I believe that both Anne Hallward and Dr. Rita Charon would both answer the question, “Why does narrative matter” the same.  From watching the ted talks they both essentially say […]

Why does a child’s literacy progress regresses as they enter school and become a chore?  In Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics: Introduction, by James Paul Gee he creates interesting points that can […]

Kara Poe Alexander introduces why students write certain narratives in Successes, Victims, and Prodigies: “Master” and “Little” Cultural Narratives in the Literacy Narrative Gene.  Alexander mentions many different examples of narratives […]

My question that pertains to the literacy narratives is, Why does a child’s literacy progress regresses as they enter school and become a chore? Learning styles don’t match with the […]

I noticed that in a lot of literacy narratives most of the people had either a mentor or a person who was terrible(motivator) when they were young.  This would be […]

Listening to this radio show about words, I did not know what to expect.  The hosts of the show wanted to discover what words have a bigger meaning.  To discover […]

I have room to grow by applying the formulas of Barclay’s and TRIAC to other types of essays that arise in the future, that I need to connect two experts […]

Moving into a dominant discourse may, as Gee suggests, means giving up primary discourse values but it ultimately depends on the circumstances.  Gee states,”…true acquisition of many mainstream Discourses involves, […]

In Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics:  Introduction by James Gee, he talks about Secondary Discourses. Gee states, “institutions in the public sphere, beyond the family and immediate kin and peer group”.  This […]

In Literacy, Discourse, and Linguistics:  Introduction Gee states a discourse as “forms of life which integrate words, acts, values, beliefs, attitudes, and social identities as well as gestures, glances, body positions, […]