D. Baron

     Writing itself was the first significant technology. Baron believes that computers will soon replace these books. Although he praises how fast the technology has advanced and helped us, he does not completely support the new world of literacy. Nothing is as good as the physical effort of handwriting crossing out, revising, cutting, and pasting. He then goes into the stages of the literacy technology. It begins with great restrictions and only available to a few number of people. Then the technology spreads, lowering the cost. Many replications of this technology are created but with further advancements. He then goes into the importance of how authentic handwriting actually is and how great the creation of the pencil was. Baron gets deep into the invention of writing and how it triggered a "cognitive revolution" in human development. He then talks about how writing cannot replace speech functions such as the tone in your voice. The written language has a life of its own. For example writing can be considered a more formal way of speaking.
    The pencil was not originally for writing. It was used in ancient times to make the measurement markings. They were created by wood workers because they could mark where they wanted to cut the wood without making a permanent dent in the wood. Pencils were soon used by artists. The word pencil means little tail, referring to something similar to a paintbrush. Wooden pencils are modernly sold for nothing but a few pennies. Back in the day, the price could be as high as todays fifty dollars.
    In conclusion, researchers tend to examine how technology affects literacy and often find that it leads to a decrease in literacy and an increase in political issues.

Belal VS Sarah's Writing Process

Belal's writing process is very similar to mine. We start our paper with an outline. Then we go back to add information to ensure that it is extremely detailed.We both prefer to write our rough drafts on a piece of notebook paper with a thick, black ball point pen. After we feel as if our rough draft is complete, we like to use brightly colored gel pens to mark out any unwanted information or to add information. We also fix any type of grammar mistakes and do all editing with these brightly colored pens. Doing this helps everything not blend together as one, letting the mistakes stand out. After our rough draft is filled with color, we then began the typing process. This is where things start to differ. He prefers to finish his writing where it is quiet with absolutely no noise nor distractions. Me on the other hand, I like other things catching my attention as I write. It seems to help me not get so frustrated when I come to a difficult part. He also uses the program Microsoft Word and spell check before turning in his final draft. I use the program Pages which does not have spell check as useful as the Microsoft program. It is also much more difficult for many other reasons. However, we both use our Apple laptops to finish our writing on.

Murray

2.)Murray takes his time when writing. He has a unique way of brain storming. He records himself with his ideas. While replaying his recordings he takes notes. Once he has a written draft, he lets it wife read it who is not afraid to be harsh on her critiquing. My process is a lot shorter. I do not put as much time as he does into his writing. I simply brainstorm with an outline, write a rough draft, then edit my rough draft. I am too afraid of criticism to allow someone to read it who does not have to.

3.) He was shocked to see all the time spent on planning. For example a paper that he had thought only took a year to write actually took four or five years. He also says that revision goes along with the planning or prewriting of your activity.
4.) Time management in writing is a great weakness. The more time for editing, usually the better outcome of the paper. When you have more time to brainstorm, the overall content of your paper will be heavy. When you have more time to revise, the less mistakes your paper will have.

My Writing Process

I began my writing process by creating the standard outline. Then whenever I have free time I sit in a quiet place and get comfortable. Then I start on my rough draft. My rough draft is usually really rough. Then I go through and circle things I do not like or would like to change. I start on my second draft, fixing everything I did not like. Sometimes I let someone read over it for me to see if there is anything I missed. Then I start to type my final copy. I use spell check like everyone should and hope for the best!

Rose

1.) I have always been taught to create a three point thesis and to make my introduction paragraph first. Then make the three body paragraphs based off of that. Now I have trouble making my essay's meet the length requirements.

2.)The Blockers have more strict rules than the non-blockers. They have set standards and rules. The non-blockers are more lenient and believe if something does not work, just change it.

4.)My rule to a good writer would be to expand your mind and to not be afraid to write things that may sound crazy or off the wall. Write down every idea that comes to mind when brainstorming your topic. Bad writers are boring writers in my opinion. They stick to a set of rules with no flexibility.

Writing Process of Famous Author

    R.L. Stine would write a book a month. R.L. Stine starts his writing process by thinking of a title. He claims this works best for him. However, sometimes he would think of a story and could not figure out a title for his story. In this case he would toss the story out. He would wake up every morning and would not get out of the bed until he finished writing at least ten to twenty pages. He makes a very complete outline of his story, chapter by chapter after thinking of a title. He would revise single outline up to three times, thinking of the ending before body of the story.

Sommers Page 387-388

1.) Sommers is saying there is more to revision than replacing simply words with more complex words but to make several changes throughout your revision process other than just vocabulary.
3.)In my opinion, whenever you write you have time to revise and edit your writing. Whenever you speak, you say whatever comes to mind. There is more thought and work put into writing. Sure you could put in time and hard work on writing a speech but that only backs my statement up more. You spent time writing your speech.
5.)Experienced writers search to establish a design or pattern in their writing. They also thrive for the readers judgement on their writing. An experienced writing makes several drafts where as a student does the usual brainstorming then writing a rough draft.
7.)I was always taught in revision to add strength to my paragraphs by adding descriptive details. I was also taught to check my spelling and to fix whatever my teacher suggested to me. Now that I have gotten older and had more experience in writing, I do find it easier to make several different drafts.

