Your first writing project, a literacy narrative, draws on your experience as both a reader and a writer. You will examine your own literacy history, share a story from your experience, and lead readers to a conclusion or the main theme based on your narrative.
This project isn't simply a story about the types of books you like to read, although that may come into play. Instead, you will tell a story about your literacy history and, from that story, build on the course readings and use terminology and ideas from those readings to discuss your goals as informed by your prior experiences. This is a multimodal assignment, meaning you will use written, visual, and if you choose, oral language to complete your project.
Writer's Toolkit:
What should your Literacy Narrative accomplish for its readers?
Define a literacy event through which to critically analyze your experience as reader and/or writer;
Demonstrate the ability to describe significant and detailed experiences in your life;Â
Analyze those experiences to make meaning about personal and collective literacy practices;
Develop a framework for semester-long discussions of writing and reading.