Henderson! Brian Henderson Professor Raymond UWRT 1103-038 2 September 2015 Early Learning When I was a child I always disliked having to lear to read and write. Unless a book was about one of my interests, I did not enjoy reading it. My mom was the main person that helped me lear to read and write before I started school. She would always sit with me and make sure I was actually reading the book like I was supposed to be doing. Instead I would usually daydream and stare off into space, so it was nice to have her there to keep me on track. I also remember her teaching me how to write out simple words, and spell my name. The most significant story I remember reading was Go Dog Go by P.D. Eastman, I used to love that book and I would read it all the time. It was about dogs who could drive racecars. Growing up I had an older sister and brother, so they always helped me with my reading and writing too. Coming up through school, reading and writing was always somewhat difficult for me. When it came to reading I just never had the attention span to actually want to sit down and read. With writing I always liked to have an assigned prompt because I would waste too much time thinking what I should write about with an open prompt. When I went into tenth grade, I had an English teacher, Ms, Battista, The way she taught her class was difficult at first, but eventually I got the hang of it, Her class made me a better writer, and I have not had as much trouble with it ever since. We would do quick writing prompts every class, so eventually I got better at using my imagination My tenth grade year was probably my best year of improvement for reading and writing overall.Henderson 1 Brian Henderson Professor Raymond UWRT 1103-038 7 September 2015 My Profound Moment Everyone has different influences in their lives that make them who they are, Just like everyone has different things influencing their writing. That is why everyone's literacy narratives will be different. When I was younger I always disliked English class in general Reading and writing were never my forte. Coming up through school I always had difficulty witlfeading and writing. I didn’t have the attention span to read a book because I would always bored. I never liked writing either, I always found it difficult to come up with something to write, When T got into tenth grade I had an English teacher named Ms. Battista, she was my eleventh grade English teacher too. At first I found her class to be very difficult. But eventually 1 got used to all of the writing and I was fine, Having Ms. Battista as a teacher for two years gave me a good chance to get to know her well. Whenever I had any questions about anything I would always ask for her help. She was one of the biggest factors that influenced my reading * and writing, We would do timed writing prompts in her class every day, and that is what made mea better writer. I eventually got used to having to come up with topics to write about and it really helped my writing. She was also a very hard grader, so knowing that I would work even harder to try to get better grades, After her tenth grade class English went from being one of my lowest grades to one of my highest grades. I was excited to see that I would be having her again in eleventh grade because I already knew her style of teaching. Plus I knew it would give meHenderson 2 ‘more time to improve my writing skills. Ms. Battista, my tenth and eleventh grade English teacher was the main influence on my literacy skills today.Henderson 1 Brian Henderson Professor Raymond UWRT 1103-038 14 September 2015 Learning with Technology Over the years technology has increased immensely. Back in my parent’s childhood it would have been much more difficult to practice basic reading and writing. It is so common for people to have books just laying around, even pencils and paper. But it did not used to be that way. Technology has greatly influenced my Literacy Narrative without me even knowing about it. It would have been difficult to simply write a research paper before we had computers and the internet. Now all I have to do is search a topic and I'm on my way. Growing up in my generation made it much easier to learn to read and write. I had all the basic necessities like books, paper, and pencils. When I was a child I disliked reading and writing in general, but technology has made it much easier to learn. Overtime I have grown to like it more because of technélogy. On the internet, there are millions of books at my fingertips. I can open a word ;cument and just start writing something anytime I want. Fe is a huge advantage over what my parents had growing up. They would have had to go to the library and rent out Books justto uyead, NOP Dsayravrs learn about something. Now kids can just look everything up on the interngt. This technology is S ar Ps only going to get better and make it even easier for future generations. Even simply composing 7)", » an e-mail has helped me learn how to write in a more professional manner. Believe it or not, texting has even helped me lea new words with autocoret overtime, Technology influences‘Henderson 2 A everyone's Literacy Narrativd weathey they realize it or not. I know if definitely influenced mine,Henderson 1 Brian Henderson Professor Raymond UWRT 1103-038 28 September 2015 My Crazy Grandpa