Reading and writing in life is a very good life skill to have. In this TED TALK Jacqueline Woodson talked on how reading led her into writing. After all of her hard work, she has made amazing books and amazing poems. This inspired me to become a better writer and reader.
When Jacqueline Woodson was little she was born to read she would read a lot every day very slowly. Her siblings were different readers from them though. Jacqueline Woodson would read by dragging her finger across the page. But her siblings would read much faster than her. Her reading would always take up most of her time in the day.
Soon after a while Jacqueline Woodson would ready so much she would get shall i say “addicted” to reading. If the fire alarm was on she wouldn’t know because she was so into the book. If someone was mowing the lawn she would also not get distracted. Soon later she got much better and faster at reading books, but not just books, she also read bibles.
After years and years she had thought about writing about her feelings in the book. She had always thought about this yard as my yard and the angry monster can not come into it. Later when she thought deeply about it she started to write about it and soon started to write amazing books. When she started writing she was also thinking about how thankful she was to be able to have a pencil or pen in her hand. This is because her mom and dad and grandparents weren’t able to get education they weren’t able to learn.
So when you get an opportunity then use the opportunity to do the best of what you have in yourself. Jacqueline Woodson was a really good Author. She made plenty of books and got a nobel prize. So when she really got to think deeply in her reading, she eventually got to become a very amazing and inspiring author.