Literacy Narrative Instructions - Marci Calabretta

Literacy Narrative Instructions

Florida International University ENC 1101: Writing and Rhetoric

Genre:

A Literacy Narrative is a type of autobiographical essay which explores your experiences and relationship with language (speaking, listening, writing, and reading, or a combination of these) and confirms their significance to you and your audience.

Audience:

Your diverse peers (classmates), and your teacher(s).

Purpose / Task:

Compose a 1,000-1,500 words (or 3-5 double spaced pages) literacy narrative that tells the story of how speaking, listening, writing, and reading (or a combination of these) changed your life in some significant way, and gives insight into what shaped the literate person you've become.

Examples:

"The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me" Sherman Alexie "The Naturalization" Natalia Trevino "Mother Tongue" Amy Tan "Living in Tongues" Luc Sante

Writing Strategies:

As your Allyn and Bacon text suggests, good writing begins with good questions, so you want to begin by identifying a significant and interesting question pertaining to your life with language and your own literacy practices. Then we'll look at models of literacy narratives to give you some ideas for approaching your own essay in terms of content, style, and structure.

Schedule:

1. Monday, January 30th: First draft due to 2. Wednesday, February 1st. Conference first draft 3. Sunday, February 5th at noon: Final draft and Reflection Memo due to

(100 points)

Outcomes:

During this unit we will work to: Produce a final written project that indicates a clear rhetorical purpose and that is appropriate for a diverse audience of peers; Use conventions of open-form prose; Show engagement with issues of language, literacy, rhetoric, or cultures; Demonstrate knowledge of persuasive appeals and rhetorical concepts learned in the introductory unit; Use specific language (descriptive, figurative, with attention paid to word choice); Produce a final draft that shows evidence of a thoughtful writing process, including invention, revision, and proof-reading; Use syntax, punctuation, and spelling effectively in service of rhetorical purpose.

Grading Criteria:

(See Literacy Narrative Rubric for details)

Writer's Memo Rhetorical Purpose & Audience Use of Open Form Conventions Subject Matter & Theme Use of Persuasive Appeals and Rhetorical Concepts Narrative Language Syntax, Punctuation & Spelling Total

10pts 10pts

20pts

10pts 20pts

20pts 10pts

100pts

10% 10%

20%

10% 20%

20% 10%

100%

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