After the exercises we do in class I feel a lot better when I write a paper. I understand how to make a reader interested and write a good lead. I also know know why it is important to keep your readers attention so that they keep reading and don't just push your writing aside.
When I started to write my lead I did five different ones so that I could decide which one I liked better or which one's I could combine to get the best lead. The lead to me is the most important part other than the title. The title is what really gets the readers attention especially if people judge a book by its cover.
When I was writing my paper I tried to add personification, dialogue, drama, and a few other writing techniques. I tried to keep the writers attention through out the entire paper. I felt like it got really hard at times because I ran out of ideas or I couldn't think of how to word some of the personification. What really helped me was writing down some ideas and working through them.
This paper was a great idea and the things we did in class for the paper really helped me. I hope that my paper reflex what we learned and the reader never gets bored reading my paper.
Monday, September 28, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
week 5:opinion Drinking age!
Why is it that we have to have a drinking age? Does it really stop people underage from drinking? The legal drinking age is 21 and it is illegal for people of the age of 21 or older to buy alcohol for minors. Is this really stoping minors from drinking?
Party's are going to happen no matter the age, these days there are kids as little as the age of 12 drinking. The more you tell people they can't do something or have something, the more they want it. I think personally there should be no legal drinking age, however I do still thinkit should be illegal to drink and drive. I am 18 and I have been to many parties were even though I may be the youngest one there I was also way more mature than most of the people of drinking age. No matter the age some people are immature and others are very mature. Why even have a drinking age? Is it going to help anything? To me it is just a way for the government to get more money because they know that there is always going to be underage drinking.
Drinking and driving is wrong in so many levels but even today minors are getting caught and thats all the government wants you to hear about. They don't tell us how many people of drinking age get caught and how many parties they have to bust because of the immaturity and noise levels, which is how most minors get caught. Parting is just a way to have fun and be able to kick back and enjoy. So why should there be a drinking age? No matter how many times people get caught they are going to keep doing it over and over.
Party's are going to happen no matter the age, these days there are kids as little as the age of 12 drinking. The more you tell people they can't do something or have something, the more they want it. I think personally there should be no legal drinking age, however I do still thinkit should be illegal to drink and drive. I am 18 and I have been to many parties were even though I may be the youngest one there I was also way more mature than most of the people of drinking age. No matter the age some people are immature and others are very mature. Why even have a drinking age? Is it going to help anything? To me it is just a way for the government to get more money because they know that there is always going to be underage drinking.
Drinking and driving is wrong in so many levels but even today minors are getting caught and thats all the government wants you to hear about. They don't tell us how many people of drinking age get caught and how many parties they have to bust because of the immaturity and noise levels, which is how most minors get caught. Parting is just a way to have fun and be able to kick back and enjoy. So why should there be a drinking age? No matter how many times people get caught they are going to keep doing it over and over.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Week 4: Writing
Writing to me can come easy, but then there are those times where I cant think of anything to write at all. When I write I think of a million things I want to say, but when it comes to putting it on paper I really draw a blank. In class when we took our VARK test it really helped me understand what kind of learner I am. I can use the way I learn and apply it to my paper when writing it and organizing the ideas for the paper.
In class I learned I was a visual learner and knowing that really helped me to understand how I should go about writing my paper. I like using graphs and outlines to set up my paper so I know I can be organized as I go on with my paper. I like to keep my ideas and thoughts all together and I really think that using an outline helps me to do so. Although I am a visual learner I also found other ways that really helped me collect all my thoughts.
The play-doh exercise really helped me to think about how I think when I start to write a paper. When I made the sun out of bright yellow play-doh I understood I did the sun because of the color of the play-doh. originally I tried to make a teddy bear but that did not turn out so well. However, it made me realize I relate things together in order to make something out of them or to out them together.
As the class goes on I feel like I learn more and more about myself as a writer. As I learn more about myself I also learn better ways to write my paper and how to organize my ideas.
In class I learned I was a visual learner and knowing that really helped me to understand how I should go about writing my paper. I like using graphs and outlines to set up my paper so I know I can be organized as I go on with my paper. I like to keep my ideas and thoughts all together and I really think that using an outline helps me to do so. Although I am a visual learner I also found other ways that really helped me collect all my thoughts.
