Begin by recalling a rhetorical moment from your life. Think back and reflect on significant situations that helped develop you as a reader and/or writer. Think about who helped you learn about and/or appreciate reading and writing. Think about the particular experiences that affected how you thought about reading and writing.
Finding your Focus
Above all, try to recall a moment in your life when speaking, reading, writing, and the like had a big impact on your life. Answer the following questions to get you thinking:
- What is your earliest memory of reading and writing?
- How did you learn to read and write? Did you ever teach anyone else to read or write?
- Who encouraged you to read and write?
- What events interrupted and/or slowed down your ability and/or desire to read and write?
- Did you apply literacy skills to other content areas: sports, music, video games, etc.?
- What kinds of reading have you done in your past and what kinds of reading to you do now?
- What teachers had a particular impact on your reading and writing?
- What assignments had a particular impact on your reading and writing?
- Have different schools or other institutions had an impact on your reading and writing?
- How do you currently feel about reading and writing?
- What rewards have come from reading and writing?
- Did a special or important event from your past make you the reader and/or writer you are today?
- Was there a moment or moments that were especially empowering?
- Did you ever read a book or poem or song that made sense to you beyond the words on the page?
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