Gage would agree with this because he had his teacher‚ Miss Hurd‚ try to help him improve with his writing skills. The next author was Malcolm X. His writing was also about his life. He wrote about how he was illiterate while he was in prison‚ but to pass his time he decided to learn how to become literate. He started this by reading the dictionary. While he read the dictionary‚ he would copy each word down so‚ with time he would memorize the words in the dictionary. Eventually‚ he learned better
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Frank‚ Robert. “Income inequality: Too Big to Ignore”. Graff‚ Gerald‚ Cathy Birkenstein‚ and Russel Durst. "They Say‚ I Say": The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing : With Readings. New York: Norton‚ 2012. 432-447 Print. Murray‚ Harry. "Deniable Degradation: The Finger-Imaging Of Welfare Recipients." Sociological Forum 15.1 (2000): 39. Academic Search Premier. Web. 28 May 2013. Olsson‚ Karen. “Up Against WAl-Mart.” Graff‚ Gerald‚ Cathy Birkenstein‚ and Russel Durst. "They Say‚ I Say":
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myths are fictional and discuss the dawn of time‚ and the literacy narratives are nonfiction and discuss human race‚ slavery‚ and learning how to read and write. There are also differences between the Fredrick Douglass literacy narrative and the Gerald Graff literacy narrative. The similarities between the myths and the literacy narratives are human race‚ and ethnicity. The Hopi and Potawatomi myths both mention the creation of humans of different colors such as yellow‚ red‚ white and black. “She made
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1993. Graff wrote this article to make teachers aware of the difficult experience of growing up from a non-bookish person‚ even afraid of serious literary to an intellectual person. The article encourages teachers help students read critics. Students can benefit from critics become literary people and enjoy reading literature. Gerald Graff came from a Jewish middle-class family. His father was an intellectual person. Mr. Graff was disappointed because his son didn’t read literature. Graff knows what
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It was coveted‚ the time just after lunch but before classes resumed‚ a sort of pseudo recess that we craved. This was computer time‚ an odd hybrid between the frivolity of recess and the drudgery of classes. Oh yes‚ we were learning. There was typing from Roller Skate Typing‚ history from the Oregon Trail‚ math from Gold Medal Math. This was the technology in the classroom in the late nineteen nineties and early two thousands; a time that makes many older and younger generations chuckle. For us
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whether TV is good or bad. This bibliography can be used by anyone who wants to decide if watching TV is good or bad‚ either for their children‚ or themselves. Johnson‚ Steven. “Watching TV Makes You Smarter.” They Say / I Say With Readings. Ed. Gerald Graff‚ Cathy Birkenstein‚ Russel Durst. New York: Norton‚ 2012. 277-294. Print. The argument in Johnsons article is that media has had to get more cognitively challenging to keep pulling the attention of viewers. He explains how he believes watching
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people claim should be off air are talked about their intellectual points‚ and how society has gone downhill from reality on TV. Johnson‚ Steven. “Watching TV Makes You Smarter.” They Say I say: The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing.Eds. Gerald Graff‚ CathyBirkenstein‚ and Russel Durst. New York: Norton‚ 2009. 213-230. Print. In the article written By Steven Johnson‚ “Watching TV Makes You Smarter”‚ states that the TV audience has become more cognitively demanding then earlier generations
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Addison offers the idea that community college is a place where one can form their “first independent though” and she argues adamantly‚ “community college is America’s hidden public service gem” (Addison 213). Addison‚ being a graduate of a community college‚ knows that community college has become a respectable place to go to get your start without jumping in cold to the harsh educational competition. With cutthroat students
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Cited: Radley‚ Balko. “What You Eat Is Your Business” “They Say I Say” The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing Ed. Gerald Graff‚Cathy Birkenstien‚ Russel Durst. 2nd ed. New York‚ London: W.W. Norton & Company‚ 2012. Print Wil‚ Haygood. “Kentucky Town of Manchester Illustrates National Obesity Crisis” “They Say I Say” The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing Ed. Gerald Graff‚Cathy Birkenstien‚ Russel Durst. 2nd ed. New York‚ London: W.W. Norton & Company‚ 2012. Print Mary‚ Maxfield. “Food
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Some of these critics tell us that contrary to popular belief‚ "far from making us smarter‚ online technologies are actually making us dumber." (Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein. 2006‚ 168) On the other hand‚ there are people who challenge this school of thought; they bring up the point that students are able to find a target audience and tweak their writing to appeal to their directed audience because of the use of social media. This whole time the author’s advice or opinion on the use of technology
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