Who knew I would be writing a Cultural and Literacy Autobiography at the age of twenty-two years old? I feel so professional already‚ and yet‚ I still have quite some time before I graduate. In this autobiography I will reflect about myself as a reader and writer‚ so that I can consider some factors that may influence me as an educator teaching literacy to children. I will talk about the cultural experiences I had growing up‚ the classroom and its expectations‚ my point of view and the specifics
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English as a medium for communicating. Another reason why we need to master English is today‚ many people are engaged into new technologies that requires new and different skills and that involves our literacy. Literacy demands nowadays‚ have changed along with the changes that happen in our world. Literacy is very important to a person because a literate person possesses a wide range of abilities and competencies compared to a person who is illiterate. Another reason why we need to master English is
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Wikipedia and Its Impact on Language and Literacy As many people know‚ Wikipedia is the most popular and largest Internet encyclopedias in the world. When people want to search something‚ they may choose to search Wikipedia. The reason for why people prefer Wikipedia may be because it is free‚ has open-content‚ and allows volunteers to edit information. The name Wikipedia comes from Wiki is from Hawaiian word‚ which means “quick” combined with the word encyclopedia. So‚ the name highlights the
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Literally Literacy Many people take literacy for granted while most across the world long to know how to read and write. I however love to read and write. I have had the luxury of learning these skills in my youth‚ as I have said above many people of the world are not as fortunate. While many children at a young age had people around them read stories‚ news articles‚ or even religious sermons I was taught how to read in a very adolescent stage. Through my life these skills have flourished into
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The Importance Paulo Coelho explained‚ “Why is patience so important?" "Because it makes us pay attention.” Being patient and attention to detail are few of many characteristics that are essential to being a proficient healthcare provider. Healthcare providers have a very important job and these characteristics correspond to one another in everyday actions. I always thought of myself as a very patient person and while working at a daycare realized that along with patience came the importance of
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Negatively Affecting Teen Literacy Introduction While researching multiple studies on how texting is affecting teen literacy‚ I found that most the results are negative. Some researchers are asking English teachers about their views on this situation‚ while others are gathering information by asking teens themselves. However‚ one of my sources was an international study of texting that turned out to have a positive effect. Texting is negatively affecting teen literacy through bad grammar‚ punctuation
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Part of Rabel’s classroom literacy instruction was also focused on him writing either the days routine in the morning or after a lesson. I was able to observe several things about Rabel as a writer. I noticed that Rabel enjoys to wre‚ but once again has a hard time staying on task. Rabel is very intelligent and can write about almost anything. When they were learning how to write poems‚ I observed him create a poem about the day he went to the zoo. Rabel is a very interesting young boy that when
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In the article “The New Literacy” by Clive Thompson‚ he argues alongside with Stanford University professor Andrea Lunsford that technology‚ specifically social media‚ is improving students’ writing ability. There is a great deal of debate when judging social media and how it has affected this generation for the better or worse. According to Thompson‚ Lunsford indicates that technology is motivating and improving the writing capability of our peers today. Personally‚ I disagree with Thompson’s positive
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differentiating instruction within my program is assisting me with the students’ development and my understanding of what they know and need to work on to further develop their skills. I am always thinking of different ways I can teach a concept within literacy and numeracy. This is enabling me to continuously use the student’s current
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Ideally‚ I want to teach high school juniors and seniors. For that reason‚ on this assignment I decided to focus on the common core standards of juniors and seniors. One of the themes that I noticed when reading through the standards for 11-12th grade literacy is that many of them focused on the students ability to analyze and think critically. It challenges students to not only interpret the text‚ but also to infer from it. An example of that is standard one‚ “ Cite strongly and through to textual evidence
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