In their article, "Reading and Writing without Authority", Penrose and Geisler attempts to compare and contact the different knowledge and authority levels between a first year student (Janet) and a doctoral student (Roger). They each used the same sources and same information to perform an academic task, and by the results of that task, the effects of authority and the claims of knowledge were made. They argue that differences in authority lie in the academic sphere, but depending on the amount of knowledge and ability to include yourself determines the amount of authority that effects your writing and reading.
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3. I think Janet's model means that she has been trained to read and learn the information and simply re-werite it in her point of view or the ay she sees it, and Roger's model also reads and learns the information but for him he is always interpreting things in different and new ways, creating more depth.
4. I think Janet always included the authors even when it went agains her claims and views because she felt as if she was on the outside. She didn't know how to interpret the information in new ways and create a whole new meaning to the sources.
5. I think I am a little bit of both like Roger and Janet. This is because I do focus a lot of the information and transferring it into my paper, but I also like to tie my personal thoughts, stories, and opinions, making it easy for me to interpret the information in a different way. I have a long thought out process as well most of the time.
MM
One thing this article will help me is that now I will always focus on not being outside looking in when when writing, that I am my own authority figure and I must use my knowledge and take risks with arguments.
Reflection
I enjoyed this article because I think it is important for writers to understand the meaning of authority and that when one does not understand it, they feel as if they aren't knowledgable in the subject, and focus on their sources. I was confused at times, but I think I pulled my thoughts together.
Monday, February 27, 2012
Friday, February 24, 2012
Group Project: Paper #3 Final
With this website, my partners and I were trying to emphasize the importance of literacy and why one should value each and every piece of it. So many people do not have the option to become literate and they miss out on so many opportunities. One must acquire the proper literacy sponsors to become literate and a lot of people will never have that. We included our own thoughts and stories of how we became literate and why feel it is important, and we also included other famous stories about people becoming literate even if it was difficult for them. One of the accomplishments of becoming literate is digging deep inside yourself and doing something a lot of people would of never believed you could. We argued that many people may be literate, but they don't always value it the way it should be valued. I believe the things that flow really well is our introduction, values section and conclusion. I feel as if our thoughts and point were conveyed correctly, but I also feel as if some parts can be switched around or more detailed. WIth the peer editing, we were able to correct some parts that we missed. We included more information into the introduction, used more sources for our values and literacy sponsors section, and overall tweaked the whole thing to make it better. I think that the peer editing was very helpful for us.
http://valueofliteracy.webs.com/
http://valueofliteracy.webs.com/
Authority in Discourse Communities
Wardle Summary
In her article, "Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in a New Workout", Elizabeth Wardle attempts to explain the meaning of identity, adjustment, and authority within a discourse community. Writers find their unique identities in every discourse community and they go through three modes of belonging. Wardle speaks through the story of Alan, who struggles with belonging, adjusting, and responding to authority. Overall, Wardle argues that even though many may make discourse communities seem to be easy to adjust to and easy to change, for many people it takes a lot of time and certain type of skills to be able to step out of certain boundaries and specific aspects of oneself.
QD
3. I believe that the change for Alan didn't happen in a positive way is because he was reluctant to change himself, he didn't feel the need to fit in, and he didn't know how to make it happen. If he would've had more of a drive and believed that changing would be for the better than it would've worked out.
4. From experience I definitely agree that we make unconscious choices when using language. Over time it becomes apart of us and without even knowing it we are using parts that come naturally to us. It's amazing that silently we are using language and not realizing it.
5. I agree more with Wardle because motivation and the drive lies within the person. I believe that the resisting of Alan could've been easily changed if he would've looked deep down in himself and realized change was necessary and for the better.
6. Alan is a member of the community. He was used for data and part of certain processes.
7. My softball coach all through high school lost his authority when certain events occurred in the season and every player and parent lost respect for him. I believe every authority figure should strive to keep peace but also keep order. There is no order without peace.
AEI
1. Everyone is born and raised with different authority skills and I think when someone has authority over texts and within discourse communities, one is creating the example. They are showing the members what it means to be a part of that community, the interests and the goals one must have. In the discourse community they use take action sometimes and make sure everyone is following the correct protocol for that group. Personally, I am back and forth about my authority. When it comes to certain situations I can act like an authority figure but in others I cannot. For instance, I was captain of my volleyball and softball team and I was able to guide my team to the right path, but I also struggled my enforcing the rules and keeping my team in order.
