How do you value reading?
What value do you now place on independent reading? How has this changed? 1.Before coming to 8 grade i used to say i hated reading, but now i read more, even though i still dont like it, but i dont hate it anymore and it is a big difference.2.I think this year I’ve learned to enjoy reading a lot more. I feel that I am spending more time reading than last year. Also, I am now reading books from different genres, before I would always stick to realistic fiction.3.I think that reading is a big part of learning. For the next semester coming I think that I will put in some more spare time so I can read more.4.it helped me in many ways i learnt new words , i got to know the meaning of those words .5.nothing has change it is just normal6.I think independent reading is important. It helps me understand more vocabulary using context clues. This change because it made me want to read more books.7.Nothing8.My values on reading are actually pretty high. I really do love reading, I think it is a part of me. I just don’t do much of reading a lot that’s all, with everything going on. Espescially in 8th grade, but I will try to read more next semester, no. NOW. Because reading makes you smarter! 
9.I read because i want to read and i read for enjoyment10. I value reading more because i found many interested books this year some are fron my friends suggestion and some are the book that i like the back cover. i have more interested in reading.11. I think independent reading is very important because I think reading make us a very nice thinking.12. I value my reading time and read a lot when I have time to read, I do many activities that get in the way sometimes.13. I value more because it increases my thinking and also every book has some meaning inside which makes me think more out of the box.14. Now I think independent is really not importan because I think if you read a novel, and it tells story and that it, no importen info about15. I read less book this semester because there are other things to do and I don’t have enough time to read. I used to read more 10 books per semester but over time, my interest in books changed.16. a lot, because it helps me inprove my english17. The time of independent reading was important to me because I could practice to read and learned a lot of the author’s impressives and experiences.18. I value reading more. This year I’ve discovered more interesting book.19. I valued independent reading much more. Now, I also see reading as a learning oppurtunity that could improve my reading and writing. Before, I just thought that reading was for entertainment but it didn’t really help me with my learning.20. I value the time reading more now cause I have discovered that reading even fiction books can give you alot of useful knowledge.21. I enjoy reading bigger and longer books now, than reading shorted and easier books because I can get more out of the books and they are interesting.22. i value more for reading because when i actually read and read it is quite fun and really interesting it is like when i watch a movie23. REading is a good thing because you can get into the story without getting disturbed.24. I like reading books that intrest me when i choose them on my own. I have always liked doing this my values are still positive towards reading.25. I believe that independent reading is very imortant. I used to hate reading very much, but now I have liked reading much more.26. I enjoy reading, as long as the book is very interesting.27. I feel that independent reading is a way to get away from anything else that is going on. It is a way to relax, and calm down, and just to forget about everything.28. I think independent reading is good for you because you get better at reading and you know more vocabulary.29. i think independent reading is good, my minde has not changed.30. I think that reading is a good idea because it makes people read more and get the feeling of different books31. I think independent reading is an excellent way to improve your vocabulary. It is also a very good way to relax your mind.32. I think that reading is quite good, it gives your more connections in your everyday life. I have always kept that fact inmy mind, even today.33. Its good to have independent reading because you’re into the book and you’re not distracted from other people.34. I think the independent reading is good, because I can concentrate and that makes me much more better with reading.35. I get into the book when I read independently and I dont know whats going on around me.36. I used to dislike reading and only read when my teachers told me to. Now this year, after reading the book Twilight, I liked it so much I wanted to start reading more.37. I thinks it a good thing for students. The reading help improve my reading skill and vocabulary.38. Before this year, I really didn’t like reading, but now I am starting to like it a bit more.39. the fact that I get more time to get into the book and have a specific time to read.40. I think reading is a good thing because it gets you focused on one book and you get into it.41. Before, I thought its not very important, but now I think it is important.42. I read so that my English would get better, right now i spend more time reading each day than before43. I am very grateful for the 10-15 minutes we are required to read before humanities class each day. With the exceeding amount of homework I obtain each day, I do not find as much time as I would like to read. Sometimes I wish that we would have more time in class to read because I know that reading helps improve my vocabulary and grammar etc…44. i like to read but still hope to value it more. Reading and Books are a great part of my family, mostly my sister. When i see her enjoy reading i tend to want the same, therefore i start reading to hope and i can receive the same enjoyment.45. as always, reading is a major part of my life46. i dont put alot of independent reading in because i think it’s boring. i always have tought about reading like that.47. I value Joy. I could concentrate reading when a story made me interested in it and I could also improve my Englsh skills.48. I kind of understand the value of reading since I reach eighth grade, the time to be a grown up. Nothing had changed my value of reading because I always read for enjoyment. Even though I read many books but I don’t enjoy everyone of them.49. I think to read books is really good, because it makes me to improve my reading and writing skills and it gives me many example ideas and new vocaburaly. But I don’t read many English book but Japanese book. So I will try to read English book more than Japanese book because I’m good at Japanese already but not English.50. I now like reading more becauseI get lost in the book and I dont want to stop reading.51. I always thought that independent reading was very important. However,I did not enjoy reading. I barely read any books when I was in 6th and 7th grade. Nowadays I read more often because I like do so.52. It think that if the book is good