Everyone's family always has that one crazy person. In my family, it would be my grandpa. Now, I wouldn’t go as far as saying he is crazy, but he is a little more on the wild side 0 than most of my family. His name is David Lewis Henderson/84)years old. He is tall with grey hair, and he always has some scruff on his face. He wears button-down shirts, khakis, and cowboy boots on a daily basis. And-he always has one pant leg up because it gets stuck on his boot and he never fixes it! My grandpa was raised in a pretty normal family. He was one of ten children. After he finished seventh grade, he dropped out of school. He was in the Korean War in his early adulthood. Eventually, he went on to start his own construction company. His comppfiy, Henderson Construction Company, started out as a house building business. It later on formed to a road building business, and continues to produce some of the finest roads in Virginia, He would still go to work every day up until this year. My grandpa is one of those people who love telling stories. He has lived a long happy life full of adventures, so he loves to share it with people. He also has many funny saying that he says all the time, Every time I talk to him I learn something new about him. At the moment he is “blind in one and can barely see out the other,” as he would say, yet he still drives wherever he needs to get with no problems. yikes G My grandpa may be a little bit coo coo sometimes, but he is still a very smart and wise old man.Henderson 1 Brian Henderson Professor Raymond UWRT 1103-038 28 September 2015 Family Naming in Different Cultures The family name is very important all around the world. Families in different cultures have many different traditions of naming offspring and continuing their family name. In the United States, I'd say itis rather simple, In most cases, people in the U,S ,give their kids a first name, middle name, and their last name, Some parents name their children after themselves, with gither the child’s first or middle name, but the last name is always the same as the parents. ‘some cases, fathers will name their sons after themselves. In my family, my grandpa’s name is, David Lewis Henderson. He named my father after himself, so my father’s name is the same, but with a Jr. on the end. My father named my brother after himself and my grandfather, so my brother's name is the same, but with III on the end. It is common in the U.Ssto have sons named after their fathers. When women get married to their husbands they have a few options. They can keep their last name the same, take their husband’s last name, or hyphenate both last names Sometimes like in my mother’s case, women will take their husband’s last name and make their maiden name their middle name. When they do this, they lose their middle name. Ifa woman doesn’t take her husband’s last name, naming the baby could be more difficult. Then the parentsHenderson 2 have to decide whether they want their baby to have their mom’s, dad’s, or both last names. In other cultures, naming can be much more complicated.Henderson 1 Brian Henderson Professor Raymond UWRT 1103-038 7 October 2015 Country of Origin never knew any of the places my family came from until I stared this project. I guess I just never really thought about it, and was never really interested. After doing some research I found it really interesting. One family’s country of origin is England, England’s flag is a white background with a red cross, ‘The red cross is derived from St. George’s Cross, which can be traced back to the middle ages. In 1188 Henry II of England and Phillip Il of France went on a crusade. Henry used a white cross and Philip used a red cross. Red crosses were worn by soldiers under the reign of Edward I. The flag of England was used as one of the main points in va flag. Many churches in England have the St. Georges flag, The flag is also flown at sporting events, One interesting thing about England is that it has no official national anthem, Many people use the song God Save the Queen to fill the role, but there is no official song. One way to become a citizen of England is called Naturalisation. There are many standards you must meet to qualify to become a citizen through Naturalisation. You must be eighteen years old, have lived in England fr( ears before the date of your application, and many more standards like those, I would not be able to become a citizen of England right away. T would have to live there fof 5 }ears before I apply, so I will probably never become a citizen ofHenderson 2 Works Cited "Become a British Citizen." - GOV.UK. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2015. "England Forever." National Song Of England. