In this article, Jones discuses trying to lead people away from viewing arguments  as verbal “wars”. Instead she wants us to see our opponents perspective in arguments and “find common ground”.  Jones states that a good argument “see all angles of the argument”, this way the solution is better found and easier to find.

 

In The Makers Eye, Murray discusses how difficult  writing and self-reviewing can be. He states that self reviwing can be very hard, because people can be too hard on themselves and change thins that don’t nee to be changed. He also says that students will write one draft and submit it stating that it is already perfect, which in fact is never true. AS students we can never write a perfect or even good paper on the first try, it will take trial and error to make a paper actually good. When reading over your first draft you need to check for the subject, audience, form, structure, development, dimension, and tone. Then only is it ready to be finalized.

In Literacy and Cultural Context : A Lesson From the Amish, Fishman discusses the literacy in an Amish families household. The family has centered their learning of literacy around their Amish beliefs. To them their cultural ties to literacy is more important than the educational value. Eli and Anna believe that their learning and teachings of Amish literacy should help their society thrive and continue, and help students understand their role in their society. All of the books in their household are made by Amish authors, and promote Amish learning.

The thing I found most useful was the “not all teachers hate me”. Growing up it was imprinted on my brain that college professors were top of the line, hard-ass, drill sergeant , meanies. Throughout my whole pre-college academic career, teachers have always told me that college professors do not take ANY crap, and are not afraid to fail you, even if you turn in something a minute late. This terrified me for a very long time. Now that I am here I am not certain if it is because of the Corona circumstances , but teachers so far have been very lenient towards late work. I am mostly  looking forward to football, and least looking forward to school-work and exam weeks. Advice I would give another student is you NEED to be organized. Make sure you have a weekly planner so you can lay out all of your homework assignment for the week so you do not miss anything. If you can try to get your homework done the day it was assigned so it doesn’t pile up.

In Brandt’s writing she discusses  Literary Sponsors. A literary sponsor as any agent (person or thing), that enable, promote, support, or teach literacy  in some type of way. They also can help gain an advantage on someone’s literary  abilities.  She goes into depth about the negative challenges people face that can hender them from gaining an advantage in literacy. Race, gender, and  socio-economic status all have affects on a child’s ability to get  a head start on literacy. What time period you were born in can also determine your writing ability. Someone in 1920’s would write totally different from someone in the 1990’s.

To me, literacy is a form of expression. I believe what one writes comes from deep inside of their soul, fiction or non-fiction, people write what they feel and believe, unless they are BS’ing an assignment. Their are many rules in literacy we must follow, like punctuation, formatting, etc. The definition of literacy is the ability to write and read.  I am focusing on the writing part of literacy. When someone writes a fictional book they are using the inner-mist depths of their creativity and putting what they imagine onto paper. One Literary Sponsor of mine is my Father. He inspired my to become a better writer by showing me what a great writer is at such a young age. He helped show me a goal to reach for, and set me on the path to achieve it. When I three years-young my father would write stories to me from the military base in Texas. I loved reading them, they were so creative and imaginative, they brought me into my own little world, as if I had stepped into the Gates of Narnia. As most kids do, I wanted to be just like my father and his writing, I wanted to be able to bring people into their own little world.

In The Makers Eye, Murray says that the difference in attitude is the difference between an amateur writer and a professional writer. As writers we have to be excepting of criticism. We have to let go of our self pride when it comes to writing and be able to take someone else’s ideas, but also put your own craftsmen ship in what feedback they are giving you. Ego is a very important tool in writing, you must make your voice heard. Rewriting is also an important trait to have in order to become a more professional writer. As a writer you have to know what audience you’re trying to write for, and make sure they will enjoy what you write. After that you have to make sure you have the appropriate form, and structure to make sure what you have to is in order. Once you have a draft with a subject,audience, form,structure,development,dimension,and tone, you are now ready to edit line-by-line.  You have to read and reread each word of your writing to make sure it is absolute perfection.

James Paul Gee discusses how video games can teach us teamwork and problem solving abilities. He uses the game “Portal”, which teaches physics in order to complete and succeed in the game. Gee states when people  do not care about what an outcome is they will try less harder to get there, and think less. You need to be able to bring experience to the learner or student. Gee also states that if schools started integrating   different learning techniques that appeal more to the learner, they will learn better.

Tuesday, September, 1

8 AM

Text coach

Reply to all my snapchats

10 AM

Call parents and tell them good morning

10:30 AM

Writing for Art History

Text friends from back home

12 PM

Write Poem for self-entertainment

Text roommate for key because I locked myself out

Reply to friends texts

4 PM

Start my writing 101 assignment

6 PM

text friends for dinner choices

7 PM

continue writing assignment

8 PM

Text parents goodnight

9 PM

text friends about movie night

11 PM

text roommate asking wheres the TV remote

10 AM

Text parents good morning

 

 

 

 

 

Wazzam wit it, my name is Seth Hunter. I am on the Ole Miss Rebels football team. I want to incorporate more creativity into my writing. In a peer review group I would like honesty, but not too, don’t make me cry. I can communicate whenever, after 12:30-9:00 PM. I am thirty-seven percent Slytherin, thirty-two percent Gryffindor, twenty-two percent Ravenclaw, and nine percent Hufflepuff.  Prefered email shunter1@go.olemiss.edu. No option two.