Reflection
I enjoyed this reading. I think it was an easy read and with the story I found it very interesting. I think it is important for people to realize we all have our own identity, but in some cases we have to be able to change and adjust them. It may be hard at sometimes and you may think it is going against the things you believe in, but sometimes it's for the better.
In her article, "Identity, Authority, and Learning to Write in a New Workout", Elizabeth Wardle attempts to explain the meaning of identity, adjustment, and authority within a discourse community. Writers find their unique identities in every discourse community and they go through three modes of belonging. Wardle speaks through the story of Alan, who struggles with belonging, adjusting, and responding to authority. Overall, Wardle argues that even though many may make discourse communities seem to be easy to adjust to and easy to change, for many people it takes a lot of time and certain type of skills to be able to step out of certain boundaries and specific aspects of oneself.
QD
3. I believe that the change for Alan didn't happen in a positive way is because he was reluctant to change himself, he didn't feel the need to fit in, and he didn't know how to make it happen. If he would've had more of a drive and believed that changing would be for the better than it would've worked out.
4. From experience I definitely agree that we make unconscious choices when using language. Over time it becomes apart of us and without even knowing it we are using parts that come naturally to us. It's amazing that silently we are using language and not realizing it.
5. I agree more with Wardle because motivation and the drive lies within the person. I believe that the resisting of Alan could've been easily changed if he would've looked deep down in himself and realized change was necessary and for the better.
6. Alan is a member of the community. He was used for data and part of certain processes.
7. My softball coach all through high school lost his authority when certain events occurred in the season and every player and parent lost respect for him. I believe every authority figure should strive to keep peace but also keep order. There is no order without peace.
AEI
1. Everyone is born and raised with different authority skills and I think when someone has authority over texts and within discourse communities, one is creating the example. They are showing the members what it means to be a part of that community, the interests and the goals one must have. In the discourse community they use take action sometimes and make sure everyone is following the correct protocol for that group. Personally, I am back and forth about my authority. When it comes to certain situations I can act like an authority figure but in others I cannot. For instance, I was captain of my volleyball and softball team and I was able to guide my team to the right path, but I also struggled my enforcing the rules and keeping my team in order.
Reflection
I enjoyed this reading. I think it was an easy read and with the story I found it very interesting. I think it is important for people to realize we all have our own identity, but in some cases we have to be able to change and adjust them. It may be hard at sometimes and you may think it is going against the things you believe in, but sometimes it's for the better.
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Discourse Communities
Johns Summary
In her article, "Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice", Ann M. Johns attempts to explain social, political, academic and recreational communities, and the language, texts and values of certain discourse communities. She talks about the diversity and rebellion within a community, for instance she states, "even after individuals are fully initiated, many factors can separate them". This means a lot of individuals will rebel against their discourse community. Johns argues that academics and others may have similar thoughts and ideas, but when it comes to the broader view it can be quite diverse.
QD
1. Some complications are the cost of some discourse communities, things can be very costly and not very accommodated. There can be a lot authority and rebellious behavior within a community, like someone may not approve of the certain leader of that discussion. Also, there are critiques within a community that people don't agree with.
2. Change within a discourse community occurs when A member experience different events in their life that change their thoughts and motives to the point where they feel the need to change discourse communities. A time when this has happened is when Alexander Graham Bell changed his invention to the telephone after experiencing a change in knowledge.
3. I don't think writing for different communities made me lose a sense of self because everyone adjusts to certain situations and has the ability to write and think in different ways and still stay true to themselves.
4. When Johns talks about learning how to read and write I don't think it is possible for one to lose their identity because in eery piece of writing one can act as a different person, and base themselves soft of someone else, but they allays have their own identity. Identities are varied.
5. The authority in college has been so much more relaxed and pleasant than in high school. I feel as if we all have a purpose in our class to write and actually want to write more because there isn't a strong authoritative manner. We can write for ourselves and not for others, but to a point.
6. It's considered a minefield because sometimes there are no set boundaries. I have been punished before because of not following a certain outline, but also rewarded for stepping out of the box a few times.
