Reading Journal
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| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | Brandt, Deborah. Sponsors Literacy. 1988. http://comphacker.org/pdfs/632/Brandt.pdf. Pgs.166-172. Accessed 30 Aug. 2020. |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | According to Deborah Brandt, “Sponsors are any agents, local or distant, concrete or abstract, who enable, support, teach, model, as well as recruit, regulate, suppress, or withhold literacy-and gain advantage by it in some way.” Sponsors can be people, teachers, or even laws that influence your reading or writing. You may never have even met your sponsor. Brandt describes a couple of examples to describe the way these people learn. She describes the differences between Raymond and Dora and the way their sponsors affected them later in life. These examples show the different routes and sponsors these two people had. Brandt does a great job explaining sponsorship and reading/writing have in common. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. | “How despite ostensible democracy in educational chances.” Ostensible: stated or appearing to be true, but not necessarily so.
“Latin America, compadrazgo reintegrated native societies badly fragmented by the diseases..” Compadrazgo:the reciprocal relationship or the social institution of such relationship existing between a godparent or godparents and the godchild and its parents in the Spanish-speaking world (as in South America) |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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This reading connects to “Inviting the Mother Tongue.” Similarly in both, they talk about reading/writing. In “Sponsors Literacy,” Brandt talks about how sponsors influence reading/writing. In “Inviting the Mother Tongue,” Elbow speaks out about how students’ writing is not being accepted in the classroom. They both describe how students’ writing come from some sort of sponsor. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | Who sponsored reading/writing in your life? |