Literacy in my Community

Literacy is all around us. It is not only in our homes, and schools, but in the community we live in. Literacy can be found in signs, stores, sidewalks, sides of buildings etc., Literacy is not just reading books, and writing with pen and paper. Literacy can be found on street signs, telling you where you are going. It can be found in grocery stores, on advertisements, and food labels. It can be found on the sidewalks, where there is street art, such as graffiti. Literacy can be anything that helps you read or invokes a creative response. You should care about the types of literacy that can be found in your community because they say a lot about the people who took the time to create them. You can tell a lot about people from what they read and write. Literacy helps you gain insight into the lives of others and yourself.