Analysis Of How Do You Go From This To This By Jane Wiltse

For my first FIQWS class assignment we had to write a Literacy Narrative, a famous way for writers to discuss their association with reading, talking, and writing. Numerous education accounts have been composed

Both articles, Emergent Literacy by Ruth Wilson, and Emergent Literacy:Early Reading and Writing Development by Froma Roth, Diane Paul, and Ann-Mari Pierotti, deal with understanding the genesis of literacy and identifying key connections that all children make.

In “Sponsors of Literacy,” author Deborah Brandt attempts to explain literacy, its history, and how there are influences that form the way we learn and practice literacy. Brandt argues that the forces that influence an individual’s literacy are sponsors of literacy. Some “forces” that Brandt discusses are influential people, such as parents, siblings, teachers, and mentors. Other forces can include culture, race, gender, language and location, access to technology, and politics. Brandt described several events in our history to help define what exactly a sponsor of literacy is. She spent several years interviewing people from all walks of life to find their unique literacy history and used them as examples in her writing. Varying ages, backgrounds, and sponsors indicate that literacy changes with each generation and is viewed as a valued commodity.

Learning to read and write as a child is an experience that all can relate to. The average child learns to read and write at the early ages of three and four. Developing literacy at an early age is crucial to academic development as well as to performance in life. Early development can be just what a child needs to stimulate their minds, which in turn is assisting in the evolution of their future. The early and latter stages of development in a child’s literacy journey are the makings for their reading and writing skills. It also plays part in their analysis of obstacles as well as their developed or problematic literacy future. A child

Therefore, In the following paragraphs I will show how my own personal growth, in literacy came from sponsors whom I encountered on a daily basis. This is not say that there have not been others who have impacted my journey in literacy, because I will allude to those as well. But initially, I define my learning process as that of demanded literacy for the

I can recall many people who have enriched my literacy development in some way or another throughout my life. The most influential literacy sponsors in my life include my mother, myself, my high school English teacher, and even my librarian. Even the authors Deborah Brandt, and Malcom X have supported my claim. The essay, “Sponsors of Literacy” was written by Deborah Brandt, who connected her writing with her sponsors. Malcom X’s essay, “Learning to Read”, reminded me of one of the most important things I know. These people, myself included, have made a crucial impact on the literacy information I have and will always need in order to succeed with literature and in life itself.

Growing up in working class family, my mom worked all the time for the living of a big family with five kids, and my dad was in re-education camp because of his association with U.S. government before 1975. My grandma was my primary guardian. “Go to study, go to read your books, read anything you like to read if you want to have a better life,” my grandma kept bouncing that phrase in my childhood. It becomes the sole rule for me to have better future. I become curious and wonder what the inside of reading and write can make my life difference. In my old days, there was no computer, no laptop, no phone…etc, to play or to spend time with, other than books. I had no other choice than read, and read and tended to dig

The audience in this literacy narrative essay is widespread because people from different social-cultural groups might be interested, but most importantly people from upper-middle class. Alexie's purpose is to express how anyone don't need to be affluent to learn. He expresses his point well in the literacy narrative essay and his tone is inspirational because he uses positive words such as “loved”, “bright eyes” and “lucky” to give an inspirational message to the reader. Alexie’s main idea in the literacy narrative essay “The Joy of Reading and Writing”: Superman and Me is how Alexie used his own personal experiences to express his point of view, about his love of reading. He learns to read with a superman comic book for the first time when

Literacy plays a huge role in my daily life. Every single day I read and write. Whether it’s writing an email or reading a text message, class assignment, discussion board, etc. My literacy journey is unique because I have had different experiences. As a result, this is how my literacy journey has let me to be the reader that I am.

Literacy is a wide known understanding, used in all aspects of society. Anywhere you go, the stage of your literacy in given situations is tested. Literacy ranges in places like the home, at work, teams, and so much more. When asked to interview someone, and dive into the aspect of their literacy of a given community, I instantly knew what I wanted to do. I recently joined the sisterhood of Pi Beta Phi, and even more recently was given a “Big Sister”, that I will now have as a part of my life, forever. Her name is Hailey Thomsen, and she is a junior at the University of Central Florida, and was the perfect person to interview for this project.

The thing that tripped me up though was the words that sounded one way and were spelled totally different. It was so frustrating sounding out a word and spelling it completely wrong. One day I told her, “It just doesn’t make any sense why these words have to be so confusing!” That’s when she said something that has stuck with me to this day. “Vince, don’t get upset. Sometimes things may seem to be one way, but that isn’t how they are at all.” This stuck with me so much because it can be applied to almost all aspects life. Shortly after that epiphany I became more confident with spelling words and began reading more and understanding more than ever before. Mrs. B also helped set the cornerstone Mrs. Reynolds would build off of to help me start forming sentences and writing to convey a message.

Throughout Marcy’s life she learned many lessons in literacy. From early on in life Marcy’s literacy would go through many changes. Throughout life Marcy would have encouragement from her mother, her 10th grade English teacher, she would have her struggles, and have to be put in a learning lab. Her life would eventually revolve around literacy, as her career choice and decision making would show later on in life. Marcy struggling through school, her determination, her passion, and her thirst to increase her literacy knowledge have made her into the English teacher she is today.

Some time after the arrival of my first child, I thumbed through my favorite book from my childhood. As I began reading the book I discovered the story was unfamiliar. Gradually, it occurred to me my mother had made up the majority of the words when she read to me. My mother never hid that she was functionally illiterate from people, as I was tasked often with the duty of reading information aloud to her. However, on that day, holding that book, at that moment, it finally occurred to me that my illiterate mother had actually taught me to read. She couldn't tell me what all the words said, but she instilled the language in my young mind, and encouraged my fondness of literature. I vowed on that day, to be the last martyr of educational failure,

I’m not good at remembering things about my childhood, however I’m going to do my best to write what has been asked.

"Taylor why can't you read this. This is so easy," I remember my younger sister Ashley saying to me. My path to literacy started in Kindergarten when I struggled to learn how to read. We had just moved from Kennewick, WA to Denver, CO a couple weeks before my first day of kindergarten. I had always been into playing school with my two sisters and pretending I was the nerd that knew everything when it came to reading and math. The real shock came to me when I started Kindergarten and everyone could read but me. I felt stupid. I would come home and try and do my reading homework with my mom and my three year old sister could read things that I couldn’t. I tried my absolute hardest at school and I just couldn't read. I could do everything else such as adding and subtracting and could even writing my name 26 times in a minute but it felt impossible for me to be able to read.