Directions: identify ​five​ key ​milestones​ ​in your life and link those moments to pieces of literature that

impacted your development.  

Timeline of Stories 
Milestone #1  Milestone #2  Milestone #3  Milestone #4  Milestone #5 
Getting used to a new Trying new things  Coping with loss  Asking for help during hard Accepting myself and others
school times 

Diary of a Wimpy Kid  Green eggs and Ham  Tess’s Tree  Speak by Laurie  Boy Erased by 
by Jeff Kinney is  by Dr. Seuss is about  By Jess M. Briller is  Halse Anderson is a  Garrad Conley is the 
about a boy named  Sam, who refuses to  about a girl named  story about a high  author’s memoir of 
Greg Heffley and his  eat the green eggs  tess who is upset  school girl named  when he was outed to 
life in middle school. and ham, however  about the fact that  Melinda who was  his family as being a 
realizes that he  a tree that she loved  raped at a party, but  homosexual, and was 
actually likes it once  was cut down, but  was always afraid  sent to gay 
he tried it.  finds a way to honor  to tell her friends  conversion therapy. 
its life.  what happened to  By the end of the 
her. Eventually, she  book, Garrad learns 
learns that it’s ok to  to stand up for who 
speak up and ask for  he is and his mother 
help.  learns to accept him. 

In fourth grade, I  This was one of the  While I didn’t have  I used to be afraid to  This book really 
transferred into a  first books I read in  any experiences with  ask for help or to  touched my heart, 
new school and felt  Kindergarten, and at  loss when I was  talk to people when  because for a while I 
that I didn’t fit in at  that time I often  little, this book  something serious  was kind of like 
first. This book  refused to try new  touched on a subject  happened, so for a  Garrad since I used 
helped me out  things or to do  that I was afraid to  while a lot of  to reject my identity. 
because I felt that I  anything different.  talk about. This book  personal issues went  This book taught me 
could relate to  This book taught me  now means a lot  unresolved and only  the importance of 
Greg’s rough life at  to give things a  more to me since my  got worse. This book  accepting yourself 
school.  chance and step out  pet dog recently  at the time taught  for who you are and 
of my comfort zone. passed away, and  me that there was no  that there will 
thinking back to it  shame in seeking  always be someone 
reminded me to honor  support.   who will love and 
my memories with  support you no 
those who have  matter what. 
passed on.