Suggested Roles for Basic Project Management: Keeper of the Calendar: Manisha Monger This person is in charge of the overall calendar, including the major project timeline and interim deadlines. This person oversees the interim group deadlines, as well, to keep the project moving along. Files Supervisor: Joey McElroy This person is super organized and likes […]

Research Group Roles — Ambika’s Portfolio

Since I have started the group research project I feel pretty certain about communication. We have set up two group chats for our project. The thing I am concerned about is myself. I have never really had to do a group project this damanding and so relayed on everyone. Im just worried that I’ll accidentally forgot to read or to do a blog post and let my teammates down. I just need to rely on myself more and I should make a calendar to keep myself on track.

I am in the group for analysis of literacy history and I had to read “Notes Toward a Theory of Prior Knowledge.” To me I found the reading to be something of a drag.

The article was all about the transfer of knowledge. It talks about how students are more motivated to improve their writing when they realize that what they are learning can and will be transferred in the future. The article mainly talks about the use of prior knowledge. They say that poor knowledge can be beneficial and/ or a detriment. If you can build off of your prior knowledge for that task its beneficial but if your prior knowledge is at odds with your new tasks its a detriment. The absence of prior knowledge can also be a detriment for you.

The article also talks about how the test are meant to push you to better yourself they can also mis-shape you.

I What I’ve learned about my literacies is that they come from all aspects of my life. I have learned that my reading literacies hasn’t just came from school but other things too, like video games. This has had me reflecting on my reading and writing literacies more than I ever would have.

Being 1/3 of the way through this term I feel like I’ve done a significantly better job at getting my work done ahead of time. I still feel I could spend more time on my assignments however. Instead of doing my homework later around 8-12 I should just start my homework when I get home so I can sleep better.

Malcolm X in was a young guy from the streets who dropped out of 8th grade and then went to prison. In prison he learned how to read since it was the only thing he could do. When coming out of prison he became an advocate. In ways that literacy narrative we had for society […]

Malcolm X Activity — Aleidyes Arias-Vera

The conflict was that her and her father both had different ideas on what she would do with her life, and she constantly felt that she was fighting for his approval. Characters: Cisneros, her father, and her six brothers. At first she believed it was a negative literacy sponsorship, but then as she continued to […]

Cisneros Activity — Georgia’s Blog

I enjoyed reading the Cisneros story. At first I didn’t really know where it was leading up to , but at the end of the story and her father kind accepted her; it felt like a good payoff to all her hard work.

Even though I don’t necessarily relate to Cisneros I do understand it.

Malcom x seems to define literacy in a more historical perspective. He seems to dive deep in his own culture and race. He treasures literacy more than most. School seems to focus more on the grammatical side of literacy while Malcom X is more historical and for narratives.

Cisneros and her father believe in different things when it comes to being successful. Her father believes that being successful means being someones wife and having kids, while Cisneros believes that being successful means getting a higher education, doing what you enjoy, and being able to make your own choices. Cisneros’s father did want her to go to college but his intention was for her to find a husband.