MM
I think by reading Johns, I know that by joining a discourse community there are going to be specific rules and one is going to have to follow them, but also that there has to be a sense of self and individualism because the world is diverse and varies many ways.
Reflection
I enjoyed this article. I hope I understood it correctly, sometimes I go out on a limb and make up my own meanings in between lines. I really liked how she talked about the rebellion aspect of individuals within a discourse ebecause I feel like that may be one of the biggest problems.
In her article, "Discourse Communities and Communities of Practice", Ann M. Johns attempts to explain social, political, academic and recreational communities, and the language, texts and values of certain discourse communities. She talks about the diversity and rebellion within a community, for instance she states, "even after individuals are fully initiated, many factors can separate them". This means a lot of individuals will rebel against their discourse community. Johns argues that academics and others may have similar thoughts and ideas, but when it comes to the broader view it can be quite diverse.
QD
1. Some complications are the cost of some discourse communities, things can be very costly and not very accommodated. There can be a lot authority and rebellious behavior within a community, like someone may not approve of the certain leader of that discussion. Also, there are critiques within a community that people don't agree with.
2. Change within a discourse community occurs when A member experience different events in their life that change their thoughts and motives to the point where they feel the need to change discourse communities. A time when this has happened is when Alexander Graham Bell changed his invention to the telephone after experiencing a change in knowledge.
3. I don't think writing for different communities made me lose a sense of self because everyone adjusts to certain situations and has the ability to write and think in different ways and still stay true to themselves.
4. When Johns talks about learning how to read and write I don't think it is possible for one to lose their identity because in eery piece of writing one can act as a different person, and base themselves soft of someone else, but they allays have their own identity. Identities are varied.
5. The authority in college has been so much more relaxed and pleasant than in high school. I feel as if we all have a purpose in our class to write and actually want to write more because there isn't a strong authoritative manner. We can write for ourselves and not for others, but to a point.
6. It's considered a minefield because sometimes there are no set boundaries. I have been punished before because of not following a certain outline, but also rewarded for stepping out of the box a few times.
MM
I think by reading Johns, I know that by joining a discourse community there are going to be specific rules and one is going to have to follow them, but also that there has to be a sense of self and individualism because the world is diverse and varies many ways.
Reflection
I enjoyed this article. I hope I understood it correctly, sometimes I go out on a limb and make up my own meanings in between lines. I really liked how she talked about the rebellion aspect of individuals within a discourse ebecause I feel like that may be one of the biggest problems.
Monday, February 20, 2012
Discourse Communities
Swales Summary
In his article, "The Concept of Discourse Community", John Swales attempts to explain the six main points and segments of a discourse community and the reasons behind each one. He talks about the procedural purposes and the public aspects of discourse communities. A discourse community is where a group develops the same ideas and same common goals. Swales argues that there are many discourse communities and they all have different characteristics, but when it comes to defining a discourse community it is all the same.
1. a. Common goals are made for each discourse community that are meant to be lived out and followed. My time as playing a sport my team and I were in the same discourse community, learning each play, and wanting the same goals out of each game.
b. Discourse communities have a certain way of communicating and have a set standard of how they communicate. Each discourse community focuses on each other and the common parts of the group, they know how to share their ideas with each other, and to other discourse communities one may not understand what they are talking about and why it's important. I guess I consider my friends and I a discourse community and that we have a lot of inside jokes and are able to communicate with each other in a way where some people may not be able to follow.
c. Discourse communities share information amongst each other in order to improve.
d. Each discourse community sets certain aims and expectations and they make it so that their successes are not taken by other discourse communities. This plays along in the secrets behind each group of people and family.
e. Discourse communities sometimes specialize in one type of genre and they acquire specific rings.
f. Discourse communities are interchangeable, people can come and go based on the change of interests and knowledge. Sometimes people realize they are better in one thing than another.
3. A first year college classroom wouldn't be considered a discourse community because at that point everyone has their own goals and are focusing more about themselves. However in a 4-year classroom it is more common for the people that have stuck together and learned together to come up with common goals and interests to form a community.
5. A discourse community I've participated in is my high school's softball team. Our common goals were winning every game, winning our conference, making it to districts, and improving as players. Our lexis was our inside information, what our coaches taught us, and the things we learned together. Our genres were the different parts of the game, defense and offense, fielding, and hitting.
