Expository writing

Over the course of the semester we have done numerous writing assignments in order to help us dig deeper into topics that we might not have known about previously and to improve our writing skills. I have never been an excellent writer. I’ve had trouble planning out where details would go in my past papers. However, there has been a clear improvement in my writing when looking back on the work that I have done in this class. At the beginning of the year, we did a “first day free-write.” I wrote

Challenging myself to increase the narrative power of my writing, I analyzed the creative non-fiction works of writers like Truman Capote and Jon Krakeaur to understand the dynamics of scene, dialogue, character development and description. I began to build upon my journalistic writing style and refine my application of creative writing techniques through writing workshops, developing strength in my ability to compose compelling narratives. Strengthening My

even in this age where there is emails and texting. Facts about cursive is that if you write in cursive it improves the brain like in cursive got higher SAt score than the ones who printed, experts believe that the speed and efficiency of writing in cursive allowed the students to get more focus on the content of their thinking, language and working memory. Cursive handwriting stimulates brain synapse and synchronicity between going left and right, from absent of printing and typing. The

Statement of intent I am writing this expository essay based on the topic I researched, Pacific Discipline. In my expository essay I will use the features of good academic writing: a clear structure, linking between paragraphs, embedding of evidence, discourse markers, passive structures, and punctuation as a thinking tool. I am going to produce a selection of crafted and controlled writing using language features appropriate to audience and purpose to create effects involves: the deliberate use

sources, often impressing his teacher with the extent of knowledge he had internalized about his subject matter. With minimal support, he was able to synthesize the information he had gathered create a well written piece. In his end of the year writing assessment Alex wrote an impressive persuasive essay on why Great Britain should not leave the European Union, which illustrated not only his strong grasp of the basic essay format, but also his knowledge of current events. Alex’s appreciation for

My ability to read and write has immensely improved throughout the years of being a student. For others their first steps to literacy began in elementary however mine were before I was enrolled into kindergarten. My mom would buy me books and spend a few hours everyday teaching me how to read. She became a card holder at the public library which allowed me to checkout books outside of school and saved money. My mom has been my biggest supporter towards excelling in school and literacy has been a

to greatly develop my writing. Prior to my senior year, I was already quite confident about completing research papers, which have been required in a number of my CHS classes. I also had a lot of experience writing expository essays. After all, the process of writing a thesis and then breaking up an essay into distinct sections has been preached ever since elementary school. Going into my senior year of high school, I still had a lot to learn in narrative and timed writing. My greatest improvement

Improving Students’ Descriptive Writing through Cue Cards INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background English is a universal language. Therefore, everyone in this world uses English in order to communicate with other people from different country with different mother tongue. Besides to communicate with other people easily, another reason why people use English is because English is used in all aspects, such as business, education, politic, etc. In Indonesia, English is regarded as a foreign language which is mostly

Senior year is turning out really great but still stressful because of getting my PTP done in time. Since the last couple years I Frittered on getting it done, thinking I have time to finish it but now I'm struggling to get it done. For example I worked on my PTP everyday after school with a teacher who can help me. But as for classes it's turning out better then what I expected, because I thought I'd be failing Algebra 2 by now. The things I'm doing well on for me to graduate is passing my classes

not only work on a studentís writing, they also get the students to think through their writing (at least the good ones do). There is a certain well-accepted style to teaching writing in the traditional composition class, and it works very well for many students and teachers. However, should the line of comfort be crossed, and if so, how? Should composition instructors grab a hold of a different writing style, making it the focal point of their pedagogies in their writing classes? More importantly,