Experiences with Sponsors of

Literacy
Austin Landrethsmith
Introduction
Sponsors of Literacy can be anything that has

influenced an individual's learning of how they go

about reading, writing or just using language in

general

- Sponsors : elementary school learning center

instructor and 9th grade English teacher

Experience #1
Sponsor: Learning Center Instructor

● Struggled with school as a child

● Go through reading booklets

○ Read and answer questions

■ Increased focus

● Writing prompts

○ Correct errors

■ Think before writing

● Value: patience and attentiveness

How it Connects He taught me his own expertise of

how to properly process information

from readings and to actually

develop my words correctly to fully

answer a question
Experience #2
Sponsor: 9th Grade English Teacher

● First Assignment
○ Saw that I needed improvement
● Grammar Exercises
● Reading Quizzes
● Explaining Evidence
○ Connect ideas to the source, present

evidence seamlessly, look for the main

themes in texts and use higher level

grammar

● Value: critical thinking

How it Connects My 9th grade English teacher was able to give

me that access to literacy through teaching

me her own knowledge in English to improve

my writing skills so that I could complete

essays at a higher level