MM
No I didn't learn anything really new because I had a good background of discourse communities after I did a lot of research for my first paper.
I thought this article is very informative, and I realized some things about discourse communities that I didn't before. I am a little confused on lexis, and genres however. I don't know if I answered some of the questions correctly because I might've mixed up some things.
Gee Summary
In his article, "Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics: Introduction", James Paul Gee attempts to discuss the meaning of a Discourse, dominant and non-dominant discourses, fluency, maladaptation, and mushfake and their relation to literacy. He explains that a Discourse is like an "identity kit", it defines who or what you are in certain situations. Like a spy, a Discourse changes and adjusts to specific situations. Gee argues that in order for someone to be included in a discourse community, one must be fluent and they also must have similar ideological thoughts. He suggests that Discourses and discourse communities are related, yet different at the same time.
QD
3. Gee explains discourse with a lower case d means as being "stretches of language that make sense", they are parts of the Discourse. They are part of the whole being, the whole word, and the whole identity. This makes sense to me because I think I have a good view on what a Discourse is.
4. Primary Discourse is focused on themselves, they cannot be critiqued or served as a meta-element like secondary. Secondary Discourses contain dominant and non dominant discourses, they are what gives one power, they are the popular and get the most prestige.
5. It means that that a Discourse is all about one's identity, the individuality of each person. The implications are that one must have a certain identity in order to be involved in a certain Discourse.
6. Each Discourse represents a specific thing and depending on what they do, say, value, or believe they are taught and believe certain things. This ties along with Discourse and identity because a Discourse is specific identity and an identity that is inter-changeable.
7. He is saying that members of a certain discourse community focus and understand a type of language and they know when something is wrong when someone outside of the community is incorrect. An example I can think of is my softball team in high school and hearing other people talk about the fundamentals of softball and being completely wrong. Rumors fit into this as well.
8. Dominant Discourse tests happen so that the right people are included in the correct discourse community and that the communities that deserve praise get it.
11. Meta-knowledge is knowing how to control certain instincts and how to improve different situations.
12. A discourse I consider myself to be part of is an athlete discourse. I play and love all sports and I have been around so many and know the language and aspects of so many that I would be included in that type of community.
AEI
2. In the primary Discourse that I am in I always try and use correct grammar when writing or speaking. The common phrases I use came from my random mind and the crazy things I come up with. Also common things I've heard from my family and friends. Sometimes I talk really high or low to emphasize certain things that I say. I am also very polite and can be very professional with certain people. And the values that I have learned growing up are values that I will always hold onto and teach my kids. With the academic Discourse I have basically done the same thing. I try and always be grammatically correct, I still like to put all of my imagination into it, and I can be very professional when speaking. I was lucky that the values I grew up with were the values that I needed to follow in academics.
4. The conflicts between the Discourses is the professional level and the goofing off level. I tend to goof off a lot around my family and friends and with academics and schooling that isn't acceptable. I have to watch out for the times where I can let loose and the times where I need to be professional and not goof off. I navigate by understanding where and when the situation calls for a better and calmer attitude.
Reflection
I like the way this article taught me certain things about Discourse and the differences between a lot of parts of it. I was semi-confused when first reading this article. I couldn't decipher between two different things but I think after answering the questions it was easier to understand, although I don't know if I answered them correctly!
In his article, "The Concept of Discourse Community", John Swales attempts to explain the six main points and segments of a discourse community and the reasons behind each one. He talks about the procedural purposes and the public aspects of discourse communities. A discourse community is where a group develops the same ideas and same common goals. Swales argues that there are many discourse communities and they all have different characteristics, but when it comes to defining a discourse community it is all the same.
1. a. Common goals are made for each discourse community that are meant to be lived out and followed. My time as playing a sport my team and I were in the same discourse community, learning each play, and wanting the same goals out of each game.
b. Discourse communities have a certain way of communicating and have a set standard of how they communicate. Each discourse community focuses on each other and the common parts of the group, they know how to share their ideas with each other, and to other discourse communities one may not understand what they are talking about and why it's important. I guess I consider my friends and I a discourse community and that we have a lot of inside jokes and are able to communicate with each other in a way where some people may not be able to follow.
c. Discourse communities share information amongst each other in order to improve.
d. Each discourse community sets certain aims and expectations and they make it so that their successes are not taken by other discourse communities. This plays along in the secrets behind each group of people and family.
e. Discourse communities sometimes specialize in one type of genre and they acquire specific rings.
f. Discourse communities are interchangeable, people can come and go based on the change of interests and knowledge. Sometimes people realize they are better in one thing than another.
