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 Potty Trained Starting Kindergarten   Starting First Grade  Starting Middle School  Starting High School 

The New Potty, By  My Kindergarten, By  The Night Before  The Outsiders, By S.E.  Lord of the Flies, By 
Gina and Mercer  Rosemary Wells:  First Grade, By  Hinton:   William Golding:  
Mayer:  This book is a picture  Natasha Wing:  The book is about a  The book is about how 
This book is about a  book about a bunny  This book is about a  rival between the  a group of boys were 
family of critters  that is starting her  little girl named  greasers and the  stranded on an 
with two kids. The  first day of  Penny who is  socials, and how they  island with no adults 
mom and older  kindergarten. Her  starting first Grade  really aren’t as  and there was a lot 
brother are trying  teacher miss  the next day. She is  different as they  of chaos and bad 
to teacher sister  Cribbage teaches her  so excited and is  thought. It is  choices. The book is 
how to use the  the number song,  dreaming about  centered around a  centered on how two 
bathroom all on her  important words, and  playing with her  group of greasers  boys both wanted to 
own. The brother  how to get along  friends and learning  and their lives.   be leaders with 
uses it to set a good  well with others.   new things.   different opinions.  
example for his 
sister.  

Give a short  Give a short  Give a short  Give a short  Give a short 
 explanation of how  explanation of how  explanation of how  explanation of how  explanation of how 
this book affected  this book affected  this book affected  this book affected  this book affected 
your outlook during  your outlook during  your outlook during  your outlook during  your outlook during 
this milestone.    this milestone.  this milestone.  this milestone.  this milestone. 
I remember my mom  I remember my mom  I remember my mom  I read this book in  I read this book in 
reading this book to  reading me this book  reading this to me  7th grade, which was  the beginning of 9th 
me a lot when she  on the nights coming  before I started  my first year in  grade and i got a 
was potty training  close to when i was  first grade and  middle school. I  taste of what high 
me. I remember her  starting  telling me that i will  remember loving this  school english would 
always saying that  kindergarten. I  have so much fun  book so much and  be like. I actually 
the little sister  remember always  meeting my teacher,  really getting into  liked this book and it 
could do it, so i could  being really excited  hanging out with my  Language arts after  taught me a lot 
to.   to read it, and to  friends, and learning  reading it.   about human nature. 
  start kindergarten.   new things.