Paper - Literacy Narrative
Description: Drawing from the literacy narratives we have read for class, examine your own literacy history, habits, and processes. The purpose of this assignment is to get to know yourself better as a reader and writer. As Malcolm X argued, awareness gives power and purpose.
Start your narrative by considering your history as a reader and writer. Recall your memories and feelings about writing and reading and how you write and read now. Do not make bland generalizations ("I love reading" or "I hate writing"). Rather, go into detail by tracing your history as a reader and writer until the present.
You may begin brainstorming by considering these questions:
- How did you learn to read and write?
- What kinds of writing and reading have you done in the past and how much did you enjoy them?
- What frustrated you about reading and writing as you progressed through school? What pleased you? What are your current attitudes toward reading and writing?
- What is your favorite kind of reading and writing?
- Where do you think your feelings about reading and writing come from? What made you the reader and writer you are today?
- Who are some of the people in your life that have affected you as a reader and writer? How?
- Have any of the literacy narratives we have read for the course (or that you have read on your own) reminded you about your past or present as a reader? How?
- Considering your experiences with reading and writing, have you found a resolution to do something differently?
As you consider what all of these memories and experiences suggest, you should be looking for an overall "so what?"--a main theme, a central finding, an overall conclusion that your consideration leads you to draw. Because your literacy narrative tells the story of a particular person--you--its shape will depend on the particular experiences you've had and the importance you attach to them. Therefore, it's difficult to suggest a single structure for the literacy narrative that will work for all writers (as we have seen by the varied approaches authors have taken in our course readings). The structure that you use should support your particular intention and be descriptive in its content. So, be sure your piece a) tells a story or stories about your literacy history, b) talks about where you are now as a writer and reader and how your past has shaped your percent, and c) makes an overall point about your literary experiences. Of course, this narrative should also be clear, organized, interesting, and well-edited.
Physical requirements: Narratives must be at least four, full pages in length, double-spaced, typed in Times New Roman 12 point font, MLA formatted, with one-inch margins all around. Professional prose should be used as well as standard, American English.
Criteria for Evaluation -
1. Content
- Clear purpose is stated throughout.
- Communicates the importance of your claim.
- Attention to the rhetorical situation (audience, catalyst, purpose, and context).
- Information provided supports your assertions.
- Conforms to conventions of the genre/situation.
2. Organization
- Introductory paragraph that contains a well-developed thesis.
- Topic sentences for each body paragraph that announce the focus of the paragraph.
- Transitional sentences used to connect each paragraph.
- Paragraphs ordered in a logical progression.
- Conclusion that revisits your main claim and expresses the "so what?" element of your piece.
3. Style
- A variety of sentences are used.
- Appropriate word choices.
- Natural transitions from sentence to sentence.
- Strong, individual authorial voice.
4. Grammar and Mechanics
- Standard American English grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
5. Submission Requirements
- Correctly MLA formatted.
- Double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 point font, with one-inch margins all around.
- Page numbers and last name included in the top, right heading corner.
- Submitted as a Word (not Pages) document.
Attachment:- Assignment.rar