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 To: Connor Moore and Joshua SawyersFrom: Allison HamptonRe: My Literacy Memoir Draft

My literacy memoir so far has een a narrati!e of my accomplishments and

stru""les throu"hout my life in relation to learnin" and uildin" andde!elopin" my literacy# $ co!er my worst and est readin" and writin"e%periences as well as tal& aout who my most important literacy sponsorsha!e een and which discourse community has een the most impactful tome# $ also ha!e tied se!eral of the readin"s we ha!e done for class in withmy e%periences#

$ do not thin& $ actually de'ne literacy in my memoir( ut $)m not *uite surewhere in my draft $ would include this de'nition# $ am not sure if $ shouldde'ne literacy in the e"innin" of my essay or further into it# $f $ were toinclude the de'nition of literacy further into my essay( $ feel li&e it may seem

random or out of place# Howe!er( $ also feel li&e $ am already tal&in" aoutmany thin"s in the openin" of my narrati!e( so addin" more thin"s wouldma&e it feel usy#

My wor&in" and writin" process for this narrati!e typically consists of metryin" to "et all of my ideas down on paper efore $ e!en attempt to put theideas to"ether to form coherent and "rammatically correct sentences andpara"raphs# +nce $ ha!e written all of my ideas down( $ "o ac& o!er them toerase unnecessary points and addin" thin"s in that $ may ha!e missed the'rst time# After this( $ start to put my ideas into "roups with similar ideas andor"ani,e them y topic# +nce $ am happy with the way $ ha!e or"ani,ed my

ideas and ordered them in a way that is pleasin" to me( $ e"in to form mypara"raphs and add len"th to my paper# +nce $ ha!e written a full andcompleted draft( $ e"in to edit and chan"e thin"s to help my paper read or-ow etter#

For the most part( $ feel li&e $ did not chan"e the direction of my paper !erymuch# At 'rst $ centered my paper around my e%periences and how theyha!e a.ect my literacy de!elopment( ut after the second round of draftin" $chan"ed it to e aout my e%periences and my literacy sponsors and howthey ha!e impacted my literacy "rowth# $ don)t elie!e that this was much of a dramatic chan"e( ut $ do thin& it has added depth to my paper( which it

did not ha!e efore# $ also decided to tal& aout a discourse community that$ am a part of and that $ feel has had a !ery positi!e impact in my life withinthe community as well as outside of it# $ made oth of these chan"esecause oth Joshua and Connor made these su""estions( which $completely a"reed with and feel li&e ha!e added detail and depth to mynarrati!e#

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So far $ feel pretty con'dent aout my narrati!e# $ feel li&e $ ha!e co!ered allof the topics $ want to and ha!e added a "ood amount of detail to thesetopics# +ne thin" $ feel li&e $ could impro!e on is my style# $ feel li&e mymemoir sounds !ery monotone and uninterestin" and $ would de'nitely li&eto chan"e that# $ want my narrati!e to e interestin" and ma&e the reader

want to &eep readin" it# This is what $ feel li&e my re!iewers can help memost with ecause $ am sort of lost as to how $ can impro!e this part of mypaper#