Quick Write
What is the last thing that you remember having to learn?
What is Literacy?
Literacy – the ability to read and write.
Also, competence or knowledge in a specified area.
Literacy Narrative Examples
Rediscovering Reading
- http://daln.osu.edu/handle/2374.DALN/2944
- Talks about his trajectory as a reader—from early reading experience and success in reading contests; to adolescence when he was more focused on his social life and no longer enjoyed reading for school; to his experience in the Marine Corps, serving in Iraq, and returning to his love of reading and uses for reading in a variety of contexts (for fun, for work, etc). He also reflects on the experience that service members have with reading (e.g., he challenges the stereotype that Marines are dumb “jarheads” and don’t read much).
- What was the take away from his narrative? What point did he want to make?
Summary
Summarize what you think the main point was of the second literacy narrative.
Response
Respond to the point you summarized. What do you think about it? Do you agree with the point? Do you disagree with the point? Why? Does it remind you of something from your life? Does it help you understand something better? What did you learn?
Zombie Spaceship Wasteland
Let define what Patton Oswalt means when he says Zombie, Spaceship, and Wastelander. Starts on page 605.
Zombie:
Spaceship:
Wastelander:
Literacy Narrative
For the first paper, you have to tell a story about having to learn something. A Literacy Narrative tells a story about something you have learned.
We have written two introductions to possible literacy narratives. Your homework is to expand either of the two introductions into a rough draft of a literacy narrative.
The specifics for the literacy narrative.
- 1,000 words
- Tells a story about a literacy or a sponsor of literacy
- MLA Format
- Use Goodman article (p. 7) as a model if you need help with structure.
- Page 15 Structure
- Rough Draft Due Tuesday January 24, 2017
- Bring a hard copy to class
- Also a digital copy. Either flash drive or email it to yourself.
Here is a sample literacy narrative from last semester that you can use as a model as well. The BFG and A Little Me
Free Write
What literacy are you going to write about? What moment are you going to focus on?
or
Tell us about a moment in your literacy? Who was there, how did it happen, where were you?
Homework
- Turn one of the free writes you have written into a longer shitty rough draft.
- Read Chapter 36, Peer Editing
Zombie definition: They are fighting for survival from undead hordes.
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Wastelands: Wastelands destroy everything around them, and you can’t blame them, because they usually come from the suburbs. They are confused and fascinated with the world and always prepared for the worst. They are the most hopeful and sentimental of the three.
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We found ‘Spaceships’ to be people who are more grounded, and have a stable footing in what they want. They know what they want, and understand what they want. Self motivation is a trait they possess, but are not worried about other things if they feel it does not fit in with their view of the world, if they care about what is going on.
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Emmanuel Guerra
I became interested in learning how to install a backer board before installing tile. A backer board is used to provide stability either ground tile or behind shower walls to prevent humidity.
Digital Archive of literacy narrative summary:
What I remember of him talking about his interest in reading is that he reentered his reading interest when he got deployed to Iraq. He mentioned that after high school came, his reading interest lacked and didn’t became interested because he loved partying and hanging out with his girlfriend. I like how Gus Contreras explains his passion in reading his books and magazines still and encourages to find our passion.
Zombie definition: They are fighting for survival from undead hordes.
Motorcycle learning: I remember when I took my cousin’s motorcycle and he taught me how to ride a motorcycle. That was my first time learning how to get a first hands on learning how to ride before I had to take my CA motorcycle learning course.
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A literacy I’m thinking about writing my paper on is how I learned to live on my own.
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I think am I going to write about how I became a medical assistant and focused on giving shots specifically intravenous because it’s the most extensive and nerve racking procedure.
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When I was younger I would get dropped off at my grandma’s house almost everyday. She was very short, with curly short hair and brown eyes. She only spoke Spanish and at a very young age I had to learn how to communicate with her; she watched and took care of me all day five days a week. I hardly spoke Spanish, my mom never really taught me I learned mostly from spending time with my grandma.
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My narritive essay is gonna be about My english teacher had me as her peer advisor to help students in her english class. Towards the end of my high school years she told me to rethink my career choice and see if being a teacher is a right thing for me since my passion is helping anyone who needs help as well as my patience.
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The literacy I’m going to write about is my experiences at the gym. From the beginning of my workout rebirth to my never ending mastery.
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I was playing a game called “league of legends” with my friend trying to learn how to play well, it is not an easy game to new players. My friend comes to “gank” for me and is yelling, “E!!” at me to use my spell that would stun the target, but I was too late and the opponent in my lane was too far now. This would be just the first time I let my friend down when he tried to help make a match easier for me
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The last thing i learned was actually at my job today, I’m a food safety coordinator for an organic warehouse and i constantly need to be updating audits and finding the source of our product. My supervisor taught me how to trace back suppliers on our new system.