3. A first year college classroom wouldn't be considered a discourse community because at that point everyone has their own goals and are focusing more about themselves. However in a 4-year classroom it is more common for the people that have stuck together and learned together to come up with common goals and interests to form a community.
5. A discourse community I've participated in is my high school's softball team. Our common goals were winning every game, winning our conference, making it to districts, and improving as players. Our lexis was our inside information, what our coaches taught us, and the things we learned together. Our genres were the different parts of the game, defense and offense, fielding, and hitting.
MM
No I didn't learn anything really new because I had a good background of discourse communities after I did a lot of research for my first paper.
I thought this article is very informative, and I realized some things about discourse communities that I didn't before. I am a little confused on lexis, and genres however. I don't know if I answered some of the questions correctly because I might've mixed up some things.
Gee Summary
In his article, "Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics: Introduction", James Paul Gee attempts to discuss the meaning of a Discourse, dominant and non-dominant discourses, fluency, maladaptation, and mushfake and their relation to literacy. He explains that a Discourse is like an "identity kit", it defines who or what you are in certain situations. Like a spy, a Discourse changes and adjusts to specific situations. Gee argues that in order for someone to be included in a discourse community, one must be fluent and they also must have similar ideological thoughts. He suggests that Discourses and discourse communities are related, yet different at the same time.
QD
3. Gee explains discourse with a lower case d means as being "stretches of language that make sense", they are parts of the Discourse. They are part of the whole being, the whole word, and the whole identity. This makes sense to me because I think I have a good view on what a Discourse is.
4. Primary Discourse is focused on themselves, they cannot be critiqued or served as a meta-element like secondary. Secondary Discourses contain dominant and non dominant discourses, they are what gives one power, they are the popular and get the most prestige.
5. It means that that a Discourse is all about one's identity, the individuality of each person. The implications are that one must have a certain identity in order to be involved in a certain Discourse.
6. Each Discourse represents a specific thing and depending on what they do, say, value, or believe they are taught and believe certain things. This ties along with Discourse and identity because a Discourse is specific identity and an identity that is inter-changeable.
7. He is saying that members of a certain discourse community focus and understand a type of language and they know when something is wrong when someone outside of the community is incorrect. An example I can think of is my softball team in high school and hearing other people talk about the fundamentals of softball and being completely wrong. Rumors fit into this as well.
8. Dominant Discourse tests happen so that the right people are included in the correct discourse community and that the communities that deserve praise get it.
11. Meta-knowledge is knowing how to control certain instincts and how to improve different situations.
12. A discourse I consider myself to be part of is an athlete discourse. I play and love all sports and I have been around so many and know the language and aspects of so many that I would be included in that type of community.
AEI
2. In the primary Discourse that I am in I always try and use correct grammar when writing or speaking. The common phrases I use came from my random mind and the crazy things I come up with. Also common things I've heard from my family and friends. Sometimes I talk really high or low to emphasize certain things that I say. I am also very polite and can be very professional with certain people. And the values that I have learned growing up are values that I will always hold onto and teach my kids. With the academic Discourse I have basically done the same thing. I try and always be grammatically correct, I still like to put all of my imagination into it, and I can be very professional when speaking. I was lucky that the values I grew up with were the values that I needed to follow in academics.
4. The conflicts between the Discourses is the professional level and the goofing off level. I tend to goof off a lot around my family and friends and with academics and schooling that isn't acceptable. I have to watch out for the times where I can let loose and the times where I need to be professional and not goof off. I navigate by understanding where and when the situation calls for a better and calmer attitude.
Reflection
I like the way this article taught me certain things about Discourse and the differences between a lot of parts of it. I was semi-confused when first reading this article. I couldn't decipher between two different things but I think after answering the questions it was easier to understand, although I don't know if I answered them correctly!
