Using the examples you viewed on the Digital Archive of Literacy Narratives (DALN) as inspiration, you will compose your own literacy narrative. This should be a personal story of how you learned to read and write with a specific focus on the tools that helped you in this journey.
Your audience is your classmates, but you will have the option to upload these to the DALN, so consider a broader audience of students and teachers from around the world as well.
Your narrative should include specific dates, people, places, books, devices, and moments from your personal history. You should focus on 3-5 moments from your history that had the greatest impact on your literacy journey and describe these moments with vivid details and thorough explanations. Begin with an introduction explaining who you are now. Organize your supporting examples details chronologically with clear transitions to aid the reader. Your conclusion should explain how this process will influence your future.
You should aim for 2 pages, single spaced, in Times New Roman 12.
Along with the writing, your narrative should include media. This can include videos (featuring you speaking to the camera, interviews with people from your narrative, clips from movies/shows you mention in the narrative), a series of pictures, a timeline, a short animation, a combination of all of these elements, or anything else you can dream up! If you include videos, GIFs, or images from an outside source please provide the link and a citation.
Combine both the writing and the media into a blog post with a clever title. Use the category “blog” and the tag “narrative” when posting to the site (if you fail to do this I cannot grade your work!). You may also include any tags you feel describe your narrative (you can use the categories and labels from the DALN for inspiration).
This paper is worth 20 points. Here is the grading rubric.
You will present this narrative in class. You will have 3 minutes each. Please practice before you present. You should aim to be interesting, engaging, and professional.
The presentation is worth 10 points.
We will recite the academic integrity pledge in class before your presentation:
“I pledge on my honor that I have neither given nor received
unauthorized assistance on this assignment.”