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When I was a freshman in high school I used to be a beekeeper as a hobby. I think I would like to write about my grandfather teaching me how to harvest honey from a beehive.
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The last thing I learned recently is how to manage a car accident. I had to learn things like getting their licence plate number, proof of insurance, pictures of the damage. All these things I had to remember and keep record of.
One thing that stood out to me was about his attitude about not giving up on loving english. He knows that he can always learn more and he knows that its a continuous learning process. Throughout his life he came back and forwarth firing up the passion. I think that as a bilingual he didn’t want to take learning english for granted.
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The literacy I am going to write about is the first time a drove a SXS. I would focus on my first drive I did and how that went, and how I got better from it.
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The last thing I learn was being able to drive. One thing I won’t forget was going on that first drive I remember being scard. I had burly had passed my permit when my step dad gave me the car right outside the DNV I was freaking out.
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I’m going to be writing about my first job. I will explain the process of me learning how to work and how I got better. The specific moment I will focus on will be my first day and the experiences I had on that first day.
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Free Write:
The Literacy that I will be writing about for my essay will be when I was taught how to manage money from my brother in law. This was about three years ago. He called me up and brought me into the office. Loved everything I saw and everything that was presented to me. The next day I ended up becoming his new associate. From there he taught me how to save, and invest money. How to Budget money for monthly goals, and how to pay off your debt fast.
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The literacy that I am going to write about is went I learned how to play soccer. This was a huge literacy that I learned that has been such huge part of my life. I am going to focus on how I got introduced to the sport, what made me fall in love with it, and what was the hardest thing I had to face when playing.
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Quick Write
1-23-2018
The last thing I remember having to learn is how to use my new car. I just got my first car about a week ago and for the last couple of days I have been familiarizing myself with it and all its functions. I have also had to learn what to do and how to behave when out on the road. Before having this car I have had very little experience driving by myself so this week has been a learning process for me.
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I am going to write about the time were i lost fear of speaking and expressing my opinion. I also lost the fear of talking to people who are superior to me. I am going to focus on what made me feel fear in the first place and the revelation i had that changed me.
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The literacy I am thinking about is when I learned how to control an offense in football. It seems like there is a lot of stuff that you need to learn but they overlap a lot and it starts to seem like real life. The moment was when everything finally clicked in my head and i realized that running an offense in football is very similar to running your life.
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From the video we see the effect that reading can have and how it can be useful outside of school. According to Gus, reading was something he used as entertainment as well as in his career.
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The last thing I remember is trying to memorize all the steps from cutting a cadaver and how to properly clean up after dissections are done. I had to memorize all the different blades and how each differs from one another. I also remember to always cut away and never towards my body. I still have trouble remembering what each blade on the scalpel can do.
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The literacy I’m going to write about is when I learned how to drive. I will talk about the first time that I learned to drive on the freeway.
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Literacy Narrative:
One special skill that I learned that will be engrained in my mind for the rest of my life was when I began Olympic Style shooting. My mom saw an ad on the Korean newspaper about a Korean Coach in West Covina teaching kids how to shoot 10m air pistol and saw the opportunity to find a special extra-curricular for me to participate in. Joining this shooting team changed me entirely as a person, changed my attitude and mannerism and so much about me. Shooting has shaped me in such a way that it made me just who I am to this day. These changes are all thanks to my mom and my coach for giving me an opportunity like this in my life.
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The literacy I am going to write about is that when I was learning how to cook. The moment I am going to focus on is the time my aunt taught me how to learn how to cook eggs and the process of learning how to do it.
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The literacy I am going to focus on is when I first learned how to drive. This was a literacy that I feel is important to me because it had a difficult beginning but has turned into my tool that I use to escape from any stress that I experience.
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The literacy that I am going to write about is learning the new video game I am playing Rainbow Six Siege. The moment I am going to focus on is learning the basics, like leaning or using the drone. I had to play through the tutorials and then after that I played through the situations witch are there to help you learn the game even further, almost like an advanced tutorial.
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The Literacy i”m going to write about is how i used my left foot at practice/games. The moments i’m going to focus on is how i struggled a lot to use my left foot but how i turned it around is but how i improved in it.
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I’m going to write about the the process of making a skateboarding video. The struggles of time management, not having transportation, low budget. Overall a look back in time of what my friends and I went through.
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The most recent thing I had to learn to do was to pay a speeding ticket. To start, I got the ticket a few months ago around 8ish at night, speeding down the 210 West because I was trying to pick up my boyfriend and make it to Chipotle before they closed. I was so excited because he had never tried it and I was surprised he agreed to go. Unfortunately for me though, there was a cop behind me that I hadn’t even noticed. I got pulled over and she wrote me a ticket. I was upset but I understood it was my fault and accepted the consequences. Fast forward to today, I had to go to the courthouse and pay it. Even more because I’m paying for the traffic school too.
