EDEL 305 Literacy Autobiography Assignment

Rubric, instructions, and Class sides to cite and pull content from are attached below, you are writing from the |I perspective. EDEL 305 Literacy Autobiography Assignment “Learning to teach-like teaching itself is always a process of becoming: a time of formation and transformation, of scrutiny into what one is doing, and who one can become” (Britzman 2003, p. 31) The purpose of this assignment is to help you relate your prior knowledge and experience to your current and future work as a teacher of literacy. This assignment is intended to prompt you to revisit, reflect, and examine your literacy history and what it means in the context of your own teaching. Think about yourself as a reader, writer, and literacy learner. You have had many experiences with literacy, some positive and some negative, which will inform your conception of literacy and how you approach literacy teaching and learning. Your Literacy Autobiography will be a narrative of your attitudes, feelings, and experiences as a reader, writer, and literacy learner. The following are some questions for you to consider: What significant experiences (in-school, out-of-school) have contributed to your development as a reader and writer? Can you identify any key incidents (positive or negative), any significant individuals or relationships? How was your experience of learning to read and/or write? What do you wish had occurred in your schooling regarding language and literacy teaching and learning? How do you think this experience will inform how you understand your students’ experiences of learning to read and write? The paper is to be between 3-4 pages (maximum 4 pages) double-spaced, one-inch margins, TNR font size 12. If you include a cover page please do not count it as part of the 3-4 pages. You will also have the opportunity to share aspects of your literacy autobiography with your classmates (in small groups). Sharing aspects of the literacy autobiographies within the class provides an opportunity to learn from and with each other, and to recognize that the literacy experience of others may be quite different from your own.