I would say literacy to me is my reading and writing. I love writing and I always have so I think to me, literacy is the level of writing I do and the process of how I get to the finished product. Literacy isn’t just about the end of the essay and the perfect submission. Its about the process of how you get to the perfect essay in the end and the work put into it.
I would say one of my Sponsors of literacy would be my sister. She has always loved to read and write, and while I may not be a big reader, she really inspired me when I was younger to write everything down and take pride in my writings. From little paragraphs to a big essay due, she always told me to do the best I can and treat every writing like its a 100 point paper. In high school, I would always get her to proofread all my work and fix any mistakes before I would make any submission because of how much I valued her opinion on my writing.
One afternoon when I got home from school I went to my sisters room right when I got home. I had my huge persuasive essay due the next day and I had to make sure it was perfect. Whenever I had anything due I would always ask her to proofread it and make sure it was the best it could be. I was always good at persuasive essays but my sister, was perfect at them. As I went into her room I asked her to please look over my paper before I turned it in the next morning and without hesitation she took my computer and began to read all 7 pages of my essay, only stopping a few times to add a comma here and a period there. After reading my paper, she gave me her advice, tweaked a few of my intros and body sentences and I was on my way. I always was very confident in turning in my essays after she read it because I felt as if my English teacher had just looked over it. Thats why my sister is my sponsor of literacy. She always pushed me to make my work the best it could be and has never complained about looking over any of my work.
