1. Influence of an English Teacher
... class contest. She pushed us to read chapter books rather than picture books. That year I managed to read the entire "Ramona " book series. In class we read many books that were higher than our fourth grade level books; she knew that we had the potential to read challenging books, and we did. One of the books was called "The Giver "; it was a long book with very ... small print, but I managed to understand it, and passed the AR test with flying colors. I managed to earn 114 AR points and a spot in ... the 100 AR points club, something I had never accomplished. Along with that, my writi...
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