Justin Jones Blogs

As we were going over the text today the one definition that stuck out to me was RAFT. RAFT is (role of the writer, audience, format, and topic). This strategy helps the student by helping them see the text from another point of view. The student will have to assume a specific role, address an intended audience, follow a given format, and use the topic that was given. This strategy will make the students demonstrate their deeper understanding of ideas and concepts. This also gives the students freedom to be creative by placing themselves as the writer.

One of my past reading habits was that I had was a narrow reader. Narrow reading is when you reading one word at a time. At that point of time, I felt like I could only read one word at a time. My brain and eyes were not processing the information fast enough for me to read it with fluency. So, it took me a long time before it started to make progressions on reading with fluency. I still struggle sometimes with some words, but I am way better than I was when I was younger. What I do now is use my finger as a pointer. This helps my eyes get to seeing multiple words quicker. I have to read during the daytime and in a quiet place. I the type of person that every little thing will grab my attention. So, if its people in the background or music being played my whole focus would be on the other stuff, not the book that I am trying to read. It also must be in the daytime because I'm an early bird. When I get sleepy I'm going to call it a night no matter what I ...

This week we discussed defining literacy in a digital world. I like the fact that Dr. Giles allowed us to browse different websites, and answer different questions regarding each one. She asked questions like, which age group does the website appeal to? What would someone use the website for? How would someone interact with the information within the website? What literacy skills are necessary? We were to examine the websites by observing the words, images, and sounds to determine the answers to each question. We did not have much time, but we understood the basic idea of the activity. A topic we discussed was prior knowledge. Prior knowledge is when you already know about the subject before learning more about it. The second activity specifically dealt with this topic. Dr. Giles split us into groups, and she presented us with a word we had to define. In addition, we have to provide examples, unique qualities, and write out sentences with examples about the parts ...

My favorite subjects in middle school was health and history but my least favorite subjects was math and english . I felt like my health and history teachers took time out to really teach us the information. They just did not give us work just to be doing it. They had a lot of passion about the subject that they were teaching. I am more of a kinesthetic learner, so that mean I have to learn by doing. They made sure that the way they taught reach all the different types of learners. On the other hand with my math and english t eacher , they only taught one way and that was by talking with no interaction with the students. They did not try and reach out to the other types of learners that was in the classroom. So when it was time to do homework I struggled a lot, because I felt like I was not learning in class and I was trying to figure it out on my own. It took me a little bit longer to process the information and the pace that the teachers would go at did not suit my learnin...