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Both essays focus on children's ability to blend visual drawings and writing and how they interact with one another. In some classrooms young children are being urged to see drawing and writing separately rather than as a unified system of meaning making. Thomas Newkirk makes us think about how pictures relate to language in written texts, and Alexie Sherman explains how he had the help from comic books (graphic novels) and watching his dad's passion for reading help (sponsor) him want to learn how to read. They both believe that visual images communicate meaning. Its not just about the design and creativity but also about how culture and meaning are reflected, communicated and altered by images. This is visual literacy, it involves all the

Our view of literacy upon commencing this course, was that it is the ability to read and write. Our understanding of it however was partially true because, reading and writing are essential of any person’s literacy, but reading and

I define literacy as being able to express my thoughts and emotions. I know everyone has different opinions and emotions. Therefore, everyone will write differently and read in a different pace. Also, everyone likes different types of books, for example fiction or nonfiction. As a result, everyone’s literacy journey is unique. Everyone has a different definition when it comes to literacy which is what makes it special. Some prefer to read and others prefer to write. It all depends on personal preference.

My literacy path has a lot of exciting events that happened during my childhood. At that time I was inspired by my mother who was my literary guardian, and encourage me at that path. She was the closest person to me at that time. She has been teaching fine art for more than thirty years at one of reputable schools back home. She didn’t settle for that job only. She was cooperating with many other artist running exhibitions that won awards. Five years ago, my mother was promoted to be a supervisor at the ministry of education of all the art instructors over the region. As child whose literary guardian is an artist, I spent most of my time trying to imitate my mother’s painting.

Non-impact physical activities, can help prevent falls and fractures. The activities are balance exercise including Tai Chi and Yoga, posture exercise that reduce the risk of spine fractures by straightening rounded shoulders and functional for carrying out your daily activities in the safest way possible to avoid the chance of a fall.

Drawing has a vast variety of descriptions as to what they thought drawing was it seems that there are three common usages ; drawing as an art form, as a tool for communication or as part of

It's often found that people don't take into account that literacy isn't just confined to the ability to simply just read a book, but rather the capacity to simply read no matter what the content is. Literacy comes in many forms and is therefore able to be interpreted in several different aspects. Knowledge, which isn't always obtained by reading, plays a huge critical role in how the mind thinks. Literacy has one of the biggest impacts on the way you feel about certain topics, mostly because it can open the door to so many new opinions. Many of which may not have ever been brought up before.

“Literacy” is a word that can having different meanings to different people. Upon hearing the word, I think of the ability to read and write. If you can read and speak a language, you are literate in it. However, I believe that there are different types of literacies. First, there is the obvious English literacy- knowing how to read and write. But there are also other kinds of topics that I am literate in thanks to my culture and upbringing. I also begin to think about what constitutes literacy? Spanning many heated discussions from multiple classes, for the sake of this autobiography, I am defining literacy as the ability to communicate within a topic. Using this definition, one can be literate in many, many things. I think the true test of

Everyday kids,teens, and even college students learn about literacy. Literacy is the ability to read and write. So other wise in someone's everyday life or job you use literacy in something you do. So for instance if you have a job as a teacher or even a job as building constructor because being a teacher you need to be able to know and teach literacy to your class so they could learn how to read and write so they can get a good career later in life. For a building constructor you need how to read the blueprints for how to build the building or house that they need to make. Also they need how to

Visual images can be a form of communication used with children who cannot even speak yet. It is believed that children may know more than they are able to communicate. Just because they can not say what they understand does not mean they do not actually understand it. Visual literacy in the classroom can help assist students who have difficulties reading texts to have “access to a broader array of literacies so essential to their everyday experiences” (Williams, P.

Visual literacy is defined as “the ability to apprehend or interpret pictures or other visual images” (“Visual Literacy”, n.d.). Picture books and children’s books that contain illustrations are doing just this, providing the opportunity for students to become visually literate and comprehend through images. At a young age, children are visual learners, even before they learn how to speak. According to Hommel, Riegler, and Ulrich, (n.d.), “children must master visual skills before they can even begin to develop verbal skills—some theorists even argue that visual skills are a necessary foundation for later speech and reading skills.”

Visual literacy is a type of literacy that everyone uses in today’s world. By looking at a simple object, be it a painting or simple object, we all use our critical thinking to interpret what the object’s purpose is. I can relate to this type of literacy because I have an open mind and I’m always creative when it comes to writing and drawing. Coming up with theories is an everyday routine when working at jobs, attending meetings and completing assignments at school. This applies to Visual Literacy because it is basically using your mind and sharing what the object is interpreted as.

In the article “Learning Through Play; Portraits, Photoshop and Visual Literacy Practices” written by Michelle A. Honeyford and Karen Boyd the idea of learning literacy techniques through imaginative and visual play is featured. The article gives a detailed look at an afterschool program that lets students learn about literacy while using creativity. Although there is a lot of detail on the program the layout of the article is very scattered and hard to follow. Also the article highlights the success of the program but never once mentions how it is funded, this raises a lot of questions. And the article also does not speak of any formal assessment so one has to wonder how effective it really is.

Mr. Kennedy’s (n.d.) explains that his viewpoint on visual literacy has taken illustrations or images and frame them into a characteristic of critical thinking with the use of your cognitive senses. He then combines them with your use of the cortex and you find that you can enter into a world we now know today as the digital technology era. Although, according to Ryan (2012), he views visual literacy as “the competent creation and consumption of visual messages.” Ryan (2012, sec. 1.3), explains literacy as not only the physical ability of sight but also cognitive abilities of sensory perceptions such as attention,

1.1 Explain why physical activity is important to the short and long term health and well being of children