Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Professor Agosta
UWRT 1101 006
18 January 2017
Please type this on a Word Processor, and save it as a .doc, .docx, or .pdf file. Note that I cannot
take Google doc links or .pages files, but can download them as the file types listed above.
Include an MLA heading: Your name, my name, course and section number, and date. You can
download and edit this document with your answers, or you can number your answers separately
on your own file. See example on page 2. Once completed, upload to Canvas under the Scribner
Reading Log assignment by 9am on January 18 th.
1. Read the University Writing Programs description of Critical Reading in our full syllabus
(can be found on Canvas). After reading this statement, describe what critical reading is.
What makes it a particular kind of reading? What is your typical process of reading for
school? Reading articles like this? Do not feel compelled to tell me what the teacher
wants to hear. How do you honestly approach reading for your classes?
Critical reading is how I can make it easier to understand by breaking it or
dissecting it. Reading it first so I can break it down to understand it or making it
easier for myself and others. I do and dont feel compelled to tell what the teachers
wants, because I am sure the teacher wants me to interpret it to my understanding
and themselves. Although I dislike reading, I always try my best, even trying my
best to interpret it and making it easier to read.
2. The title of the piece is Literacy in Three Metaphors, and the author goes on to offer us
three ways of viewing literacy. Consider what you know about literacy. What does this term
mean to you? Describe that here.
Literacy to me is how good I can read and interpret it to my understanding and
others.
3. In the first four paragraphs of this text, Scribner describes some issues surrounding
research of literacy. Why is this a tricky subject to research, according to Scribner?
They cant agree on each others evaluation and having answers that question each
other.
4. At the end of page 7 onto page 8, Scribner asks the reader to consider the following. In
this paragraph, Scribner differentiates literacy as an attribute of individuals and literacy
as a social achievement. Try to parse out what she means here how do the two
different views change how we see, understand, and define literacy? Which view does
Scribner advocate?
What she means is that they both help each other. She goes on explaining the
cultures that we grow around and take in. A good example is When people
mention soda, coke, or pop.
5. At the end of page 8, Scribner notes, In this essay, I will examine some of them
[meanings of literacy], organizing my discussion around three metaphors: literacy as
adaptation, literacy as power, and literacy as state of grace. Each of these metaphors is
rooted in certain assumptions about the social motivations for literacy in this country, the
nature of existing literacy practices, and judgments about which practices are critical for
individual and social enhancement. She goes on to note that any of these metaphors
taken individually will only reveal a partial understanding of literacy. Literacy is a many-
Jerry Lo
Professor Agosta
UWRT 1101 006
18 January 2017
Example
meaninged thing. Here the author makes a turn to show what she will be adding to the
conversation about literacy. This is what we should expect to get as a reader three
metaphors that help us make sense of literacy.
Read from page 8 through the top of page 15. There, Scribner articulates each of her
metaphors: Literacy as Adaptation, Literacy as Power, and Literacy as State of Grace. In
the remainder of your reading log, aim to select 2-3 quotes from each of these sections (6-
9 in all). Next to or below the quote, annotate with your thoughts. Annotations can include:
reactions, notes about understanding Scribners points, questions, connections to your
personal experiences or current events. You can write this in paragraph form or in a table.
Please track and note what page the quote is coming from. Make sure each quote has a
follow-up annotation.
Jeremy Evans
Professor Agosta
UWRT 1101-00#
18 January 2017
Scribner Reading Log
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