How do I define a writer? Dictionary.com says a writer is a “person who commits his or her thoughts to writing” (Dictionary.com). To me a writer is someone that expresses some sort of feeling or emotion in any form of writing. Thoughtco.com describes a writer as “a person who writes professionally” (Thoughtco.com). But to me a writer is not just an author that writes books, novels, and or articles. Anyone has the ability to be a writer in any shape or form. But no, I am not saying that some people may be more gifted than others at writing but that does not make them more of a writer than someone that is less talented at writing.

What type of writer am I? I believe I am a writer that expresses feeling and emotions through writing but is not one that is greatly talented that could make a career out of writing.

https://www.dictionary.com/browse/writer

https://www.thoughtco.com/writer-definition-1692511

This video talks about how to keep a good conversation with a person or people that you may or may not like. Some people in this world don’t agree with everything you think. The speaker talks about different ways to keep a good convo and some of those ways are like not multitasking. Be present in the moment and not where the person isn’t talking. Don’t be lame and not ask open ended questions like when, where, why, and how. You can also just go with the flow and with the convo. These are all ways to help keep a great conversation according to the speaker in the video.

Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	“Rhetorical Situations and Their Constituents” Keith Grant-Davie
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	In this article the concept of rhetorical situations is discussed. Rhetorical situations is defined by situations that can potentially  happen without discourse. “In other words, a rhetorical situation is a situation where the speaker or writer sees a need to change reality and sees the change may be effected through rhetorical discourse.” This is basically saying that the writer or speaker sees a potential change that needs to be looked at.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	“Exigence- the matter and motivation of discourse”
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	There is not much relation between this reading and our previous readings
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.	What is discourse?

 

 

Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	“Finding the Good Argument OR Why Bother with Logic?” Rebecca Jones
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	This article mainly talks about the art of argument. In the article Jones talks about how there is always a winner and a loser of an argument just like when there is a war. Jones also says that just like in war when you take a new position you can do that exact thing in an argument. Also mentioned in the article is politics. Politics has and will always be just a lot of arguing such as the presidential debate this past night.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	Argument as collaboration would be more closely linked to words such as dialogue and deliberation, cornerstone concepts in the history of American democracy.
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	This reading does not really connect to the previous ones
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.	What sparks arguments like this?

 

 

1. Adverse childhood experiences come in many different ways. They can come in ways such as physical abuse, mental abuse, neglect, and even just not being accepted by your household. Toxic stressors are the same thing as adverse childhood experiences because they both are struggles and adversity that a child has to go through.
2. Poverty, racism, and violence all can affect a child’s development in so many ways. For someone that has to go through these adversities their development can take major shots for the worse. The development of a child creates the basis of their entire lives. Poverty can affect a child’s development because a bad home life will affect the mental health of the child. Racism can affect the confidence of the child if they are continuously getting scrutinized for his or her race. 
3. Adverse childhood experiences can affect literacy because if someone does not even have the chance to go to school they will probably never learn correct literacy.  

1. Mona saved countless lives by publishing a study that exposed the lead in the water in Flint, Michigan. The study made President Obama declare a federal emergency. Obama declaring the lead problem a federal emergency gave money to Flint so that they could recover from this. Dr. Mona gave everything she had to ensure that the future of Flint would be good and healthy. She saved lives today and what could have been many more in the future if this is was not addressed.
2. My time where I noticed something is much different from Dr. Mona and no where close to as important as her study. But I was the captain for my soccer team and as the season was near, I realized important fundamentals that we lacked that my coach did not even notice. We were able to work out the problem and we made it all the way to the playoffs that year.
3. As an individual I can potentially change the world with every choice I make. In todays world everyone can change the world. When people think of changing the world, they think of someone really famous that could be their idol. But every single job is a world changing job because without them the world would not function right. We all work together to make the world better. My point is that I believe I can change the world by just being the best at what I am meant to be.

1. Literacy means a lot to me because I am a very outgoing person and without literacy I would not be able to communicate over social media or talk about articles or books we have read. Also without literacy I would not be able to expand my knowledge and reach my goals in life
2. My dad
3. A scene with my sponsor of literacy would be pretty much anytime with my dad as a child. As must kids look up to their dads I did as well but maybe a lot more than others. My dad is a very successful man and that did not come easy because he worked for everything he has and what has given me. As a child my dad always told me to read because it expands our knowledge. When I was 12 years old my dad gave me a book by John Grisham and it was called The Kid Lawyer. This book sparked my interest in what was my dream career for multiple years. I read the entire series over and over because I just loved everything about the novels. One of the best parts is that my dad also read them so we had deep talks about each o the books, the plots, and even our theories.

Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Andrea R. Fishman “Literacy and Cultural Context: A Lesson from the Amish”  Social Aspects of Language and Learning, Volume 64, No. 8, pages 842-849
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	In this article I noticed many things about the Amish life that set my life apart that I never knew before. In a normal American household like mine we grow up competing in sports meeting people at social events and then we stay connected through our phones. That is one thing that sets our culture apart from the Amish. The Amish grow up writing. And yes, I grew up writing too but in the Amish culture reading is one of the biggest things in their culture. And even as adults such as Eli and Anna in the article; they participate in circle letters with people that have the same background, interests, or anything else that the have in common. What I got out of this article is that no matter what background we have we all learn the same things just in different forms
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	Old Order- the Amish that participate in traditional ways of growing up
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	This connects to other readings I have had in only one way and that is literacy. We previously read about what literacy is now we read about how people learn it.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.	Why does every family not grow up like this?

 

 

24 hour writing log

7:30

Text to religious group 2 word

8:35

Snapchat 5 words

10:17

Snapchat 17 words

11:35

Text to my dad 15 words

2:45

Snapchat 8 words

5:00

Text in rush group chat 5 words

9:45

Snachat 34 words