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2.)

• Inscription, composing, and text
• Authorship
• Writing as practice
• Collecting and keeping track of texts
• Intertextual analysis
• Concurrent, retrospective, and naturalists accounts
• Integrating data from multiple sources

3.) Inscription is basically a written/typed record of some sort. Composing is to simply think or come up with an idea. I think composing usually comes first without us even noticing. Before we write we often compose or think of what we are going to right before we write it or make an inscription.

4.)It helps us to understand who is involved in making the text and how.

5.)He argues that documents are cycled through various parties in the organization for comment, revision, and review.

7.)Concurrent is when you read or think out loud. Retrospective is when the writing relies on peoples memory, lacking details. Naturalist accounts might appear to be autobiographical or biographical narratives or in interviews. My favorite would have to be, since I have to chose, concurrent because autobiographical accounts are boring and peoples memory is not so reliable.

Changes in my Narrative

     In my literacy narrative, I wish I would have included more details of each situation or literacy sponsor I wrote about. I was very straight forward with minor details. I used some descriptive words however the situations and people could have been described better in order to establish a better idea of what I was feeling.  It would have made my paper longer as well as increase the overall content of my paper. I am sure I will find plenty of things to improve on besides being more descriptive once I receive my paper.

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1.) He is asking us to consider how much of yourself you put into writing or in other words how autobiographical all your writing is.

2.) He states that everyone has there own way of how they see the world and their own way of using language to communicate what they see.

5.) I love his view on writing. He makes a very strong argument! I have always wondered why you were not allowed to use “I” when writing. I would say the only exception to his opinion would be an informative essay or a research paper.

6.) I do think most of the things I write contain some type of autobiographical stand point.

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1.) I agree with the writer because writers should be able to express their opinion or at least share what they personally learned from their research, how they processed the information.

2.) I do agree with Strasser. Writing should not just be written facts over and over again. 

3.) I believe it all depends on your teacher. Some teachers love allowing their students to express themselves, when some feel the complete opposite!

Childhood Reading

     I can remember first learning to read at home, my mom teaching me little things. For example she taught me how to write my name. She would tell me to sound out the letters one by one, then put them all together to make a word. I remember the hatred I felt towards her for giving me such a "hard" middle name, Christine. Sure it looks easy now but as a four year old, not so much! Of course I love it now however back then I thought of it as one of the hardest words to spell. She also taught me little words such as "the" or "what." I only knew how to say them by memory and eventually learned off of that. When I began kindergarden, it became easier and I had reading and writing down!

      My favorite series of books were the Berenstain Bears collection. The Berenstain Bears was a show about a loving mother and father and their two kids, but all in bear form. I would come inside from playing everyday just in time to watch the T.V. series. One day while at the library in elementary school, I saw familiar faces on the covers of these books! I was so excited! No longer did I have to wait for four o'clock to roll around! 

"Villanueva"

    
     I believe he switches from first person to third person to differentiate the stories from his personal feelings. I am not really sure because I was always taught to stick to the same point of view throughout your writing. He describes rhetoric as the complete study of language. It also helps you to study the ways in which people have accomplished all that has been accomplished. I have tried to observe and imitate writers that I become fascinated with simply by analyzing their techniques.  Whenever he would get ready to write and simply "stare" off, I felt as if I could strongly relate to this. I have so many thoughts as what to what to write about until it becomes time to actually get it all down on paper. This is why I enjoy the whole brain storming process, it enables me to actually write what needs to be done. 

   
    Skills To Be Learned


      I believe English 1010 will help me improve in multiple skills. I am a decent writer. However I sometimes have trouble meeting the length requirements. I usually have shorter, straight to the point essays.  I also seem to get stuck when trying to add some length to my work! I would love to improve not only these skills but to also understand and use the appropriate voice, tone, and level of formality. Anyone can write an essay but I have always wanted to be the student that wrote the nice, well-structured essay, full of descriptive writing!

     I can remember receiving my first journal in the fourth grade. We were required to write a creative story every week! I was so excited to express my creativity. Every story was turned in with great confidence. I can still remember how proud I was to show my parents the teachers positive comments, topped with a "good job" sticker of course. I thought I was going to be a legendary writer, no doubt!

     This thought only lasted until about the sixth grade. I was assigned an essay on photosynthesis. I remember thinking how easy this essay was going to be. In my mind, all I had to do was write what photosynthesis was, and how it took place and why. I was wrong! I wrote my three little paragraphs including everything there was to know about photosynthesis. I turned it in the next day with the same confidence I had always had only to receive a sixty-five. I was astonished! I wrote a whole three paragraphs about something that can be explained in one sentence. What was the problem?

     "You are a great student, the content was good, but it did not meet the length requirement," said Ms. Oliver. I was so upset that I had received such a low grade because I lacked a half a page or two. I have struggled with this problem all the way through high school. Sure, I figured a way to make better then boarder line passing, but I still was never satisfied in my work. I suppose I do better when I am given the opportunity to do some creative writing rather then being told what to write about.  However I would like to be strong at all the different types of writing! I want to be proud and not bothered by writing an essay rather than dread writing it then despise it!

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