Ewa Barnes

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African-American Perspective

Answer at least 3 of the questions below:

  1. Has the Black community truly been afforded equal access to literacy necessary to be successful in contemporary America? Reference Richard Wright’s “The Library Card” and any other sources, including your own experience,

Oral history project

Due: at the end of Week 5.

Oral History Project (8%)
You will conduct an oral history project of an individual who attended school at least 20 years prior to you. You will record an oral history of that individual’s …

New Literacies

For this week’s conversation, answer the questions below:

  1. What did you learn about new literacies from this week’s video “The essential elements of digital literacies” and from the reading “Dawn of new literacies”?
  2. Consult our class glossary under course profile-docs.

Literacy

  1. What is literacy?
  2. What did you find when you researched the term?
  3. How does John Trischitti define literacy? Why, according to Trischitti, is it important? Do you agree? Why or why not? 

Literacy Narrative

Literacy Narrative:

essay or podcast

Your task is to write or record a personal literacy narrative.

Think of a specific moment that represents the literacy practices associated with your community.
For example, your community may be your family, your neighborhood,

Write an email to…

Write an email to one of the speakers or writers we have discussed in this class. Introduce yourself, comment on what you learned from them and/ or what you connected to, share your own relevant experience. Send the email!

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