Blog post 4

I really need to start or write these blog posts after I read whatever we are supposed to read because I only retain a whisper of what I read and then I have to go back and quickly skim through the reading again, but that’s not the point of this blog, I just thought I’d throw it out there and have it as some sort of mental note.

Okay, so, what I found interesting about Brian Street’s article is the use of the terms “literacy practices” and “literacy events” mostly because they confuse(d) me. What I got and what I think is that literacy practices are the ways in which a person uses his or her reading or writing skills, how they go about reading and writing. And what I got or what I think literacy events are a situation or event in which one reacts or uses their literacy practices to react or interact with a certain event or situation (does that make sense? I don’t know how else to word it). I know the terms go hand in hand but I’d really like a clear distinction between the two, or if I got it then cool.