My Memory of Language Arts

From what I can remember, language arts in my elementary school was not always the most entertaining part about the school day. I remember reading books and answering vocabulary questions at the end of each section we read. However, I am being honest when I say looking up vocabulary definitions meant skipping the reading and trying to find the "bolded" word. I found myself not very interested in language arts because I felt my teacher did not put enough effort into trying to make the subject enjoyable for us kids. Looking back as a teacher in training now, I will hope and try to make language arts for exciting for my students in the future.