Brainstorming My Multimodal Literacy Narrative Project

1.

My Museum Exhibit

Letter I wrote to myself freshman year

was mailed the letter 4 years later at the end of my senior year

4th grade writing contest

a moment in my literacy history that I will never forget

"It Ends With Us" book

the book that made me fall in love with reading again

Childhood maps

constantly had maps to get around my grandmas neighborhood

2.

People

My 4th grade English teacher, Mrs. Guetzow

the best teacher a 4th grader could've had, made her the first teacher of the month because she deserved it the most.

My great grandma

My older brothers

4.

Places

Schools

Stuart Place Elementary

Nervous to move to a new city and school, not knowing it would make such a positive impact on my life.

J.T Canales Elementary

My first few years of elementary.

Gladys Porter Zoo

Making trips by walking to the zoo.

My grandmas neighborhood - how it shaped my childhood and literacy development

St Pauls Episcopal Church

Getting free food every few months.

My great grandmas house

Four houses down from my grandmas house.

La Michoacana

The street right next to my grandmas.

Nerys snow cones

A couple blocks down from my grandmas.

3.

Key points

How I view myself as a writer and reader

Someone who likes to read and write. Likes to think is good at it, but probably isn't.

Literacy development

Realizing that reading and writing has always been a role in my life. A "friend" throughout my school years.