Friday, February 17, 2012
Group Project: Paper #3
With this website, my partners and I were trying to emphasize the importance of literacy and why one should value each and every piece of it. So many people do not have the option to become literate and they miss out on so many opportunities. One must acquire the proper literacy sponsors to become literate and a lot of people will never have that. We included our own thoughts and stories of how we became literate and why feel it is important, and we also included other famous stories about people becoming literate even if it was difficult for them. One of the accomplishments of becoming literate is digging deep inside yourself and doing something a lot of people would of never believed you could. We argued that many people may be literate, but they don't always value it the way it should be valued. I believe the things that flow really well is our introduction, values section and conclusion. I feel as if our thoughts and point were conveyed correctly, but I also feel as if some parts can be switched around or more detailed. If we had more time I think we would have included a few videos and made it even more pretty. We appreciate all the feedback so that we can improve it and make it even better than what we think it is.
http://valueofliteracy.webs.com/
http://valueofliteracy.webs.com/
Tuesday, February 14, 2012
Literacy
Cecchini and Perez Summary
In their article, "Motivation in Literacy", Tyler Cecchini and Hugo Perez attempt to decipher the methods of motivation to become literate, and to dig down deep, find out just how people view literacy, and what made them become literate today. By interviewing eight first-year honor students at the University of Central Florida, Cecchini and Perez were able to understand more of where all of their academic success in literacy has come from. They were able to find out their motivators, the reasons behind they felt the need to be literate, how technology plays a role, and just the overall feeling of being literate. The authors argue that although literacy can be learned in many different ways, in the end the advantages of being literate are the same and each person can excel in their own way. It doesn't matter how you became literate, but that you accomplished that goal and are prospering in life.
Answers to the questions in the boxes on pg. 449
I think that there is no logical flaw in the argument that motivation to become literate was to be able to read for fun, because I believe that that is the most motivation someone could have. When you love to read, you have more of a drive to challenge yourself and read more.
I think that the paragraph would be better after the heading of the section. This is because that is what the whole paper has done thus far and it ruins the flow.
Reflection
I actually really liked this writing. It was easy to read and I could relate to many of the interviewees answers. I believe in motivation from the people surrounding oneself and also the motivation that comes from inside. We all have to be able to motivate ourselves, and the people we love and are around can help with that.
Monday, February 13, 2012
Paper#4 research question
Is a writer's writing process and style based off of their personality?
Or
Does a writer's personality determine how they write and what they like to read?
Or
Does a writer's personality determine how they write and what they like to read?
Friday, February 10, 2012
Paper 2 Final Draft
With this paper, I focused on the creative aspect of my writing style. The routine, my surroundings, and my inspiration all are tied into how I do my writing and what I focus on when doing it. I compared certain writing processes to my own and was able to include stories and personal experience during my writing processes. I wanted to focus on where my writing processes come from and where I find all of my creativity in every type of writing I work on. No matter what type of writing it is, my writing process comes from the same place. My imagination. The peer revision only helped me with my confidence in my paper. After the praising comments I felt as if my paper was really great, so I went back and revised my own paper and tried to find ways I could make it better. I found that I needed to include more of my college writing experience, so I then wrote a little section that tied my college writing processes into it. The peer revision was nice because I did gain a lot of confidence which is really important when writing.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/81197121/Paper-2-final-draft
http://www.scribd.com/doc/81197121/Paper-2-final-draft
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Literacy
Baron Summary
In his article, "From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technologies", Dennis Baron, attempts to explain and give his opinion and certain examples of how technology has changed the world of writing in negative ways. He argues that using technology is an easy way of becoming literate, but that it takes away some aspects of writing. He describes it as lazy writing.
QD
2. I do agree with Baron that the new technologies are fundamentally changing the shape or nature of writing, I believe too many people rely on technology in order to live their life.
4. Disposable cameras, typewriter, and little portable keyboards I remember having in middle school. These all still exist and the ideas are all still present, they have just been made into bigger and better things.
6. It was cool that he included the pictures in his writing more, they distracted from the words and proved some of his points.
I think this article was interesting because I am one person who has a love/hate relationship with technology. I sorta kinda hate it because I do believe it takes away from a lot of social interaction people should experience in life, but it is soooo helpful there is no way I could ever fully hate it. I'm so thankful I have the ability to be able to use it.
Malcom X Summary
In his article, "Learning to Read", Malcom X attempts to tell his story of how he learned to read and write when he spent his time in prison. He argues that anyone can gain the ability to read. Many who knew him would think he got a further education than eighth grade, but in fact he was the one that taught himself. He used the dictionary to rewrite the words and definitions. He found that he was able to remember the words and their meanings which improved his literacy in every way.