and that if you enjoy it is good. If you don’t enjoy it than it is not a thing you sould do. This is not a change.53. I only read when i have free time, and it hasn’t changed54. Independent reading is pretty good, now i enjoy reading a little55. I value independent quite a lot because it is enjoyabl to read, didn’t change.56. Doing independant reading is one of my top priorities of my day and even if it isn’t, I end up reading a book anyway.57. my value is the enjoyment. and first, it was just for the English skill raising, but as i continued reading the books, it has changed to the joy.58. I value hard books to read59. Not much difference60. I really value it because you can be reading a great book that is such an enjoyment61. I value independent reading because its a kind of entertainment and instead of watching television or playing on the computer, you can read62. I have always enjoyed reading. I think of it in a way that when I read, I will learn something new. This has not changed.63. I think independent reading is important for one’s skills in language art, and if english is not your first language it helps a lot. Before I read for fun, and I still do, but now I place more value on reading.64. The enjoyment i would get fom reading. This has changed because i enjoy more reading than before.65. I really enjoy reading adventure books, this hasn’t changed.66. I’ve always loved reading so this haven’t really changed much. However I read more often now and find it less time-consuming67. I found that after reading books like The Power of One and When the wind blows i started to become more interested in reading, i had always been interested inreadin but those two books changed that. The book i am currently reading The Man by Irving Wallace is also a very interesting book. It is about how a black man becomes president of the united states through rules of succession and how he is plotted agains by the Ku Klux Klan.68. Before I read because people always told me that I needed to, but now I read because of the enjoyment.69. When i read a book for my own enjoyment, i want to read a book that can tell me a story completely different from my own. I used to only want to read a book because it would entertain me, but now i have new guidelines.70. I enjoy reading the books71. I value enjoyment when I read. It hasn’t changed.72. when you read independantally, you tend to enjoy readin gmore than when your forced to, so you obsorb what the book gives you even more.73. Before, I thought that independent reading is important because it helps students learn more about language and how to make our writings better. Now, I still think that independent reading is important to me and it will help me someday in the future.74. i don’t really have that much time to read anymore, and when i didn’t read for a long time, i don’t feel like reading.75. I feel that it is very important and a good way to just get lost in a story for 30 minutes every day. Reading also improves choice of vocabulary and writing style.76. My reading skills is better than before,so I get to enjoy reading more, because I didn’t have to look for words in dictionary much. i will enjoy reading when i didn’t have to get distrubed.77. I still think that independant reading is important because it improves your writing skills in humanities.78. Yes79. Yes80. it is important81. Enjoyment82. I am in between thinking this is a good idea, and also seeing it as a chore. This is not a change for me.83. This effect to my knowledge of English sentence and structure.84. i use to read a lot for fun, but now i feel i have to read.85. i was not interesrts in reading but i’m imterested in reading now86. I choose books that i can think for a long time, and books that contain many symbolisms.87. I value enjoyment. Has not changed.88. I now consider independent reading a great way to immerse myself, whether it is to pass time, to have something to enjoy, or to immerse myself in when I am bored and/or in need of a break.89. I have alwayes valued independant reading and I have always read for at least 30 minuttes or more each day of the week. My value has not changed.90. I like independent reading because sometime we don’t have time to read book because of a lot of projects and homeworks but in class we have time to read so i liked it. It changed me more interested in read books91. I have always loved reading but now I love it more so I read everyday now.92. I think this independent reading will value that we can learn the faculty of speech and to imagine the scene of the book will have quick wits.93. I still like the fantastic kind and it didn’t change.94. Now, I think that independent reading is very importent. Especially that we are now “turning” into adults, we are having less time to use our imagination because we are learning how to take care of ourselves and being more independent. Reading is like another world we step into when we open a book, especially good books create a really believable set for us to step into. To me, independent reading is mainly my only time I have to picture myself as somebody else, to be the character. I think that my life would be quite dull without reading.95. I used to very little and didn’t enjoied reading. However, after the 8th grade literary year I found that reading is very improtant, especially for me as a English begninner. Through this year I had learn lots of vocabularies and grammer. it was a good progress I made, however, I still need to read lots more.96. Independent reading is a hobby for me and I try to find as much time as possible to read. It is less important than finishing homework, but I try to finish my homework soon enough to get time to read. I read for pleasure and no-one forces me to read the books I read. I like to challenge myself.97. Independant reading has really improved my vocabulary. It gives me ideas for when i would think up a story. Since i like writing stories reading really opens my mind’s eye to a new world full of fascinating ideas.98. I value the enjoyment I get by reading the book. And that is not changing since the beginning of the year.99. I think it’s important, but I started reading less, because life has been pretty stressful lately100. it hasn’t changed a bit at all.101. I think that it is very good and i am inteested in reading now102. It seems to be more enjoying to read, last year i hated doing independent reading.103. The enjoyment. The genre. In seventh grade I like to read fantasy books, but in eighth grade I start reading mystory book.104. Independent reading is good for me to learn English because the books have so man words that I don’t know yet, and I can read grammer so it’ll be help for writing assessment. I like to read also I’m enjoy the independ reading everyday. I read book in first language too, I think it’s not bad.105. The value I now place on indepentdent reading is high because I have seen an increase in vocabulary and content because of the books that I have read over the semester106. I learned if my sentences make sense and some vocabularies.
