[Literacy] Sponsors

Here's a picture that I drew to represent Kerri, the literacy narwhal's, literacy sponsors:

What are literacy sponsors, you ask?  Well, they are the "people, organizations, institutions, and tools that support (or withhold support for) literacy learning in people's lives" (Smythe, 2012, par. 3).  Because space is limited, I will just say that my literacy experiences have always been positive, despite my early challenges and weird speech impediment.  The people in my life, furthermore, have always been positive and supportive, and they have always encouraged me by working under the belief that I am smarter than I probably am.

Top 3 literacy sponsors: family (specifically grandparents and sister), friends (by supporting my love of literacy and challenging me by presenting new facts and things to look at), and school (by slowly whittling away at my grammar mistakes and introducing me to new content).

{Did you know that beluga whales and narwhals are related?}

Smythe, Suzanne. (2012). Unit 3 study questions. In EDUC 341-C100, Literacy, education and culture. Burnaby: Simon Fraser University. Retrieved Aug 5, 2012, from https://webct.sfu.ca/webct/cobaltMainFrame.dowebct?appforward=/webct/viewMyWebCT.dowebct