QD
1. Malcom X's audience is everybody struggling in some way. He proved that there is a way to defeat an obstacle that is holding you back wherever you may be in life.
2. He describes literacy as understanding words, their concepts, and how things form together. Once he starts to remember the meetings of the words he was able to tie them together in order to make sense of things he wanted to say.
3. His literacy sponsors were the prison, the books he read, and himself. I think he was able to learn everything from the books that he read and he used the motivation from inside his self to do these things.
4. I feel like Malcom might've misinterpreted some things because he was so set on having one thought an snot changing.
6. I believe the motivation to read has to with your drive to learn. Personally, I like to read for enjoyment, to have entertainment flooded into my brain through my eyes. I think when you really have the urge to fill your brain with new information and want to prove a point to yourself than the motivation to read is that more intense.
AEI
1. Technology helps everyone communicate and learn in a newer and easier way. I believe that because it is so easy, more people can become literate.
I enjoyed this article. I love to read inspiring stories, and I think it's awesome that Malcom X was able to teach himself. It was interesting reading what he had to say and comparing it to the topic we are now studying.
Alexie Summary
In his article, "The Joy of Reading and Writing", Sherman Alexie attempts to explain how he became to be a frequent reader, what he enjoys about it, and how he overcame his lower class. He argues that he began reading through comic books and figuring out the pictures and that his father was his reason he loved to write. He read all of the time and his love for reading and writing influenced his daily life.
QD
1. The expectations of society affect a child in many ways. As a child grows up they are influenced by the people around them. They follow the expectations that they are given because that is what they believe to be correct, each child struggles with figuring out their feelings for themselves. One example of children following the expectations of what people may have for them is, when children are born into a racist family and they see how racist their family is, they believe that the expectation is for them to be just as racist, to follow in their families footsteps. When a child sees something they believe that is what they must do.
AEI
1. yes, I believe that by reading these two stories readers believe that anyone can overcome poverty and discrimination in order to become literate or anything in the world. They are proof that it is possible which is an inspiration to all. I think one must focus on the certain aspects of what they are being tuahgt and their drive inside to overcome their problems.
I enjoyed this article very much. I think it's awesome that he was able to overcome discrimination. I also think it's nice his father was such a reader and writer and created such a great atmosphere for him to live in. With hundreds of books laying around a child is likely to stumble upon them.
In his article, "From Pencils to Pixels: The Stages of Literacy Technologies", Dennis Baron, attempts to explain and give his opinion and certain examples of how technology has changed the world of writing in negative ways. He argues that using technology is an easy way of becoming literate, but that it takes away some aspects of writing. He describes it as lazy writing.
QD
2. I do agree with Baron that the new technologies are fundamentally changing the shape or nature of writing, I believe too many people rely on technology in order to live their life.
4. Disposable cameras, typewriter, and little portable keyboards I remember having in middle school. These all still exist and the ideas are all still present, they have just been made into bigger and better things.
6. It was cool that he included the pictures in his writing more, they distracted from the words and proved some of his points.
I think this article was interesting because I am one person who has a love/hate relationship with technology. I sorta kinda hate it because I do believe it takes away from a lot of social interaction people should experience in life, but it is soooo helpful there is no way I could ever fully hate it. I'm so thankful I have the ability to be able to use it.
Malcom X Summary
In his article, "Learning to Read", Malcom X attempts to tell his story of how he learned to read and write when he spent his time in prison. He argues that anyone can gain the ability to read. Many who knew him would think he got a further education than eighth grade, but in fact he was the one that taught himself. He used the dictionary to rewrite the words and definitions. He found that he was able to remember the words and their meanings which improved his literacy in every way.
QD
1. Malcom X's audience is everybody struggling in some way. He proved that there is a way to defeat an obstacle that is holding you back wherever you may be in life.
2. He describes literacy as understanding words, their concepts, and how things form together. Once he starts to remember the meetings of the words he was able to tie them together in order to make sense of things he wanted to say.
3. His literacy sponsors were the prison, the books he read, and himself. I think he was able to learn everything from the books that he read and he used the motivation from inside his self to do these things.
