1.) Essay from Blake Beverage: Annotations include a question and relationship between his text and Alexanders/Brandts ideas of “Sponsorship” and “succeeding.” 2.) Essay from H...
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1.) “Literacy, like land, is a valued commodity in this economy, a key resource in gaining profit and edge” (Brandt 558). If literacy is so valued, why might so many of us have such complicated re...
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Coordination 1.) By saying this Delpit points out that in general, if people were not capable of acquiring and or building new Discourses onto what they already know, then daily life (especially in sc...
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Through comparing and contrasting three major articles by James Gee, June Jordan and Lisa Delpit, it is evident that they all (in one way or another) have different views on one common issue of which ...
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“Pg. 547- If teachers were to adopt both of these premises…” I agree with what Delpit’s idea here because we are constantly learning new discourses and or building upon are ...
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1.) Concerns I had when writing my first draft on the ideas encompassing Gee, Jordan and Delpit included, not fully demonstrating that I had a good handle on the ideas being presented in their texts....
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1.) Quote Delpit’s first objection to Gee. Explain it. Find a passage in Delpit’s text that offers some evidence for her critique. Quote and explain that. Now, consider how Jordan’s text might f...
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1.) Gee’s two theorems (9-11) are controversial. Put each theorem in your own words. Why do you think they are controversial? – Gee’s first theorem is that discourses are not like languages....
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1.) Gee defines Discourses (capital D) as “saying (writing)-doing-being-valuing, believing combinations” (6). Why is this “combination” important for Gee? Gee offers a couple examples. Offer y...
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