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Literacy Timeline

When I sat down in class to begin my literacy timeline it didn't take that long for my idea to start flowing.  I tried to think back as far in my memory to when I first started speaking writing and reading. I took a step by step approach when writing my literacy timeline.  I was focused on my major achievements.  I noticed that I started with books then advanced to television, then from there moved on to music.  I went a bit outside the assignments requirements and did a lifetime timeline.  I talked abut the different events i remember that helped me become the literate young adult that i am today.  The experience in creating a timeline just really gave me an idea of how I am able to do the things academically that I can today.  The timeline let me reflect on my childhood knowledge obtained.

Literacy Narrative

It was easy for my to narrow down my thoughts to create a straightforward story.  Once I got rolling writing my essay the words came easy.  I wrote my story in chronological order.  I took the time to write a pretty good detailed rough draft so the final copy was just the updated version with less flaws.  The peer review just boosted my confidence in writing.  My partner showed me the strong parts of my story which made the slideshow an easy process.  My narrative was a nice reflection of my timeline, everything was precise and in order according to how it happened in my life.

While in the process of making the final edits I was brainstorming how I was going to turn the story into a video slideshow.  It didn't alter the way I would normally write a story because I feel like all written work can be put into visual form.

Animoto Slideshow

I think my partner chose 15 solid sentences.  Of those passages I probably use like 6 of them in my slideshow.  FOr my slideshow I re worded my sentences due to the 52 character limit per slide.  It wasn't hard to edit my slides to fit a set character limit because anybody with a twitter knows that you have a limited character limit so its sort of easy to take out the unnecessary words.  The pictures in my slideshow went perfectly with my presentation. I used the visuals to add detail and as compliments to my words.

Literacy Timeline

Literacy Timeline

My first word was _______.

In kindergarden my class and I began how to write in cursive

At home I watched Sesame Street all the time and learned words from the television

When I was in 4th Grade I wrote my first book and read it aloud at my uncles wedding, a book about his son.  It was a hard cover book.

In elementary school my dad forced my brothers and I to keep a journal, about our "thoughts" but he would read our journals so what was written was a limited amount to my true feelings towards life

Junior year in high school I took a creative writing class which helped me become the writer I am today

Sometimes when with friends we have cyphers on rare occasions where we rap for each other

Sometimes if I'm in "the zone" I will write down lyrics that I make up in my head and jot them down in my iPhone

I always disliked reading but  liked reading the Michigan Chillers when I was younger

I learned how to spell "independent" from a song by webbie, i learned how to spell "bananas" from a song called Holla Back by Gwen Stephani

Music introduced me to many of the words I know today, as well as how to use them

I don't read books in my free time, but i do look at blogs and tweets