Author: smichaud1

For everyone, curiosity is different. Some people are more curious than others depending on the situation and each persons interest. Am I a curious person? I would say it depends on the situation. If I am interested then yes, I am curious to ask questions and learn more about the topic. For example, If we are discussing sports, I like to keep up with latest news, so I won’t hesitate to ask questions to gain knowledge.  I think curiosity mostly depends on questions. If you are curious, you will ask questions. That is how you gain knowledge. In class, I am most curious when I can relate to the topic. Thats when I ask most questions. I would say that if I am curious in class, I will ask three or more questions.  This week, most classes were canceled because of the snow but If I had to choose a class that I asked the most questions, it would be Environment. I am very curious about the how the environment works and how we can fix it. The last class we got into discussing animal extinction. This is a topic I am very interested in. I asked many questions to gain my knowledge.  As you can see, curiosity depends on interest. Everyone has different interest, which means different curiosity.

 

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This article is very relatable. One of the teachers judges her on speaking. She says that if you stutter, don’t speak. When I was in elementary school I had trouble pronouncing words. I didn’t want my classmates to judge me. I think students should have to raise their hand at least once a class. This helps with confidence because they adapt to it.

https://medium.com/rising-cairn/cars-turning-over-to-the-sun-ce8e1bb55d56#.kf5vwq6ke

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I can relate to this article because this article talks about the different styles of teaching. Everyone teacher can teach different. Some teachers are “old school”, some are “modern” and some have their own style whether that be online or lots of reading. I can relate to this because I have had teachers in the past who style I don’t match up with. This forces me to try and teach myself .

 

https://medium.com/rising-cairn/the-mean-teacher-b93daea9bba9#.5qr5f94cn

 

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Reading this article about a student who failed her first college essay taught me that when it comes to doing essays and college work in general, you should state your true thoughts and knowledge rather then spending all your time on grammar and complicated sentences. Its best to keep it simple and easy to understand.

https://medium.com/rising-cairn/a-writing-failure-95c310c03384#.l85fp7pga

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After reading this narrative I realized why the classroom can be so quiet at times. Students aren’t raising their hand because they don’t want to be wrong. They worry that students will judge them based on their answer. If no one cared what others thought than their would be more communication in class.

https://medium.com/rising-cairn/alexandra-white-daecc0eed210#.inviscd9x

 

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2.What is a “master narrative,” as Alexander describes it in her paraphrase of Lyotard? What, according to Alexander, are some problems with these narratives? Revisit your own literacy narrative from English 122. Do you find her point about them convincing? Why or why not? Support your response with textual evidence from Alexander and reflection on your narrative. (15 minutes) “Master” is more common because more people can relate to it. Little narrative is more specific. Little narrative challeneges  are in almost every literacy narrative. She believes Literacy Narratives are more important because “I couldn’t just let my mind go free. I had to write about what I was assigned. i couldn’t just let my mind go free. The required course materials are what tore my love for writing”.

4.Table 1 identifies eight distinct cultural narratives of literacy (Alexander 615), and the bulk of our reading selection is dedicated to discussion of these types. Pick any two types of “little narratives” that interest you, explain each of the little narratives and Alexander’s view on the type, and discuss your reasons for being interested in each type. (Note: “Success” is not a little narrative, so it is off limits for this question!) Be sure to quote from Alexander. (15 minutes)I chose Child Prodigy which is someone who excels in literacy at a young age. I like the term prodigy because it makes you stand out from the rest of the pack. Alexander describes Child Prodigy as “when students portrayed themselves as child prodigies, they conceived of themselves and their literacy abilities as exceptional, highlighting moment when their skills were put on display to amaze and astonish their audience.” The other term I chose was hero which is when you have a ton of success and establishes themselves as a hero in a literacy story. I thought hero was interesting because its usually the main focus in a story. Alexander quotes “it contextualizes theses claims within an individual account, as we see in Lauren’s account of how she faces and overcomes challenges”.

6.Select at least one of the cultural narrative types identified by Alexander (614-22) and explore the ways that Alexander’s discussion of that type connects to any two of the following concepts from Gee: filtering, transfer, apprenticeship, nondominant secondary discourse. You might consider how Gee’s concepts help to explain Alexander, how they complicate Alexander, or both. Be sure to quote Alexander and Gee in your response. (20 minutes) Child prodigy is similar to Brandts statement. Alexander believes “when students portrayed themselves as child prodigies, they conceived of themselves and their literacy abilities as exceptional, highlighting moment when their skills were put on display to amaze and astonish their audience.” In Brandts passage, the quote used is  “… a range of human relationships and ideological pressure that turn up at the scenes of literacy learning”. These two have a lot in common. You can’t be a prodigy without assistance from a sponsor. 

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I used the orange highlighter to mark the statement I had a question about. I use the yellow to keep track of important information. The blue represents notes that could be important when discussing in class.

 

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1. Brandt’s opening paragraph sketches a history of printmaking. At the end of the paragraph, she uses the term “literacy sponsorship.” Describe the reason Brandt sees printmaking as a site for literacy development. In addition, explain why Brandt finds a paradox in the rise of the penny press.  The information you need is confined to the first paragraph of her article.

Brandt sees printmaking as a good value of literacy because when you put your writing on paper, it is easier to develop your literacy. She ended up finding a Paradox that helped make printing easier to and more convent to people. When words are on paper, it is easier for people to learn and remember.

 

2. Brandt defines literacy sponsors as “any agents, local or distant, concrete or abstract, who enable, support, teach, model, as well as recruit, regulate, suppress, or withhold literacy – and gain advantage by it in some way” (556). This is a complicated or multidimensional understanding of the concept. Using examples from Brandt, Gee, or your own literacy narrative (written in ENG 122 and published in Rising Cairn), describe how sponsors can do at least two of these things. Be sure to explain why the evidence from your examples shows that sponsors do what you think your examples show.

Gee is a literacy sponsor because his thoughts about Discourse helps people understand the importance of literacy. He is also very creative in teaching new ways of learning different techniques about literacy.  These new techniques help people understand what literacy is all about. Everyone has there own learning style.

 

 

3. “Literacy, like land, is a valued commodity in this economy, a key resource in gaining profit and edge” (Brandt 558). If literacy is so valued, why might so many people have such complicated relationships to reading and writing, perhaps two of the most important features of literacy?

 

There are many type of literacy. Everyone comes from different backgrounds. Not everyone has a school in their backyard. Everyone learns literacy differently, whether it be from teachers, friends or on their own.

 

4. “Throughout their lives, affluent people from high-caste racial groups have multiple and redundant contacts with powerful literacy sponsors as a routine part of their economic and political privileges. Poor people and those from low-caste racial groups have less consistent, less politically secured access to literacy sponsors – especially to the ones that can grease their way to academic and economic success” (Brandt 559). How might Gee explain the differences between the affluent and the poor on literacy? Be sure to quote Gee in your explanation. It might be helpful to use Branch and Lopez (in Brandt) for details to aid your explanation.

 

Gee explains how the poor learns literacy. He says that it is tougher to learn literacy when you don’t go to school and learn from teachers. If you are fortunate enough to go to school and learn from teachers, it is easier because they went to school to learn how to translate the different techniques.

 

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With my annotating I label at the top of the page (notes,questions and thoughts). I use 3 different colors.  This makes it easier to understand when I got back and look at it.

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