Hey! My name is Miracle Rutherford. I am from Saltillo, Ms and I am majoring in biology on the pre-dental track. In writing, I feel that I am good at fixing grammatical mistakes. One thing I want to improve in is organizing my thoughts before I begin the writing process. I am okay with communicating at almost any time. I am hoping to get strong feedback and criticism on my writing so I can improve. My Hogwarts House is Slytherin. My preferred email is mruther1@go.olemiss.edu. I am not choosing option 2.
August 2020
Reading Journal- “Sponsors of Literacy” Deborah Brandt
| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | Brandt,Deborah.“Sponsors of Literacy”.Comphacker.org |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | The piece of literature, “Sponsors of Literacy,” by Deborah Brandt explains the use of literacy and how sponsors either teach or withhold it from us. It explains that a sponsor is something either abstract or concrete that enables us to learn literacy or suppresses our want to. Sponsors can be over the radio to television entertainment. They may also be older and often more skilled adults who understand literacy. How well-spoken you were often showed your social standing in society. Social groups differ in from others. They had different access to the ability to learn literacy and different kinds of sponsors. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. | Rumination (Brandt 166)-a deep or considered thought about something.
Proliferated (Brandt 167)-increase rapidly in numbers; multiply. Pragmatically(Brandt 168)-in a sensible and realistic way that is based on practical rather than theoretical considerations. Compradrazgo (Brandt 169)-the reciprocal relationship or the social institution of such relationship existing between a godparent or godparents and the godchild and its parents in the Spanish-speaking world. |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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This article connects to a book I read during high school that talked about how literacy differs through different societies and social classes. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | Should all people have the same access to literacy? |
#1000BlackGirlBooks or Tough Teen or the Twitter thread Blog Post
As a black child in the south, I was rarely allowed to read stories about people of my race. It harmed my identity as an African American woman. It caused me to try and hid my identity to fit in with my prominently white school and athletic organizations. I forgot who I was and what my ancestors had fought for. I connect with Kimberly Yam’s Twitter thread. I understand what it is like to reject your culture to fit in with your surroundings and social normals. I am fighting and will continue fighting to reclaim my culture. After studying the race war in America, I have started learning who I am and why I want to be Black.
Reading Journal for Elbow
| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | Inviting the Mother Tongue: Beyond “Mistakes,” “Bad English,” and “Wrong Language”
Elbow,Peter.Inviting the Mother Tongue: Beyond “Mistakes,” “Bad English,” and “Wrong Language.”Jaconlinejournal. |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | The article talks about the conflict of making students conform to standard english while speaking and writing. It tells how Standard Written English also known as SWE can conform and change depending on what is being written. It further explains that when we see something wrong with how someone speaks or writes our first instinct is to get rid of it. People see others who speak differently or in other terms wrong as inferior to themself. The author explains, what if he himself were raised differently and now spoke what others refer to as interior or wrong dialect and how he would feel. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. | “split infinitives”(Elbow 359)-a construction consisting of an infinitive with an adverb or other word inserted between to and the verb.
“colloquialisms”( Elbow 364)- a word or phrase that is not formal or literal, typically one used in ordinary or familiar conversation. |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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While taking English Composition 2 senior year, I did research on how the term “improper english” is a defamatory term. I wrote about how one’s accent does not show his or her intelligence. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | Why do some associate a non-american accent or someone speaking a forgien language as inferior even though we live in a melting pot country. |
FASTrack/Writ 101 Round Table
A piece of advice that I believe will be particularly helpful during college is spacing out my classes, therefore giving myself time to work. I tend to stress myself out over assignments. I believe it is from not giving myself enough time to complete my work without cramming. By spacing out my classes and work, I will perform better in my courses. Another piece of advice that I will be using during college is that I should take advantage of all the free resources available on campus. By taking advantage of the FastTrack resources on campus, I will never have to worry about my grades suffering because I can not find assistance. I am most looking forward to joining various organizations such as a greek organization, ASB, and SAA. I am not looking forward to school being in an online format. One thing I stress to incoming high school seniors is that another day is not guaranteed. After having half my senior year taken away due to the pandemic, I understand the regrets of not doing more during my time in high school.