week 3: Journal write #1

Understanding a metacognitive reflection based on my reading skills can go both ways. It could go on a bad side and a good side. When it comes to reading personally with me, I have a hard time understanding what I read if I am not interesting in the novel. When it comes to reading, I need a novel that is going to grab  my attention and the novel has to be something interesting or about something that is going to keep my eyes on the book and want to keep on reading. For an example, Back in high school, throughout junior year and senior year we always read pointless books. Yes, I understand they were for the class and in order to pass the class you have to read the novel and understand what is going on in the book. I did try my best to read the novels in high school but it was very hard for me to understand and analyze the book. My point here is I need a book that is going to keep me interesting and I want to be able to keep on reading. I did pass my English class, but I did struggle and have to try extra hard to pay attention to what was happening in the book and the little symbols, important points in the chapters and understanding what is happening in the book. My strategies to understand a difficult book lead me to always be taking notes when I am reading a page or chapter. I always write down the characters and main important scenes in the book. It keep my brain focused and if I forget what I just had read I can go back to my notes that I just took on the chapter and look back at them. The notes helps me 100% more than just remember what happens in each chapter. One of my bad strategies I personally have is day dreaming and thinking about other things when I am reading a book. When I am in the middle of a chapter for an example, I will be thinking about what I am going to do tomorrow rather than focusing on the book and what is happening in the book. This leads to note taking on all the chapters I read to note what is going on in the chapter.  Reading is one of my interest but like I said in the beginning I have to be interesting and engaged in the reading if I want to finish the novel.  Although, When it comes to time and reading I like to manage my time in a good way. I like to put it least 2 hours a day in reading on the novel I am focused on. I like to read whenever I have the free time, which is usually before I go to work in the afternoon and at night before I go to bed. An hour each or if that, even more reading wouldn’t hurt. Reading twice a day for a couple hours will get your knowledge, thinking, writing and make you a better reader most of all 100%.