andyenglish207

List of literacy acts I use everyday:

1. Talking with my friends and family

2. Talking on the phone

3. Writing an email to my teachers

4. Writing a paper for school

5. Communicating with the girls and boys I coach in basketball

6. Asking questions to my teachers and raising my hand in class

7. Talking to workers at restaurants and grocery stores

8. Writing in my school blogs

9. Reading my textbooks and studying for tests

10. Reading labels on various food items

11. Watching tv and being able to comprehend what is said and reading what is written on the screen

12. Listening to the radio and being able to know and sing the words

13. Reading the game clock during basketball games

14. Saying team prayer written on every gym wall before each game

15. Read menus at various restaurants

I expect to gain more overall knowledge on writing throughout this class. I hope to learn more about communication and how it is directly linked to writing. I also hope to improve as a writer and learn various things that I can pass along to my future students. I feel like everytime I write something, no matter what it is, I always seem to learn something. I hope that that fact carries on over to this class as well as my other. I also hope to learn how to better communicate with others and learn more about diversity and how it affects writing and communication. I hope to learn many things that will help me grow as a reader and as a future educator.

Literacy to me means the ability to affectively communicate with others through either writing, oral communication or both. In order to be considered literate you must understand other people as well as yourself.

We write because it is proven to be an affective way of communicating between other people. Writing is important because if a person cannot write, it is hard to communicate with someone because the person is forced to rely solely on verbal communication. Writing is hugely important and, in my opinion, is a must if you want to succeed in todays society.

1. Why do we write?

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