would all have an hour that we read our own books together. But as I got older I started to read less and less. Mainly because I was given a book to read instead of me choosing the book that I wanted to read. I then started high school and I had really good English teachers like Yana,Xenia, and now Christy who really emphasized that reading is important. I think that Yana was the teacher that got me back into reading, she was a great teacher and I'm thankful for everything that she taught me. I also had Xenia and she was also a wonderful teacher she was always telling us to read. I think Xenia is an amazing teacher because she taught me new types of books that I probably would not have read on my own. I read The Catcher In the Rye and I would not have chosen that book on my own. Xenia also got me into Good reads and it is very helpful with book recommendations and to find a variety of books. The more teachers told me to read the more I did. Christy is good teacher and I really like that she started the year with six word memoirs and independent reading. I really like how she teaches I can't wait to see what else I am going to learn this year. As a reader I know what I like to read but I think I should improve a bit more on my reading. I think I should keep my routine of reading as often as possible but I should try books a bit higher in vocabulary and I want to start reading new genres like Nonfiction.
I like to read - Young Adult Novels -Fantasy -Realistic Fiction -Mystery -Fiction |
Who i am as a writerI think that as a writer i have improved a lot throughout the years. I have always enjoyed writing because its a way that you can create your own world with your own expressions. Ever since I have started school I was always told to write fairy tales or to write about my family or about my dreams. As little kids we are taught about writing and then that feeling you get when you share out your masterpiece with people is quite amazing. In elementary school they would make us write a story and then we would publish it and we would actually get a hard book of our stories. I think I like writing because when you re-read something that you wrote in the past it is easier to see how much you have developed and improved your skills through time. As a writer I know I am not perfect and sometimes I need to improve my writing and I like getting feedback from people so that I know what I should improve on and what I am doing good. When it comes to different types of writing I know what my strengths and weaknesses are but I always need an opinion from someone else because its good to get a different point of view of your writing. I really like free writing because its a way to write anything that comes to mind and there is no right or wrong way to do so. I have realized that over time my favorite types of writing can change but I also noticed that no matter what I always write poetry. Writing poetry is something that I really like to write its an easy way for me to express myself through words on paper. As a person I know I really enjoy writing, and as a writer I know who I am.
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