Literacy Narrative

A literacy narrative is the story of a persons experience with reading and writingit describes how a person learned to read and write and the significance of that moment. Do you recall an early memory about reading or writing? Do you remember who taught you to read or write?
This week, you will write a literacy narrative that identifies your own relationship to literacy. What does it mean to be a literate person? How do you define literacy? Your narrative will explore the ways in which your experiences with reading and writingboth positive and difficulthave shaped you and your relationship with learning. In becoming a literate person, what did you discover about yourself?
Compose a two-page essay that explores the role of literacy in your life and examines who you are as a reader and writer.

Maximum Points
Assignment contained support in the form of specific reasons, examples, and details.

Wrote a detailed introduction that engages the reader, explains the topic, and provides a detailed thesis that identifies the path that the paper will take.

Organized the paper effectively with unified paragraphs, each of which has a topic sentence and effective transitions to the next paragraph.

Provided a detailed conclusion that reiterates and reinforces the main ideas of the paper without repeating word for word the introduction and without introducing new ideas.

Adhered to the grammar and punctuation standards of written academic English and APA citation standards.

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Literacy Narrative

A literacy narrative is the story of a persons experience with reading and writingit describes how a person learned to read and write and the significance of that moment. Do you recall an early memory about reading or writing? Do you remember who taught you to read or write?
This week, you will write a literacy narrative that identifies your own relationship to literacy. What does it mean to be a literate person? How do you define literacy? Your narrative will explore the ways in which your experiences with reading and writingboth positive and difficulthave shaped you and your relationship with learning. In becoming a literate person, what did you discover about yourself?
Compose a two-page essay that explores the role of literacy in your life and examines who you are as a reader and writer.

Maximum Points
Assignment contained support in the form of specific reasons, examples, and details.

Wrote a detailed introduction that engages the reader, explains the topic, and provides a detailed thesis that identifies the path that the paper will take.

Organized the paper effectively with unified paragraphs, each of which has a topic sentence and effective transitions to the next paragraph.

Provided a detailed conclusion that reiterates and reinforces the main ideas of the paper without repeating word for word the introduction and without introducing new ideas.

Adhered to the grammar and punctuation standards of written academic English and APA citation standards.

Total: