ABSTRACT
Different schools of healing notice different things and give symptoms different significance. In some societies there are many words for mental events, in others few. In some communities it is common to talk about and identify feelings. Often teachers draw children’s attention to their learning histories. Showing children that they have changed as community members, learners, readers, and writers reveals that they are in the process of becoming. Children becoming literate need to learn the significant features of text, how it is organized, how it relates to spoken language, how to recognize the little tricks authors use to compel readers, when to use which sort of written language, and so forth. Noticing and naming has important implications for critical literacy. In the process of helping him imagine a place to go as a writer, Katie Wood Ray offers to help.
