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NT1330 Unit 1 Assignment 1

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participation in a church activity might suggest that she has a strong connection to an organized religion. Her desire to complete the work that was assigned for home in school could also indicate that she values both activities equally, wanting to devote time to participate in both with full attention. Through SI’s literacy practice, the use of a math book to assist in homework so she can participate in another activity may be evidence of her increased beliefs, values, and attitudes towards both school and church as a result of participating in the re-design.
Social Purposes
The second theme that emerged was the use of literacy practices as a social tool. Findings from the analysis of the literature on the adolescent learner and the social, emotional influences that may affect learning support the many instances I witnessed literacy being practiced as a social activity. Several students engaged in writing practices on a social media web page, others created written texts on their mobile devices, while others created visuals which they uploaded to social media sites (i.e. Facebook, Instagram). Updating posts, responding to a …show more content…

Through these written descriptions, PYD growth as told through the voices of those who participated in the re-design was realized. What follows is a brief overview of evidence of immediate positive growth as measured through each of Lerner’s 5 C’s for two randomly selected participants. The examples provided are not factored out according to type; rather, they are presented to you as a student whole. The purpose for not separating each domain is to give readers a glimpse into each participant’s immediate growth across the domains; the degrees to which theses occurred varied with each

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