Writing is a PROCESS Not a Product
Hello! My name is Emma, and I am a psychology major from Snohomish, Washington. I grew up as a nerdy book kid and ended up as a gifted child burnout at Western Washington University. I have a fondness for Stephen King novels and Game of Thrones. Even as a tired and shriveled adult, I still … Continue reading Emma’s Author Statement
I decided to make the painting out of flow acrylic paints. I chose this style because I thought it was a creative way to show how the narrative could be portrayed in the painting. Its unique because it doesn’t have a rhyme or reason to it. There is more of a messy aspect to this … Continue reading Literacy painting
Some interesting things showed up in our data. All but one of the people that took the survey were visual learners. But also people do not enjoy eBooks as much as I thought they would. 24/31 people rated the enjoyment of eBooks at 3 or lower which surprises me because eBooks are very popular now … Continue reading Project 5 field notes
Field Narrative: Our research has been slow but steady. So far, our survey has over a hundred responses, and is easily reached by a wide variety of people because of how easy it is to access. However, gathering interviews is a slower and more daunting process. The very first time we asked a couple of … Continue reading Project 5
Literacy works in strange ways, for some it brings out emotion and speaks to people making them feel happy, sad, scared, frustrated ect. For others it brings knowledge, wisdom, and a drive to learn more. We decided to show the very different experiences we have had with literature through our collage using contrast, repetition, alignment, … Continue reading The Power of Reading- Kennedy and Brannen
I’ve always been a really shy kid. In elementary school, I considered my teachers to be better friends than any of my peers. I stayed in from recess almost every day because I preferred to hang out with my teachers rather than try and fit in with all the other kids. My favorite elementary school … Continue reading “The apprentices’ experience invites rumination upon literacy learning and teaching today”
My teacher’s cause was to get us to want to read. It was a typical rainy day at school in December of my sophomore year. We had just finished checking out our next book for the unit: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. At this point, I was still adamant about being in high school and wanting … Continue reading People throughout history have acquired literacy pragmatically under the banner of others’ causes