Double Journal Entry #10

1. What are the features of the forms of language that are spoken in a home environment that align with academic varieties of language?
Many students learn through interpretation of specialized language into their home language. Students decipher new language at hone that tends to serve as useful in school. One way this works is through imitation of the spcialized learning scenario in school, at home. Another is by using the language they learn at home in school and participating in activities that enhances their language skills.

2. What are the features of Leona's specialized form of language?
Patterns in the way she speaks, like similar endings and beginnings of lines. Where she improvises the story she know, when its structured like a well thought out poem. She speaks in a way that the writer makes her sound smarter than she is. She is very poetic in her language

3. Why is Leona's specialized form of language not accepted in school?
It isn't accepted because she sounds like she is rambling on. The teacher isn't letting her finish the story and learn great ways to conclude a story. Rather, the teacher has her sit down mid story. This language isn't accepted due to clisemindedness. This happens, though, and in this case it hurts young "leona."

4. Explain the contradiction between the research conducted by Snow et al. (1998) and the recommendations made by Snow et al. (1998).
Snow talks about the fact that students need early skills development especially for low SES students. This is contradictory in that they need to have a starting base before they can have the skills. And schools aren't taking that into account when teaching students many times.

5. What other factors besides early skills training will make or break good readers?
Having some more home experience helps these students get a head start. Building scenarios to play with reading at the home can build a good relationship to reading. A better learning curve could help. Students could also be given a better set of lessons to help with reading

6. Why do some children fail to identify with, or find alienating, the "ways with words" taught in school?
These ways with words aren't used at home. And so they learn a little bit of may different ways in school, and then come home only to never hear it again. It doesn't reinforce the concepts taught. This is a hard thing to accomplish and until more understanding into ways to combat this are found, then video games and POP culture will be what helps facilitate this.