Literacy to me is a way to express my thoughts and emotions in a non verbal way, and understand others emotions and ideas through their writing. Reading and writing is one of the most important things in our world because it allows us to communicate with large groups or even small groups of people with out physically talking to them. One of my sponsors of literacy was my college readiness coach who helped me practice for my main common app college essay. I learned so many new things with my college coach about different possibilities to form sentences with different puncuations and h0w to separate or combine 2 clauses. I would meet with my sponsor every other Sunday to write multiple different pieces that modeled the main common app essay, I would drive to downtown Denver which is about 30 minutes from my house and I would go to his office. One day we were learning about the importance and when it is smart to use a semi-colon or a dash. I began to write a story about my 3rd grade football championship, a story in which was not a super big part of my life but still was a narrative similar to what my common app essay was going to be about. My college coach Brad did a lot for me, he helped me find new universities Ive never heard of and made my writing and literacy way better.

Reading Journal

 

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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Gee, James. “What Is Literacy?” Jamespaulgee, 1989, jamespaulgee.com/pdfs/Gee What is Literacy.pdf.
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	In this article Gee explains what literacy is, first the author talks about discourses and how language is culturally different. As our skills progress in our ability to write and read it becomes easier and easier for us to learn even more. In education we are taught concepts and ideas that follow a trend for our whole culture and language. Language varies between any different culture or group but there are still the common literacy rules all groups and cultures follow and use. There are primary and secondary discourses, any discourse primary or secondary can be meant for any group of people. You can not judge a certain discourse with another discourse unless a person understands both, there is no actually correct or incorrect.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	“Much of what we come by in life, after our initial enculturation, involves a mixture of accusation and learning” (Gee 20)  Enculturation is the gradual accusation of norms of a culture or group.
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	This reading connects to Deborah Brandts article which talked about the sponsors of literacy. Both articles talk about the differences in norms in language between cultures or groups, and the advancement and idea of literacy.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.	How many discourses is it possible for one person to have confidence in understanding?

 

Sunday August 30th

 

10:12 am

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10:35

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Reading Journal

 

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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Brandt, Deborah. “Sponsors Of Literacy.” Comphacker, May 1998, comphacker.org/pdfs/632/Brandt.pdf.
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	In this article Brandt discusses the importance of literacy today. Over time it has become easier for a human to explain and depict what they heard, saw or experienced, and this is because of the evolution of our literacy. Literacy has developed economically and personally for everyone. There has  become a competition to harness literacy over time. Brandt explains about a girl named Dora Lopez who was a Mexican-American. When Dora was a child she decided to teach herself to read. She attended a University. Dora had a sponsorship although it wasn’t a very strong sponsorship it was still very useful for her. Eventually Dora’s bilitterate skills allowed her to become very successful. Sponsorships allow you to be able to pull literacy tendencies from a multitude of groups to advance your writing.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	“Unionism” (Brandt 177) Unionism is the policies and practices of a laber union.
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	I connected this reading to Elbow because in this article they talked about how literacy has advanced and in Elbow’s article it is about how language in education has advanced.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.	With the evolution of literacy will our language continue to become more difficult as technology continues or will it become easier because of the advancements in technology?

 

1. I am Ethan Young, I am from Denver, Colorado. I like to ski and hang out with friends. In terms of writing I would say my best quality is creating a good flow in my writing, one thing I would like to work on is my creativity.
2.  With my peer group I would want to have a solid support group who is honest and provides constructive criticism to further better my writing ability. I would prefer decently frequent communication on assignments upcoming and other things in class.
3.  I am not a huge Harry Potter fan although I would say I belong in Gryffindor.
4.  eayoung4@go.olemiss.edu
5. I would not choose option 2 for the A grade.

After reading  “Sometimes The ‘Tough Teen’ Is Quietly Writing Stories”  I acknowledged  the privilege  that I had for the education I have received. There are hundreds of thousands of kids similar to Joshua who unfortunately experience the same thing. When kids our put in situations like this and told they aren’t intelligent they become shy to their emotions. Growing up in a middle to higher class neighborhood I feel I received superb educational resources which have allowed me to continue my education at the University level. The students in the working class need to be able to feel accepted to express their pieces of work and let their talent shine, but the stigma around it suppresses their ability to create.

Reading Journal

 

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Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Elbow, Peter. “Ting the Mother Tongue:Inviting the Mother Tongue: Beyond ‘Mistakes,” ‘Bad English,” and ‘Wrong Language.’” JAC Online Journal, www.jaconlinejournal.com/archives/vol19.3/elbow-inviting.pdf.
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	The author Peter Elbow expresses his emotion on the current state of language in education, he believes we are too set on what’s correct language and what is perceived as incorrect language. Elbow uses the term ‘mother tongue’ throughout the length of the article in order to explain how no language should be considered wrong or be frowned upon because the way the  ‘mother tongue communicates  is not our standard written language. Elbow describes how words and descriptions which come more naturally when we are speaking can often be incorrect for standard written english, which would be perceived as incorrect. Once you accept the fact that your everyday dialect is not inferior and see yourself as smart, you will be able to write without resentment.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	“to keep it from being misused, debased, corrupted. No wonder we hear strong calls for “English Only.”  (Elbow 361) The term debased is a new term to me, the way Elbow used it in this sentence allows me to understand the meaning. Debased is a synonym of degrade; which means to reduce something that may have value.
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	The reading connects with my research I did in History in high school about the development of language. Over time our language has become more and more complex and we have advanced so much we consider our “mother tongue” sometimes incorrect when we are in formal situations.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.	Do different generations have different versions of SWE or has it consistently developed through all age ranges.