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Brandy Spoor
Brandy Spoor

Literacy is a complex topic with no agreed upon definition. There have been many attempts to define literacy but none have achieved consensus. Literacy can involve values, attitudes, feelings and social relationships, not just observable behaviors. Additionally, what constitutes literacy is not clearly measurable. This document discusses exploring the literacy identities of three sisters from a small town in Northern Michigan by interviewing them about their individual literacies, how they obtained each literacy, and comparing their overall literacy identities to show how one's environment and experiences shape their literacy development.

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Complex • "Literacy is like the y value." Ashley Increasingly Important Ross • " Literacy would appear to be one of the few • There has been numerous efforts to elements of education that everyone agrees define literacy and " each of these to be a necessity of modernity" John Szwed efforts has identified important • "Historically, literacy has been a potent tool parameters of literacy , but none has in maintaining the hegemony of elites and yet won consensual agreement." dominant classes in certain societies" Sylvia Scribner Scribner Undefined Not measurable • "[Literacy] practices are not • "What is literature? No agreement" observable units of behavior since John Szwed they also involve • "Although literacy is a problem of values, attitudes, feelings and social pressing national concern, we have relationships" Barton and Hamilton yet to discover or set it's boundaries." Sylvia Scribner
I believe that the ability to read, write, and understand the written word can be broken up into smaller groups. I call these little subgroups literacies. A literacy is a group of words or phrases that are used for a specific field or purpose. For instance an equine literacy would include all words and phrases relating to equine. Including coat colors such as palomino and dun, and diseases such as colic and founder.
Literacy
Literacy is an extremely complex subject. There have been numerous efforts to define literacy and "each of these efforts has identified important parameters of literacy, but none has yet won consensual agreement." (Scribner) My belief is that each person has their own literacy identity. A literacy identity is a grouping of all ones literacies and a literacy is simple a group of words that are all associated with a similar subject. In order to have a particular literacy in a literacy identity the person must understand the words associated with that literacy and know how to use them intelligently. For my project I will dive into the literacy identities of three sisters from a small town in Northern Michigan. It will compare the literacy identities of the three sisters by showing each girl’s literacy identities. Once the literacy Identity is established for each girl the individual literacies included in their literacy identity will be explained. Also how the individual may have obtained each literacy will also be included in the project. All of the required information was obtained through multiply interviews taken with the three individuals. This project is meant to show that an individual’s environment, friends, and past experiences have a great effect on their literacy identity.

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  • 2. Complex • "Literacy is like the y value." Ashley Increasingly Important Ross • " Literacy would appear to be one of the few • There has been numerous efforts to elements of education that everyone agrees define literacy and " each of these to be a necessity of modernity" John Szwed efforts has identified important • "Historically, literacy has been a potent tool parameters of literacy , but none has in maintaining the hegemony of elites and yet won consensual agreement." dominant classes in certain societies" Sylvia Scribner Scribner Undefined Not measurable • "[Literacy] practices are not • "What is literature? No agreement" observable units of behavior since John Szwed they also involve • "Although literacy is a problem of values, attitudes, feelings and social pressing national concern, we have relationships" Barton and Hamilton yet to discover or set it's boundaries." Sylvia Scribner
  • 3. I believe that the ability to read, write, and understand the written word can be broken up into smaller groups. I call these little subgroups literacies. A literacy is a group of words or phrases that are used for a specific field or purpose. For instance an equine literacy would include all words and phrases relating to equine. Including coat colors such as palomino and dun, and diseases such as colic and founder.
  • 5. Literacy is an extremely complex subject. There have been numerous efforts to define literacy and "each of these efforts has identified important parameters of literacy, but none has yet won consensual agreement." (Scribner) My belief is that each person has their own literacy identity. A literacy identity is a grouping of all ones literacies and a literacy is simple a group of words that are all associated with a similar subject. In order to have a particular literacy in a literacy identity the person must understand the words associated with that literacy and know how to use them intelligently. For my project I will dive into the literacy identities of three sisters from a small town in Northern Michigan. It will compare the literacy identities of the three sisters by showing each girl’s literacy identities. Once the literacy Identity is established for each girl the individual literacies included in their literacy identity will be explained. Also how the individual may have obtained each literacy will also be included in the project. All of the required information was obtained through multiply interviews taken with the three individuals. This project is meant to show that an individual’s environment, friends, and past experiences have a great effect on their literacy identity.