Essay #1: Literacy Narrative

Assignment: You will create a Literacy Narrative. A literacy narrative is a story about reading and writing.

Purpose:

The purpose of this assignment is to describe how you learned something significant about yourself as a reader and writer. Think about the two literacy narratives we just read. What did you notice about the introduction, body, and conclusion of each piece? What elements do you want to make sure you include in your own narrative?

Specifics:

1-2 typed, double-spaced pages (400-500 words)
At least three paragraphs (intro, body, conclusion)
MLA format (heading, header, font, size, etc.)

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Literacy Narrative

The encoding of language through the spoken and written forms was the most amazing thing to ever happen to me as it acted as a background for my writing passion. As a young child growing up in the city, there were many available materials that could introduce me to literacy but bedtime stories worked out fine. My mother was an author working for a media company in New York and her experience with English was therefore exceptional. She was the head of script and content creation department and worked with other creative writers to keep the company magazines relevant. She brought home papers and I was never interested in touching them at first.

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