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Archive for February, 2009


What Makes A Good Literacy Narrative?

Based on your readings, what should a literacy narrative do?  Or, what makes a good literacy narrative?      A good narrative should have a beginning, middle, and and end and tell a complete story.  It should be thought out, organized, and creative.  It needs to keep the reader intrigued and inform them of your experience […]

Literacy Development

What do you think this means for literacy development in general?  How does this connect to your own literacy development?     I think what this mean for literacy development is that the things we learn are from other people and they are their ideas, thoughts, and knowledge before they are ours.  It is connected in that […]

The Ideal Reader

Who would your ideal reader be for each approach?  What do they bring to the reading experience?  What do they believe?  What attitudes do they have? COOKING: The ideal reader for this approach would be grandmothers and granddaughters who have/had a close relationship.  They bring their experiences with each other and their own memories that […]

Litaracy Narrative Ideas

COOKING: I spent a lot of time with my grandma cooking and backing when I was littler and she taught me different things that I will have with me forever.   READING: A couple of years ago I was sick and had to spend a lot of time waiting and in doctor’s offices and hospitals.  […]

What Is A Narrative?

    Spend a few minutes on your blog coming up with a list of the characteristics of a narrative.  Include what a narrative is and does, and also consider writing about your experiences with narratives (reading them, writing them, etc.).      To me a narrative is basically telling a story and forwarding important information and […]