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Literacy is having an understanding that oral language can be brought to life through print. Thoughts, that are translated in text or through writing, are used to inform, entertain or persuade the reader. Literacy (the ability to read and write) is a much-needed tool to survive in today’s society. Without it, one would become a life-long dependent. The building blocks for becoming a successful reader begin with emergent literacy.

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As I think what literacy means to me, the most important thought that comes to mind is my understanding of it: the ability to read and write, I feel that without the ability to read and write, mankind is unable to properly function because there is no foundation for adequate communication. So literacy is reading development, a progression of skills that begins with the ability to understand spoken words and decode written words, and culminates in the deep understanding of text. Everyone has some moment which have the potential to influence the craft of understanding that directly has the undying impression for the lifetime. As for learning process which comprises the reading and writing aspect, there comes events that helps people to grasp the authenticity of learning which turn out to be moments of learning for some people in a very inspiring and motivating manner. In this essay I will talk about my literacy history and how it has been developed throughout portions of my life.

I define literacy as being able to express my thoughts and emotions. I know everyone has different opinions and emotions. Therefore, everyone will write differently and read in a different pace. Also, everyone likes different types of books, for example fiction or nonfiction. As a result, everyone’s literacy journey is unique. Everyone has a different definition when it comes to literacy which is what makes it special. Some prefer to read and others prefer to write. It all depends on personal preference.

My literacy path has a lot of exciting events that happened during my childhood. At that time I was inspired by my mother who was my literary guardian, and encourage me at that path. She was the closest person to me at that time. She has been teaching fine art for more than thirty years at one of reputable schools back home. She didn’t settle for that job only. She was cooperating with many other artist running exhibitions that won awards. Five years ago, my mother was promoted to be a supervisor at the ministry of education of all the art instructors over the region. As child whose literary guardian is an artist, I spent most of my time trying to imitate my mother’s painting.

Literacy has an attribute that includes reading and writing, and is used to communicate, learn, expand your knowledge, and share your thoughts. Literacy is something you learn growing up in your schools, your homes, and throughout your community. The primary source of knowledge, scripture, and language is literacy. These sources are in our everyday lives, whether we are reading books, on the internet, or learning at school. Reading and writing are an essential in our lives; you are able to compose your own writing into art, poetry, or stories. Throughout my life i’ve ran across teachers who have proved to me that reading and writing is an important essential in our lives, therefore we should at least feed our brains with knowledge, and be able to write a scholarly essay. Throughout the essay I will be talking about my literacy experience and how I struggled, but sought help from the people in my life, and realized that literacy was an important asset in my life.

It's often found that people don't take into account that literacy isn't just confined to the ability to simply just read a book, but rather the capacity to simply read no matter what the content is. Literacy comes in many forms and is therefore able to be interpreted in several different aspects. Knowledge, which isn't always obtained by reading, plays a huge critical role in how the mind thinks. Literacy has one of the biggest impacts on the way you feel about certain topics, mostly because it can open the door to so many new opinions. Many of which may not have ever been brought up before.

Non-impact physical activities, can help prevent falls and fractures. The activities are balance exercise including Tai Chi and Yoga, posture exercise that reduce the risk of spine fractures by straightening rounded shoulders and functional for carrying out your daily activities in the safest way possible to avoid the chance of a fall.

In the article “Learning Through Play; Portraits, Photoshop and Visual Literacy Practices” written by Michelle A. Honeyford and Karen Boyd the idea of learning literacy techniques through imaginative and visual play is featured. The article gives a detailed look at an afterschool program that lets students learn about literacy while using creativity. Although there is a lot of detail on the program the layout of the article is very scattered and hard to follow. Also the article highlights the success of the program but never once mentions how it is funded, this raises a lot of questions. And the article also does not speak of any formal assessment so one has to wonder how effective it really is.

“Literacy” is a word that can having different meanings to different people. Upon hearing the word, I think of the ability to read and write. If you can read and speak a language, you are literate in it. However, I believe that there are different types of literacies. First, there is the obvious English literacy- knowing how to read and write. But there are also other kinds of topics that I am literate in thanks to my culture and upbringing. I also begin to think about what constitutes literacy? Spanning many heated discussions from multiple classes, for the sake of this autobiography, I am defining literacy as the ability to communicate within a topic. Using this definition, one can be literate in many, many things. I think the true test of

Visual literacy is defined as “the ability to apprehend or interpret pictures or other visual images” (“Visual Literacy”, n.d.). Picture books and children’s books that contain illustrations are doing just this, providing the opportunity for students to become visually literate and comprehend through images. At a young age, children are visual learners, even before they learn how to speak. According to Hommel, Riegler, and Ulrich, (n.d.), “children must master visual skills before they can even begin to develop verbal skills—some theorists even argue that visual skills are a necessary foundation for later speech and reading skills.”

Everyday kids,teens, and even college students learn about literacy. Literacy is the ability to read and write. So other wise in someone's everyday life or job you use literacy in something you do. So for instance if you have a job as a teacher or even a job as building constructor because being a teacher you need to be able to know and teach literacy to your class so they could learn how to read and write so they can get a good career later in life. For a building constructor you need how to read the blueprints for how to build the building or house that they need to make. Also they need how to

Visual literacy is a type of literacy that everyone uses in today’s world. By looking at a simple object, be it a painting or simple object, we all use our critical thinking to interpret what the object’s purpose is. I can relate to this type of literacy because I have an open mind and I’m always creative when it comes to writing and drawing. Coming up with theories is an everyday routine when working at jobs, attending meetings and completing assignments at school. This applies to Visual Literacy because it is basically using your mind and sharing what the object is interpreted as.

Piro argues that there needs to be “a sea changes in thinking about literacy” (Piro, P.127). He believes that literacy should be focused on the ability to encode/decode a meaning in any form used in a culture to convey or express a meaning. He does not think literacy can be so narrowly defined as the ability to understand written text. The culture in which students are growing up in greatly impacts the definition of what literacy is. If you also take a second to think about how young students are able to respond to picture books you will see that they do not just think in written text but also visual images

Mr. Kennedy’s (n.d.) explains that his viewpoint on visual literacy has taken illustrations or images and frame them into a characteristic of critical thinking with the use of your cognitive senses. He then combines them with your use of the cortex and you find that you can enter into a world we now know today as the digital technology era. Although, according to Ryan (2012), he views visual literacy as “the competent creation and consumption of visual messages.” Ryan (2012, sec. 1.3), explains literacy as not only the physical ability of sight but also cognitive abilities of sensory perceptions such as attention,