Multimodal Literacy narrative

To help you make a strong first step toward drafting your Multimodal Literacy narrative, I’d like for you to start
identifying and planning which formative moments you would like to include in your narrative. For this
assignment, you will storyboard, map, organize, some other verb connected to planning, about significant
moments in your literacy history.
As you take a trip down memory lane and make decisions, keep these things in mind:
The locations and sites of literacy development are not limited to school. You can acquire literacy at home, in
your community, at church, socially online, etc., Some of the coolest narratives explore literacy learning that
happens in a variety of contexts.
Get specific! Describe the people, places, items, and relationships that were at play in your memory. Did you
love to practice writing as a kid only because you got to use a fancy gel pen? Did you learn about video gaming
from hanging out with your cool neighbors? Did you learn karate as a child because you had a school bully? All
of these details can help you discover unnoticed patterns in your literacy history.
“Language,” “literacy,” “reading,” and “writing” are very flexible terms. Reading isn’t limited to text on a page;
watching a live sports game and understanding what is happening in the field can be a form of reading.
Knowing the rules about the game and thinking up strategies for the next play can be considered literacy and
writing. Expand and get creative with your use of those words.