In conclusion, Brandt believes that sponsors as a whole either support or suppress literacy due to personal advantage. I agree with this definition to a certain extent, yet I believe there are some tweaks to be made challenge this definition. Such as literacy narratives showing that sponsorship through withholding can have both a negative and … [Read more…]
For starters it is important to understand and know sponsorship as a whole, Brandt stated, “Sponsors as I have come to think of them, are any agents, local or distant, concrete or abstract, who enable, support, teach, model, as well as recruit, regulate, suppress, or withhold literacy – and gain advantage by it in some … [Read more…]
Based off of my draft I have affirmed Brandt’s definition of a sponsor as a whole as well as a sponsor as a withholder. Along with confirming, I challenge Brandt’s belief that sponsorship through withholding only creates negative impacts, attitudes and memories. I believe that sponsorship through withholding can in-fact enable confidence and independence. In … [Read more…]
For starters, sponsors enable growth in English as a whole, they improve basic concepts such as reading and writing themselves or may delve deeper to unsurface confidence and more. The more common example of this would be through a sponsor as a facilitator, which Brandt explains as “any agents, local or distant, concrete or abstract, … [Read more…]
One area of literacy acquisition that strongly interests me is when one key character in a story acts as both the sponsor as a facilitator and through withholding. It allows the narrator to express growth, which helps to demonstrate maturity and progress in the area of English. Not only this but it helps to get … [Read more…]
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Kayla – Sponsor as a withholder “Sponsors, as I have come to think of them, are any agents, local or distant, concrete or abstract, who … recruit, regulate, suppress, or withhold literacy – and gain advantage by it some way.” (Brandt, 556) “Freshman year of high school my English teacher, Mr. Stritch, was the person … [Read more…]
This annotation shows the relationship to the concept of hero identities in work by Williams due to Hannah stepping up to the plate after her brother passed. This annotation also shows a relationship between Hannahs work and Williams. Her work at the end identifies with rebel as it can be seen through what I wrote. … [Read more…]
In Brandt’s work he defines sponsors extensively, this explanation can be seen throughout my own personal narrative. For example, in my own story I use my brother and his experiences with reading as the backbone of my own narrative, he was so crucial do to me wanting to be just like him. Therefore he acts … [Read more…]
The first annotation is a text to self connection due to me thinking what I wrote in the margin my whole life when it came to writing. I mentioned this throughout my own personal narrative. The second annotation is is a text to text connection, it relates to how writers pick an identity when forming … [Read more…]
