Two experienced writers wrote the article, “Writing For Their Lives”, from the University of California-Berkeley. The first one, Jabari Mahiri, earned a Ph.D. in English, from the University of Illinois at Chicago. He now directs a project called “Teach” that consists of a research initiative that collaborates with urban schools and community partners on uses of new media for increasing student achievement and educational equity. Mahiri has won several mentoring awards, which coincide with his roles as a Senior Scholar, and Faculty Director for writing projects. Lastly, Mahiri has authored/co-authored six books.
Jabari Mahiri at UC-Berkeley taught a woman named Soraya Sablo, who wrote this piece with Mahiri. Since this piece was printed, she …show more content…
Keisha was a fifteen-year-old African American girl in tenth grade. She surprised both Mahiri and Sablo when she had admitted to carrying her writing around with her wherever she went. She consistently carried notebooks full of poems, lyrics, songs, and even an entire play. Keisha explained that her friends and people she had simply just spoken to a few times, became an inspiration for her writing. Troy, on the other hand, was a seventeen-year-old African American boy in the eleventh grade. He had been making music and rapping since he was in the sixth grade. He had told Mahiri and Sablo that he dreamed of some day becoming a professional rapper. He explained that he kept a bunch of his raps in his head, giving him the ability to shoot them out whenever he felt …show more content…
To be able to understand literacy and advanced writing, you must really focus on practicing. When you finally understand some practices, you understand what people are trying to say in a complex form. These practices also gave students a sense of personal status, who were satisfied when they could write something themselves. These students use literacy practices not just as a way to effective write papers, but also as a way to get out their personal feelings. Instead of morning a loss of someone close, it is common for one to write it out in some form (which could consist of songs, books, raps,
Jabari Mahiri at UC-Berkeley taught a woman named Soraya Sablo, who wrote this piece with Mahiri. Since this piece was printed, she …show more content…
Keisha was a fifteen-year-old African American girl in tenth grade. She surprised both Mahiri and Sablo when she had admitted to carrying her writing around with her wherever she went. She consistently carried notebooks full of poems, lyrics, songs, and even an entire play. Keisha explained that her friends and people she had simply just spoken to a few times, became an inspiration for her writing. Troy, on the other hand, was a seventeen-year-old African American boy in the eleventh grade. He had been making music and rapping since he was in the sixth grade. He had told Mahiri and Sablo that he dreamed of some day becoming a professional rapper. He explained that he kept a bunch of his raps in his head, giving him the ability to shoot them out whenever he felt …show more content…
To be able to understand literacy and advanced writing, you must really focus on practicing. When you finally understand some practices, you understand what people are trying to say in a complex form. These practices also gave students a sense of personal status, who were satisfied when they could write something themselves. These students use literacy practices not just as a way to effective write papers, but also as a way to get out their personal feelings. Instead of morning a loss of someone close, it is common for one to write it out in some form (which could consist of songs, books, raps,