September 2020

1.Aces are experiences faced by a child that can include both physical and emotional abuse. This includes neglect by guardians and household violence. Without support from adults this can lead to toxic stress in children. Toxic stress is prolonged stress activated in children due to ACES that can have long term effects both physically and mentally in a child.

 

2.Poverty, racism, and community violence can negatively impact a child’s development. They can lead to poorer health both mentally and physically in children. The stress of living in these environments at home can cause children to stress and act out in educational environments. They have less opportunities thus causing them to fall back into the cycle of inequality.

 

3.Children with ACEs are more likely to have below average academic skills that include poor literacy skills.They typically experience social problems and problems in schools that put them at risk for poor academic performances.

• Dr. Mona’s actions helped bring awareness to the water situation in the Flint,Michigan area. She has been effective in helping the cause. She has helped pipes be changed throughout the city for the residents. By helping with the water situation, she is helping fix a city that is full of toxic stress due to poverty.
• During high school I made others in my community and high school aware of the declining health of many high school students. Growing up in a small community mental health was not a heavy topic of discussion. I started a meeting group where students were allowed to speak with parents,faculty,and administrators about the stressors that high school students face on a daily basis during the year.
• As an individual to make the world safer and better we could all communicate with each other on topics that affect the masses. By coming together with groups we can help save ourselves and others from different situations.

 

Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Murray,Donald. “The Maker’s Eye.”.
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	The article, “The Maker’s Eye,” by Donald Murray explains the differences between amateur and professional writers. Murrays tells how having a draft begins the writing process for most writers. He shows that writers must produce a progression of drafts. Writers must be open to both negative and positive feedback during the writing process. Murray empathizes the importance of rewriting. He explains the seven elements of effective writing. The article goes on to tell the elements to check for which are: subject, audience, form, structure, development, dimensions, and tone. After checking the elements, Murrays begins line by line editing. Lastly, he explains that a piece of writing is never finished because something can always be improved.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	Bifocals (Murray 4)-a pair of eyeglasses having lenses with two parts with different focal lengths. Typographical(Murray 1)-relating to the style, appearance, or production of printed matter.
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	The article connects to reading done in my English Composition class that explained the proper writing process.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.	Why is there not a universal writing process?

1. Literacy to me is having skills to live and survive during my daily life.
Literacy allows us to use roadsigns, order from menus, and apply for jobs.
2. My top sponsor of literacy was my mom.
3.It is a warm Sunday night in August in the quiet suburbs of Blue Mountain, Mississippi. Sunflower decor litters the cozy living room. The sweet smell of snickerdoodle fills the air trickling from the kitchen, through the halls, down the stairs, and finally settling in the air surrounding the black letter recliner that sat catty-corner in the den. Board games cover the floor, a signature look for the weekly family game night. Children and adults alike file into the room and begin the weekly battle of what gets played first begins. Nonna San has taken her usual spot it the recliner with the youngest grandchild, Miracle, perched upon the arm of the recliner with a leapfrog reader. She was paying more attention to the game played in front of her. Miracle catches the eye of her mother, Shirlyn, and quickly retreats to her story. This is a common occurrence during, not just game night, but every night. Oh, the irony a child in a home filled with literature but refuses to read any of it. Her mother remembers her struggles learning literacy and always keeps her only child on track. As she continues growing up, Miracle begins to realize why her mother worked so hard to make her literate and broaden her education. All of her mother Shirlyn’s hard work led Miracle to graduate with honors and now attend her dream college.

 

Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Fishman R. Andrea. “A Lesson from the Amish.”The Social Aspects of Language and Learning,Vol. 64,No. 8,1987,842-849.
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	The literary work, “A Lesson from the Amish, by Andrea R Fishman, takes us into the childhood life of the author Fishman and the Fisher’s who are Amish. It shows the different ways children learn literacy by focusing on Fisher’s youngest child, a son named Eli Jr., who is six years old. It further explains Eli Jr’s eagerness to read and the differences in the literature that is read in the Fisher household. Eli Jr. and the Fisher family are literate in Amish terms due because that is the only text and socialization they have been exposed to. Eli Jr. goes on to realize that literacy is a driving force in the world. He uses this to affiliate himself with the larger Amish community.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	Redolent (Fishman 842)-strongly smelling of.
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	This reading connects to the article we used for our last reading journal “What is Literacy” by James Gee. They both explain how literacy is obtained and the importance of it.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.	How is the word literate used to describe someone’s ability to read and write if we are all taught in different ways and use our skills differently.

 

September 2nd

7:32

IMessage

12 word

To my boyfriend

 

7:35

Groupme

1 word

To my Gamma Chi

 

8:02

IMessage

22 words

To my friend

 

11:13

IMessage 

11 words

To my friend.

 

11:47

IMessage

6 words

To my mom

 

12:06

Snapchat Text

12 words

To my friend

 

12:11

Snapchat Text

3 words

To Groupchat

 

3:22

IMessage 

10 words

To Mom

4:11

IMessage

3 Words

To Boyfriend

5:44

Snapchat Message

8 words 

To Friend

7:11

IMessage

5 words

To Recruitment counselor 

8:23

IMessage

6 words 

To Dad

9:10

IMessage 

4 Words 

To Mom

 

Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page	Gee,James.What is Literacy.Boston University,Vol. 171, no.1,1989,pp.18-23.
Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words	The piece of writing, “What is Literacy,” by James Gee, explains the topic of discourses. Gee tells how they are used and how they interact with one another. He finally shows how they help define the term literacy. Discourses are obtained by us as we live our lives.  They can not be taught but are commonly acquired through interactions with family and those closest to us. Discourses go beyond spoken language and include how we interact with others and our values with those actions. It also explains how literacy can be described as a level of control over a language. It also tells about the differences between natural acquisition and the formal process of learning literacy.
Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author.	Marginalize (Gee 18)-treat (a person, group, or concept) as insignificant or peripheral. Analogous (Gee 19)-comparable in certain respects, typically in a way which makes clearer the nature of the things compared. Hierarchical (Gee 19)-of the nature of a hierarchy; arranged in order of rank.
How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?	This article connects to research I did during my dual credit English Composition last fall. I wrote a research paper on the need of socializing children so they can acquire social and language skills.
Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion.	How do those with limited social interaction acquire literacy?