Kayla:

Concept- Victim.

Quote- “Is a victim of negative literacy experiences, in or out of school; casts blame for negative literacy experiences; discusses how someone took the fun out of reading and writing.”

Quote From Text- “When I was forced to read things I didn’t like, I lost interest really quickly.”

Explain- Throughout the narrative you are told about the negative impacts different events have had on Kayla and how that has made her dislike literacy.

Sam:

Concept- Literacy Winner.

Quote- “Includes accounts of winning extrinsic awards, rewards, and prizes for literacy, such as young author’s awards, verbal…”

Quote From Text- “I enjoyed just being able to get lost in the moment of sharing my thoughts on a piece of paper.”

Explain- Sam overall had a positive experience with literacy and found the positive in all of their literacy events that took part in.

Hannah:

Concept- Hero.

Quote- “Equates literacy acquisition with success, liberation, development, progression, and upward mobility; emphasizes individual, rather than literacy, perseverance, self-reliance, and determination; establishes self as hero of literacy story.”

Quote From Text- “Although, we may never fully understand why teacher’s want us to achieve more. They constantly push us to go the extra mile. They push us and get us to turn our work into something amazing. They try to teach us to not get so caught up in personal content rather of a story than the assignment itself no matter how difficult that may be.”

Explain- Hannah in her writing emphasized individual father then the literacy in her writing.

Blake:

Concept- Success Narrative.

Quote- “Equates literacy acquisition with success, liberation, development, progression, and upward mobility; emphasizes literacy, rather than the individual, and improving reading and writing skills; invokes optimistic and future-looking rhetoric; views literacy as utilitarian and useful, a means to economic, cultural, social, and political success

Quote From Text- “I see now it was because she was holding me to a higher standard because she knew I had the ability to succeed in my work, but I would rush through it and not worry about it.”

Explain- Blake had a literacy sponsor that helped him succeed and that helped him go further in life and continue to.