My race has had an impact on my identity. Although being a white female has it advantages there is also disadvantages. Many people of other races see white women, especially teenagers, as people who are stuck up and depend on their parents for everything. When I first meet people they also assume that I am racist just because I am white. All of these examples have had impacted my identity because that is how many people view me even though it is not true. I can connect to the twitter thread because just like Kimmy in the end of the thread, I don’t let what other people think get to me. No matter how people view me or my race I wouldn’t change my race because it makes me who I am and helped form my identity.
Caroline Elam Reading Journal Elbow
| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | Inviting the Mother Tongue: Beyond “Mistakes,” “Bad English,” and “Wrong Language”
Elbow, P. (n.d.). Inviting the Mother Tongue: Beyond “Mistakes,” “Bad English,” and Wrong Language”. |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | In the article Elbow describes the way he teaches and how it affects the students without a background in standard written english. He believes students should be able to express their writing in their own way and it should not be labeled as wrong. He lets his students create their writing in their own way and then at the end of the assignment he makes them translate it into standard written english. I agree with Elbow that students should be able to write in their own way without it being considered wrong or right. He is “trying to to make the writing classroom a safer place for such language than most other sites of language use”. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.
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Docile– “Students who have internalized a sense of inferiority about their mother tongue may be compliant and docile…” |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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It connects to my own research because I also believe students should be able to write in their own ways without it being labeled wrong. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | Do you all agree that students should be able to express their writing in their own ways? |
Caroline Elam
“Podcast Round Table Reflection”
- One piece of advice I think would be useful would be to not procrastinate. This piece of advice is useful because it helps you keep up with your work and you also feel so much better when you finish it early. Another piece of advice that is useful is to do all the work you are assigned. This will help you become a better writer.
- One of the things I am looking forward to the most is being in a sorority and all the events they have. One of things I am looking forward to the least is wearing face mask everywhere and having limited things to do because of Corona.
- There are many pieces of advice I could give to a student entering senior year, but one of them is to embrace every second of high school. Never take anything for granted because you never know when it can be taken away from you.
Unit Reflections
For each major essay assignment, you will complete a long-form reflection about your experience writing the paper. Your teacher will provide specific instructions for these reflections.
Weekly Reflections
Weekly Reflections are longer, more thoughtful posts that you will complete about every week of the semester. Topics for these posts will vary by instructor, but they will usually be completed outside of class and have a specific word-count requirement.
Daily Writes
These are 5 minute or less quick writes that we’ll complete in class most days. This will also include any in-class writing about the readings that we do. If you don’t bring your tablet/laptop to class every day or if you prefer writing on paper during class, you’ll need to type up and post these after class.