This is a story about a young girl, her mom, and her dad. No step-monsters are included which makes the young girl glad. Although, she is not accepted at home so she feels she must run away. She loves to dress up in hopes to find her prince one day.

Hi! I am Kellie. I was born and raised in Napa where I have three siblings and the sweetest chocolate lab you would ever meet. I am a sophomore and I am majoring in Liberal Studies with a minor in English. I have been working with children for as long as I can remember. From babysitting to coaching a soccer team my senior year, I began to realize what I wanted to do as a career. I love the idea of finding new and exciting ways to teach and to make kids excited to come back to school the next day.

When I think of a “reader”, I think of someone who has a love for reading. I think of someone who yearns to learn new things all the time. Whether it is fun reading on your own or assigned reading, a reader is someone who is able to take in all the necessary information and even more, even if they do have to read it more than once.

Outside of school I love picking up a book and being able to escape into a new world. Most of my books tend to fit into the category of adult fiction. But besides reading books, I am constantly reading, whether it is online or a new recipe I am trying. I feel as I read differently outside of school. A lot of the time, I can;t always “get into” the readings when they are assigned to me. I always catch myself thinking of anything other than the reading and I have to go back and reread it. I think my love for reading outside of school does translate to my school reading. I think this because it helps me want to read the reading and take something from it, rather than just breezing through it and hoping the teacher doesn’t call on me the next day. I really enjoyed William’s article. I thought it was very interesting. The passage that stuck out most to me was, ” Good readers…, do not necessarily read fast, do not necessarily understand what they read the first time…often finish reading with more questions then they started.” I enjoyed this passage specifically because I think it shows the students that it is okay if you don’t understand and get everything the first time you see it. I also really liked how we should have more questions after we are done. I think that this is important because it means the the reading was making you think and engage yourself in the reading, and not just breezing through it.