FORTUNATELY THOUGH, we did make it to chipotle before they closed and it was delicious.
(and thats sarcasm, this speeding ticket sucks.)
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I am going to write about how my mother taught me to cook the entire Thanksgiving feast. This was a process that took many years. It started with me shadowing her, asking questions and taking notes. Each year one of these pieces was eliminated. Eventually, I arrived at the year when I was capable of creating the shopping list, complete the grocery shopping, prepare the meal, set the table and then sit to enjoy the feast of the year.
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I am going to talk about how I learned to cook a steak with my dad. I am going to specifically talk about the moment where he told me the important details of how to make the best steak ever like a professional steak.
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The literacy i’m going to write about is the time i had to learn the position and responsibilities for my job. The moment i’m going to focus on is when my sponsor/ manager told me i had to prove myself to my district manager that i’m ready for the position.
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Free Write
I was sitting with my dad in my new 1969 Volkswagen bug and I was stoked. I had been learning how to drive regular automatic for about a year and I felt ready to drive stick shift. I loved cars and learning how they worked. My dad started with showing me the gears and he showed me how they worked on the engine as well. Then he showed me how the clutch worked. Once I found out that the clutch holds all the power I was able to master manual driving. I am still learning everyday and I can’t wait to try a newer sports manual car when im older.
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The last thing that I remembered to learned was I had to make a train whistle in woodshop at highschool. Honestly it was hard at first, but if you try your hardest and never give up like me, you can do it. I got rejected when I gave a girl the train whistle and I threw it away.
The main point that the video talked about is that reading is really important. When he was in highschool he stopped reading. He realized that as a marine he has a lot of time. People things marine’s are stupid, but surprisingly they are smart.
A literary that i’m going to write about is how i started driving. The time my mom helped me out with all the good stuffs in driving. she truly helped me a lot of stuff as a kid and at the current time
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The first time I learned how to drive a stock picker was at work. I work at a UPS warehouse in Mira Loma. I was very nervous, I love driving but having to drive between aisles, worried about crashing wasn’t so fun. I enjoy roller coasters because of the adrenaline and the height but on the stock picker having to go 30 feet up in the air feeling the lift wobble and shake is one of the most horrifying feelings ever. The first time I drove it I was excited yet terrified because I could do some bad damage to the warehouse if I wasn’t careful. The moment I can’t forget was when I was taking the lift back to charge and I crashed into the rails because the breaks on the lift didn’t work so well.
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One important literacy I recall having was three years ago in highschool. The literacy came from a well-known novel titled “To Kill A Mockingbird”. Atticus, a character in the book, uses a metaphor to teach his children to stop being judgemental and respect others. Although I can’t quote the novel accurately, the metaphor goes something along the lines of, “You don’t know what someone’s been through until you walk around in their skin.” Since then, I’ve learned to change my perception on others and become more open-minded towards them as well. (These last journal readings have reminded me of the quote as well.)
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My sister ruined music for me. One day for her project she asked for my help to dissect music. We listen to music differently, I’m more into the beat and rhythm, while she listens for a story. To listen was the objective. I had to listen to the drums and how they were beating or the guitar for what note it was playing. Every. Little. Noise. If it was in the music, she wanted me to tell her how it sounded. She was listening to Chica Bonita by Shaggy and at first it was the trumpet starting the song, catchy right? Next the guitar and drums and so on and so on. Ever since that day, whenever I listen to music they end up being ruined because of her and teaching me how to dissect the music.
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The literacy which I feel I will focus on is how to be a welder. My father was a welder since he first arrived to the united states and as I grew up he taught me the majority of tips and tricks which he learned and was taught
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My junior year one teacher that stuck out to me the most was my English teacher Mr. Boles, which is my sponsor of literacy that I’m going to be talking about. Not only was Mr. Boles funny but you could also just tell from the very first day that he really cared about his students and their success and not just in English class but in all other classes as well. Mr. Boles also always seemed like a very down to earth person, he made sure that his students felt at home when they were in his class.
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When I learned how to drive, I was very excited and scared at the
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same time but it was scary though, when it’s your first time learning to drive. I thought I was going to crash however I did not because my mom was there with me during the process and after that I didn’t feel scared at all since she’s a really good driver as well.
P.s I accidentally posted the other comment without noticing so this is the other part of the comment
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@sef-ramos, the due date of this rough draft is Thursday, January 25th, 2018, correct? The due date you have up above is from last year I believe…
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The literacy I am going write about how I learned how to read. Also how I struggled in school with reading.
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