| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | Andrea R. Fishman “Literacy and Cultural Context: A Lesson from the Amish” Language Arts , December 1987, Vol. 64, No. 8, The Social Aspects of Language
and Learning (December 1987), pp. 842-854 National Council of Teachers of English |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | This is an article that talks about the lessons we can learn from the Amish. And we see that there are very different ideas between the things we learn and what they do. And how that affects the writing that comes out of our societies. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. | I couldn’t really find any “new” terms but there were definitely quite a few words that had a tad bit of a different meaning then what I thought they did. |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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It kind of relates to the previous blog we made about the ethnic views on things. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | When people stopped what they were doing to listen to Eli Sr. was Eli doing it on purpose or did he just catch everyone’s attention randomly? |