Will Grant

UWRT 1103
1/19/16
Homework 1/19
Reverse Outline
Para 1: Deborah Brandt is trying to give a history of her literacy skills
and is also trying to tell her readers what drives them.
Para 2: The author talks about the things that cause the literacy skills
to change. With each new wave of learners, the skills will alter, and she
also talks about what people focus their skills on. Some examples are
weapons, technology, and anything with the economy.
Pars 3: Explanation on how there have been studies done to see if
there was a way to make peoples literacy skills improve. Finding ways
while participating in our daily activities could point out better skills.
Para 4: Brandt talks about information shes received on literary skills
through interviews of people between 1900 and 1980. She concluded
that the people from the interviews were filled with references to
sponsors.
Para 5: Explains in detail the purpose of sponsors, and what they get in
return from their work. Basically they just inform people of things and
either get paid for it or earn credibility through association.
Para 5: Talks about a multitude of different ways that sponsorship is
used. Many of these ways that are not commonly thought of. It talks
about how it is purposely used, which can affect how people write and
read.
Para 6: This paragraph provides detail on how a sponsorship could
almost brainwash or control things to keep them in order. Also
describes Sponsorships link to human relations and actions.
Para 7: This paragraph explains how the pursuit of literacy in systems
such as economic, political, and educational systems is sought after. It
is thought that whoever as the best literacy will be the most
successful.
Para 8: She basically just frames her next 3 paragraphs
Para 9: Talks about how the more literate you are the better chance for
success you have, even though there are few exceptions.
Para 10-12: Describes how there is a big difference in some of the
education that people are available to get and how that could define
how successful a person is. It also points how gender and race could
influence it; it talks about two families of different backgrounds and
how one is successful and one is kind of lacking.
Para 13:Talks about how a sponsorship could affect anything and is
different to everyone
Para 14-28: These paragraphs talk about how since World War II the
literacy expectations have risen consistently. It goes through basically
a timeline of a mans life. It talks about how he first learned skills
through a crash course in Washington and how that course was enough

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for him to win cases and prove others wrong. But over time his
opponents in law would become more rehearsed in the battle of law,
and that eventually a younger employee that had a masters degree
replaced him. This paragraph basically tells a first person experience of
literacy becoming more advanced.
Para 29-36: Talks about how sponsorship could be inappropriately used.
It talks about Carol White, who wanted to become more literate so that
she could be more motivating and appealing. She would use these
skills to convert more people to her preferred religion. It also talks
about another women named Sarah Steele, who talks about how her
job at the law firm modeled how she managed everything else in her
life, and how it made her think differently.
Para 36: Conclusion is all.
My Conclusion:
So the purpose of this article is to describe sponsors and how they can
affect the way people think, their potential, and how they act. Sponsors
have so much power over all of us. A saying I heard from an old wise
man goes as you stand where you sit. Now that may sound really
simple and strange but is still very true. It means that if you work in a
law firm, you develop thoughts or characteristics that are consistent
with someone that is in that line of work. Just like if you attend UNCC,
you should feel some pride or you should root for the 49ers. Another
example is if you go to NC State, you have to BOO against UNC. Its
just common things associated with your environment. Sponsors have
a direct impact on the type of person you are going to become.
Layout of Article:
This article was constructed very well, she moved in chronological time
and provided basic information, which she then backed up with
personal accounts from other people or from sources in the real world.
Questions From Learning to Read
1) I would say that his intended audience is for people who
wondered or doubted his learning and for others that maybe
havent gotten sponsors help in learning. This is because of how
in depth he describes his learning process.
2) As being able to understand other peoples writing and
successfully translating his opinions. Having the words to go with
his feelings and opinions.
3) The many books that he read such as the dictionary, possibly
other inmates that he considered to be celebrities, basically
anything he has read from in the past which is a long list.
4) I wouldnt say so. Malcolm learned that the history books hadnt
really told an objective story, and he wanted to get some black

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history into the world. He always wanted to be able to put words
with his feelings and by reading several things he was able to do
so. I would say that most of the sponsors he had read from didnt
intend on giving a black man the ability to voice his opinion but
thats just because of the time period.
7) YES, this is like asking if watching golf will help you understand
how to play it, instead of going out and actually learning how to. If
you play golf, youll learn the swing technique and all of the rules.
The same happens with writing and reading, it is like learning off the
job.