| 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?
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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? |