Kayla:

Name of concept: Victim Literacy Narrative

Relevant passage reading: “When asked to reflect on past experiences inn the confines of literacy narrative, they remember these experiences that haunted them and took away their freedom” (Alexander 618).

Relevant passage narrative: “Then I got to high school an every bit of confidence that I had about writing was stripped. Freshmen year of high school my English teacher,  Mr. Stritch, was the person who ruined writing for me” (Kayla 1).

Explain: The first passage is from Alexanders victim narrative theory. These two are relevant because Kayla blames her teacher for her loss of interest in reading and writing.

Sam:

Name of concept: Sponsorship

Relevant passage reading: “…Sponsors nevertheless set the terms for access to literacy and wield powerful incentives for compliance and loyalty” (Brandt 557).

Relevant passage narrative: “As Miss Foster showed me, writing was more of a creative way to express one’s thoughts and feelings. Hey I thought, this is kind of fun. That’s when I began to gain an appreciation and excitement to write because I could paint a picture through my writing using my creative spirit. For my first assignment, I was to write about something of interest. Hockey had been a passion of mine since I could walk, so I focused on constructing an image that I could transform onto paper” (Sam 1).

Explain: Since Sam had open creativity to write because of his teacher he took an interest in writing about hockey. If his sponsor hadn’t allowed creativity he probably would have taken a disliking to reading and writing.

Blake:

Name of concept: Sponsorship

Relevant passage reading: “Sponsors seems a fitting term for the figures who turned up most typically in peoples memory of literacy learning: older relatives, teachers…” (Brandt 557).

Relevant passage narrative: “My teacher’s name was Mrs. Johnson. At the time I really didn’t like her, although now that I’m looking back on it I realize how awesome she actually was” (Blake 1).

Explain: Blake initially didn’t like his teacher however looking back he sees her as someone who helped him with his literacy journey. This can be considered a sponsor.

Hannah:

Name of concept: Different narratives in one

Relevant passage reading: “They present many  truths about literacy, not one truth about it” (Alexander 611)

Relevant passage narrative: “In the end, I have may not got the best grade on my paper, but that did not matter. I was so proud of my paper, no acceptance letter or B minus was going to change that. I did everything I could to go above and beyond. Teacher’s are always so hard on students, no matter what we do or how we act. Although, we may never fully understood why, teacher’s want us to achieve more. They constantly push us to go the extra mile. They push us and get us to turn our work into something amazing. They try to teach us to not get so caught up in the personal content rather of a story than the assignment itself no matter how difficult that may be” (Hannah 1).

Explain: Hannah demonstrates many identities in her narrative. Therefore her narrative presents many truths. In Hannahs paragraph she shows victim qualities but also does not cast blame on her teacher. That relates to outsiders. However she also overcomes her obstacle like in a hero narrative.