4. I feel like Malcom might've misinterpreted some things because he was so set on having one thought an snot changing.
6. I believe the motivation to read has to with your drive to learn. Personally, I like to read for enjoyment, to have entertainment flooded into my brain through my eyes. I think when you really have the urge to fill your brain with new information and want to prove a point to yourself than the motivation to read is that more intense.
AEI
1. Technology helps everyone communicate and learn in a newer and easier way. I believe that because it is so easy, more people can become literate.
I enjoyed this article. I love to read inspiring stories, and I think it's awesome that Malcom X was able to teach himself. It was interesting reading what he had to say and comparing it to the topic we are now studying.
Alexie Summary
In his article, "The Joy of Reading and Writing", Sherman Alexie attempts to explain how he became to be a frequent reader, what he enjoys about it, and how he overcame his lower class. He argues that he began reading through comic books and figuring out the pictures and that his father was his reason he loved to write. He read all of the time and his love for reading and writing influenced his daily life.
QD
1. The expectations of society affect a child in many ways. As a child grows up they are influenced by the people around them. They follow the expectations that they are given because that is what they believe to be correct, each child struggles with figuring out their feelings for themselves. One example of children following the expectations of what people may have for them is, when children are born into a racist family and they see how racist their family is, they believe that the expectation is for them to be just as racist, to follow in their families footsteps. When a child sees something they believe that is what they must do.
AEI
1. yes, I believe that by reading these two stories readers believe that anyone can overcome poverty and discrimination in order to become literate or anything in the world. They are proof that it is possible which is an inspiration to all. I think one must focus on the certain aspects of what they are being tuahgt and their drive inside to overcome their problems.
I enjoyed this article very much. I think it's awesome that he was able to overcome discrimination. I also think it's nice his father was such a reader and writer and created such a great atmosphere for him to live in. With hundreds of books laying around a child is likely to stumble upon them.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Literacy
Brandt Summary
In her article, "Sponsors of Literacy", Deborah Brandt focuses on literacy skills and where they are acquired. She talks about sponsorship and access and the standards of literacy over time. She states "what I have tried to suggest is that as we assist and study individuals in pursuit of literacy, we also recognize how literacy is in pursuit of them". This may mean we all need literacy and eventually we will find each other.
QD
1. They are “agents, local or distant, concrete or abstract, who teach, model, support, recruit, extort, deny, or suppress literacy and gain advantage by it in some way”. This means there are many characteristics of a literacy sponsor but that they all meet in the same category.
3. They focus on the higher class in society, they act as if one set individual is better than another.
4. I think by stratified she means put together, and the stakes are the meanings of literacy and the high standards.
AEI
1. My primary literacy sponsors have been my teachers, family, and friends. I've learned academic, social, and emotional literacies through those people. I learned how to apply both social and academic into my school work and my every day life. I haven't had much religious literacies. I have basically formed my own beliefs.
Reflection
I believe this was a decent article. I struggled with understanding everything she was trying to say and I feel as if I might've gotten some things mixed up when answering the questions. It was interesting to learn about literacy and how it ties into the daily lives of individuals.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Paper #2
Cover Letter
With this paper, I focused on the creative aspect of my writing style. The routine, my surroundings, and my inspiration all are tied into how I do my writing and what I focus on when doing it. I compared certain writing processes to my own and was able to include stories and personal experience during my writing processes. I wanted to focus on where my writing processes come from and where I find all of my creativity in every type of writing I work on. No matter what type of writing it is, my writing process comes from the same place. My imagination. I think I struggle staying on point and I would love every type of feedback in order to actually follow the concept of what the paper was supposed to entail. If I had more time I would have included more examples of my writing process. I hope you can at least semi-understand my paper.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/80384194
With this paper, I focused on the creative aspect of my writing style. The routine, my surroundings, and my inspiration all are tied into how I do my writing and what I focus on when doing it. I compared certain writing processes to my own and was able to include stories and personal experience during my writing processes. I wanted to focus on where my writing processes come from and where I find all of my creativity in every type of writing I work on. No matter what type of writing it is, my writing process comes from the same place. My imagination. I think I struggle staying on point and I would love every type of feedback in order to actually follow the concept of what the paper was supposed to entail. If I had more time I would have included more examples of my writing process. I hope you can at least semi-understand my paper.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/80384194
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