The play-doh exercise really helped me to think about how I think when I start to write a paper. When I made the sun out of bright yellow play-doh I understood I did the sun because of the color of the play-doh. originally I tried to make a teddy bear but that did not turn out so well. However, it made me realize I relate things together in order to make something out of them or to out them together.
As the class goes on I feel like I learn more and more about myself as a writer. As I learn more about myself I also learn better ways to write my paper and how to organize my ideas.
Monday, September 7, 2009
Week 3: How free is free
In Philosophy we were talking about free will and the extents to how free we really are. One situation that was brought up was we are able to make our own decisions, but if we make the wrong one we get a punishment or discipline. If we are free then shouldn't we be able to make either decision with out getting in trouble for it. In class we are told to raise our hand in order to speak or if we have a question, but with free will shouldn't we be able to speak when ever we want. By law we have to go to school until your are 16, again if we were free then we should be able to choose whether we go to school or not at any age.
With our free will also comes rules and laws that you are forced to obey. Whether you are playing a sport, going to school, driving somewhere, or just making renovations to your house you have to obey the rules and follow the laws set in place for every action you do. In sports there are rules you have to follow otherwise you and your team suffer a penalty. In class you have rules you have to follow in the class rooms and even just walking around the campus. While driving you have to wear a seat belt, drive on a certain side of the road, and follow the speed limits. To change a look to your house, you must get a permit to do so otherwise the city will be giving you tickets like crazy.
Laws are put in place to protect us and to protect others. However, we can not say we are free because we have limits and laws we must follow every single day. So when you wake up in the morning and head to school look around at all the laws you have to follow and ask yourself, how free are we.
With our free will also comes rules and laws that you are forced to obey. Whether you are playing a sport, going to school, driving somewhere, or just making renovations to your house you have to obey the rules and follow the laws set in place for every action you do. In sports there are rules you have to follow otherwise you and your team suffer a penalty. In class you have rules you have to follow in the class rooms and even just walking around the campus. While driving you have to wear a seat belt, drive on a certain side of the road, and follow the speed limits. To change a look to your house, you must get a permit to do so otherwise the city will be giving you tickets like crazy.
Laws are put in place to protect us and to protect others. However, we can not say we are free because we have limits and laws we must follow every single day. So when you wake up in the morning and head to school look around at all the laws you have to follow and ask yourself, how free are we.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
week 2: how I feel when I write
Writing to me can be so much fun! It really gets me to use my mind and express my opinions and ideas. Writing is something I can do anytime because I feel like I can speak about the topic personally and not have to write what someone else thinks and feels, I get to use my own beliefs and expressions when writing. Writing about something I can relate to or have a strong passion for makes it even better because I can write about so much more an get into the topic itself. Now writing about something boring and dull gets harder to use my ideas because I think so little about the topic its hard to be personal about the topic when there is nothing that I can connect to.
Now when I get an assignment and the teacher says to write about a certain thing it takes time to organize my thoughts to match the topic, but once I get started I feel like I could write all day about it unless it's a subject about history or something that will put me to sleep. Professional writer's say when you get stuck and can not write anymore take a break and it will come to you, however, I feel like if you write out some thoughts on paper or just take a minute to breath then it will come and I feel like I can continue right away with out taking that break from my thoughts. Your thoughts can be so powerful and sporadic when they come so it really helps to put them in writing so you can come at ease and focus so you can present them all in your paper with out making runons and putting all the thoughts in the wrong places.
Now when I get an assignment and the teacher says to write about a certain thing it takes time to organize my thoughts to match the topic, but once I get started I feel like I could write all day about it unless it's a subject about history or something that will put me to sleep. Professional writer's say when you get stuck and can not write anymore take a break and it will come to you, however, I feel like if you write out some thoughts on paper or just take a minute to breath then it will come and I feel like I can continue right away with out taking that break from my thoughts. Your thoughts can be so powerful and sporadic when they come so it really helps to put them in writing so you can come at ease and focus so you can present them all in your paper with out making runons and putting all the thoughts in the wrong places.
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