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Originally posted on Aleidyes AV-Portfolio :
Malcolm X in was a young guy from the streets who dropped out of 8th grade and then went to prison. In prison he learned how to read since it was the only thing he could do. When coming out of prison he became an advocate. In ways that literacy…

Question 6 The one time I encountered an alien literacy was when I was in Spanish class and my Spanish teacher asked us to read an essay about a Mexican girl try to get a job. This reading we particular hard for me because Spanish is not my first language it’s english. When I startedContinue reading “Blog Post 4”

Question 1 I feel like Malcolm X’s intended audience is for anyone. He is reaching out to any one who can listen to what he has to say. The reason I say this is when he was talking he didn’t seem to really pull toward one side he was just kind of talking about blackContinue reading “Blog Post 6 Malcolm X essay”

Originally posted on Joey's Blog Portfolio:
The conflict was that her and her father both had different ideas on what she would do with her life, and she constantly felt that she was fighting for his approval. Characters: Cisneros, her father, and her six brothers. At first she believed it was a negative literacy…

Originally posted on Joey's Blog Portfolio:
Luca Pasqualin and the sorcerers stone – How he failed in school and his books were taken away the hitchhikers guide to the galaxy- talked about how his parents were going through a divorce, family going bankrupt, brother being deported, and other personal problems. He said he relates…

Everyone has a different experience from what I’ve read. But they have the same end goal. The first one we read was about a guy and he’s moving out but he can’t keep some of the books he has. He then goes on to tell us about why he needs these books and what makesContinue reading “09/24/19 3 minute reflection”

I choose question 4 The question states that Cisneros and her father have different ideas about what it means to be successful. How and why do they differ? They different in the sense when her dad thinks how having a girl he thinks of her getting a husband and not having schooling or anything ofContinue reading “Blog Post 5 Cisneros essay question”

The reading was really good this one is by far my favorite. It really stuck at home for me just because of how much I can relate with his back round. When I was young I went through my parents having to go through a divorce and I then had to work harder on myContinue reading “Pasqualin Activity”

Pg. 99 Question 5. When Brandt argues that race and class impacts on getting literacy sponsorships. It wasn’t fair how whites could get all the sponsors they wanted while the other races had to work harder to get the sponsors they needed. Branch and Lopez have little to no access to the tools they neededContinue reading “Blog Post 3”

The rise of literacy standards from Dwayne Lowery point of view is that he is in competition with himself and in order for him to keep the job that he has he has to read more. Since he had a lower education he has to work harder in order to keep the job, so thatContinue reading “Brandt Activity Group 2”