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A commonly admissible organization among the way you speak, or write from the use of words of  introspection, and behavior that can be used to establish characteristics and pin-point ones personality as a member of a respected community or a place to get together and mingle.

Gees Reading Questions

1. What is discourse?

• -        Discourse to me is saying who you are, or what your career is. Discourse seems as if it is a way of life, it’s what you learned to be.  Discourse is belonging to a socially accepted and meaningful group. When you are in a discourse, you talk, dress, and act a certain way that relates to the discourse.

2. What does it mean that discourses are ideological?

• -        This means that when you are in a discourse; you believe everything about it. You have the same exact values and morals as every other person in the discourse. You even talk and dress the same. Every person in a discourse is taught to be the exact same.

3. What is the difference between acquisition and learning?

• -        Acquisition is something you learn without realizing that you are learning it, it’s something that you just take in without actually hands on learning it. And learning is something that you would learn in a classroom, and you physically do work, and study and learn it.

4. What is the difference between a primary and a secondary discourse?

• -        In a primary discourse (family) you learn how to act in a certain group, and how to dress & talk. You also learn about the culture you have to live by and religion. In a secondary discourse (society), you do the same thing as a primary discourse but you go more in depth and learn more about the writing and the language of the discourse.

5. What’s the most confusing sentence in the essay? Please rewrite it/copy and paste it below. What do you think it means?

• -        To me the most confusing sentence was; “It can he noted however that sometimes people must fall back on their primary uses of language in inappropriate circumstances when they fail to control the requisite secondary use.”
• -        I think this sentence means that people, who have learned something in a secondary discourse, can always go back to what they were or what they learned in the primary discourse. But only if it is the right or appropriate time to do so.

Pre-Reading Questions

Gee, I Love to Do Pre-Reading!

 

1.       Do a Google search for the word “identity.” In your own words, write 2-3 sentences describing what “identity” means. If someone asks you, “what’s your identity?” what does that person want to know?

I think your identity is how you present yourself to others. Where you came from, what your motives/goals are, and what you believe in. Your identity is what makes you unique, no two people are alike. Your identity is your behavior, your emotions, and how you think. Your characteristics play a lot in your identity too, it shows who you are.

“Identity” Synonym: Character, existence, Individuality, & Recognition

2.       What are the different things that make up your identity? Feel free to use your introductory blog post as a guide. You might try to rank the parts of your identity starting with the most important.

-        Born in Wenatchee, WA.

-        Hometown: Covington, WA.

-        Family issues since I was young

-        Everything I’ve been through

-        Blue eyes, 5’3”

-        I believe in being truthful, and loyal.

-        I believe in always making the best out of any situation you’re put into.

-        Very shy, and quiet.

-        I have a habit of biting my nails

-        Writing fluently is hard for me

-        Naturally blonde, and no matter what color it is I’m always a blonde at heart

Do a Google search. Who is James Paul Gee? (Write 2-3 sentences).

3. James Paul Gee is a Literacy Studies Professor at Arizona State University, he is a member of the National Academy of Education. He defines identity as “being recognized as a ‘certain’ kind of person”.

4.       Do a Google search. What is “linguistics”? What does a “linguist” do? (Write 2-3 sentences in your own words).

Linguistics is the scientific study of language and its structure. Linguistics is also the study of morphology, syntax, phonetics, and sematics. A linguist is someone who is very skilled in foreign languages, or someone who is able to speak fluently in other languages. You have to be very skilled in the science of languages.

5.       Reading prediction: Based on what we’ve discussed and what you’ve researched today, what do you think our first essay, “What is Literacy?” will be about? Write at least 4 sentences.

 

After what we’ve discussed and researched I think the essay “What is Literacy” is going to be about identity. About who we are, what our goals are, and how we are going to apply that to this class. I think this essay is a way of you getting to know us, and for you to see how well we write and comprehend what we learn. We will be learning about our self and how literate or illiterate we are.

Introduction!

Hi my name is Rebecca Duffey, I'm 19 years old, and I recently graduated from Kentlake High School. I was born in Wenatchee but I have lived in Covington almost my whole life. This is my first quarter at Green River, I have one hybrid class, one online class, and just one normal one. I'm still not completely sure of what I want to do as a career yet, but I think that I want to get into the Early Childhood Education program here at green river. I am in the transfer program, so after I get my AA degree I want to transfer to Western Washington University.
I don't really have many hobbies, I mainly just focus on work and school. Just recently I moved out of my dads house and into my friends house with her parents. I did this end of summer. And since then I got my permit, license, a car, two job, and got enrolled in school. So mainly what I have been doing is focusing on my future, and trying to make something of myself, and prove to myself and others that I can accomplish all of my goals. Thank you for listening to a few things about myself!
-Rebecca