| 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
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| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.
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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?
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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? |