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2015 “England (United Kingdom).” England (United Kingdom). N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2015. uhow Ke” bak a ue in-Rye- yoo cath. ee oaHenderson 1 Brian Henderson Professor Raymond UWRT 1103-038 7 October 2015 Country of Origin I never knew any of the places my family came from until I stared this project. I guess I just never really thought about it, and was never really interested. After doing some research I found it really interesting, One family’s country of origin is England, England’s flag is a white background with a red cross. The red cross is derived from St. George’s Cross, which can be traced back to the middle ages. In 1188 Henry II of England and Phillip II of France went on a crusade, Henry used a white cross and Philip used a red cross, Red crosses were worn by soldiers under the reign of Edward I. ‘The flag of England was used as one of the main points in the Union flag. Many churches in Eu have the St. Georges flag. The flag is also flown at many sporting events ("England United Kingdom"), One interesting thing about England is that, it has no official national anthem. Manypoople use the song God Save the Queen to fill the role, but there is no official song ("England Forever"). One way to become a citizen of England is called Naturalisation, There are many standards you must meet to qualify to become a citizen through Naturalisation. You must be eighteen years old, have lived in England for five years before the date of your application, and ‘many more standards like those, I would not be able to become a citizen of England right away. I would have to live there for fre years before I apply, so I will probably never become a citizen of England ("Become a British Citizen")Henderson 2 Works Cited recone a British Citizen." - GOV.UK. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2015, «pated Forever." National Song Of England. N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2015. _ rsa Kingdomy," England (United Kingdom). N.p., n.d. Web. 07 Oct. 2015.Henderson 1 Brian Henderson Professor Raymond UWRT 26 October 2015 Project Interest Out of all the projects and writings that we have done, the Family Tree Project is the one Thave most enjoyed. I found it to be the most interesting project of all of them. I have always been curious about my family heritage, and I loved researching it. At times it was difficult to find correct formation, but it was still very enjoyable. Through completing my family tree 1 learneg/ lot about how to research effectively. Hopefully that will help me with my Semester multi modal project. It was fun researching about my family tree because it was like I was Iving a mystery. I got to lear things even my parents did not know about our family. It is always good when you are working on something you are interested in because then it doesn’t feel like work. It is fun. 1 think that I will have fun researching and learning new things about my topic for my Semester long multi modal project. I am very interested in cars and the technology that goes into them. So far I have enjoyed learning about innovations in the automobile industry, and how they have affected our lives. There is an endless amount of information out there, so the hard part will be deciding what to include in our presentation. I like when we get to pick our own topics to research about, because when I am passionate about the subject, I will produce a better project in the end. oop quoctiaiumg + pushin Youti + 1 (h 4 ~ Henderson 1 Brian Henderson Professor Raymond uwRT 2 November 2015 Digital Presentation Visuals s\y ¥ Gas Powered Car ("Benz Patent aw fotor Car, the First Autom / This is the First Gas Powered Car invented by Karl Benz. \ “First Automobile” (1885 — 1886) | Daimler Company Tradition Special Topics. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Nov. 2015: Fg5. Four Stroke Diesel ("Engineering Student's Mind.") This is a diagram of the First Four Stroke Diesel Engine invented by Rudolf Diesel. Engineering Student's Mind," How Does a 4 Stroke Diesel Engine Works? ~. N.p., n.d. Web, 02 Nov. 2015Henderson 2 Fg6. Drum Brakes ("Automotive Engineer.”) This is a diagram of the Mechanical Drum Brake System invented by Louis Renault. "Automotive Engineer.” Milestones -. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 Nov. 2015.as Henderson 1 Brian Henderson Professor Raymond uwrr (@ November 2015 Project Information Discussion For my semester long multi modal project, I am doing the Progression of Technology in Cars, I talked to my one of my roommates, Alex, about the content of my presentation. I found that talking to Alex about what I could add to my presentation to be very helpful. I thought I covered most of the general things about my topic, but he pointed out a few things I left out. He also brought up a few ideas that I could talk about during the presentation. One of the major simple things that I left out was the invention of the seatbelt. I thought I had all the big safety feattires of a car, but that is one that I left out. Some other things that he mentioned were self- “riving cars, electric cars, and flying cars. After talking about the content, I realized I'm going to have to add more slides to my PowerPoint. I am going to add information about the seatbelt, self-driving cars, and electric cars. I will probably add information about the failures of different inventions also. Something else brought up was the effect that the racing industry has on the automobile industry. Alex wondered if innovations in the racing industry are ever used in the automobile industry also. I was just planning on covering many of the basic inventions that made cars safer and more user friendly or reliable. Now that I had a discussion about what else 1_— Henderson 2 could include, I will have a lot more information to put into my presentation. Talking about my project was very helpful.