Blog Response Notes Focus: Their abstracts or summaries of their research, their discussion of their METHODS (how they

went
about the study), you can (should) also read some of their findings/conclusions, but you do not have to read the entire thing.

Just in the intro when it says, "Many students look to school to provide formal literacy experiences , but find their reading and writing passions at odds with demands of the school curriculum." SUMMARY START WITH WORD such as "Powerful"- that was first thought after reading this research paper findings of............. Current picture of identity among HS students as solely media-driven is incorrect picture of teenage literacy SUMMARY Many students are indeed engaged in literacy practices beyond the classroom SUMMARY Photography, classroom observation, teacher/parent surveys, in-depth student interviews and analysis of school records METHODS After interviews of testimony, students reported that school was too often described as a "place of discomfort or anxiety" where students expressed feelings of constrain regarding their reading and writing CONCLUSIONS When figured worlds were applied to teenage literacy practice it involved considering how students improvised and authored their own 'figured world' identity in literacy 'Middle class relaxed community' w/ close proximity to urban areas while 80% of student body reported interest in second education (shows community affinity group identity and how a majority of students in this community have entered a figured world that values education) Hierarchy of class: regular, honors, AP and seminar (students enter one figured world and shapes ones relationship to arts, school activities and leadership while also shaping ones future job expectations) Provide contrasting classroom worlds to literature and orientation Mr. Waxwell for example wants school to orient students toward future figured worlds (Page 7)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! School tracking systems operate as a figured world and are 'people by the figures, characters and types who carry out its task' SUMMARY Example) woodworking class with girls joining a new 'male world' and must step out of previous figured world