Spelling

that texting and social media have ruined spelling, grammar, and multiple others. Also, I have heard that technology could be helping literacy. This topic is controversial for many people, they are on either side of the spectrum. I have made it my goal to find evidence that gave some truth to the topic. When I first read about this topic, I was unsure what side I was on. The reasons I thought technology was ruining SE was: there was less concern for spelling and grammar, due to spell check,…

Grammar Check, online dictionaries, audio books and Paper Rater. I personally know the struggle of having difficulty reading and writing. I know having these resources have truly helped me in both reading and writing. Before I always had issues with my spelling and it would really effect my grades, when we were able to use computers and the resources that had been opened up, I started to do better. I remember other classmates laughing whenever I would mess up a word because I could not read the…

Mrs. McGrath tells us to clean up and sort our belongings. She reminds us to read over the weekend and not forget our homework. I gather up all my schoolwork and put them in my neatly sorted desk. I reach in for my homework folder and make sure my assignments are in there.Mrs.McGrath sends us to our lockers to put our homework in our homework. We eventually line up to go to Mrs. Key’s socials studies class. She's very mean to us except to four students .She gives them cool nicknames out of the…

This made me felt out of place the most, as my cousin was the same age as me yet he was born in July and was ahead of me by a school year. Another memorable moment was in second grade we had a spelling bee and when it was my turn I had to spelled out “shark”, I knew what a shark was however as I was spelling I forgot about the “k” until one of my classmate whispered it to me, yet the teacher heard. I don’t really why I remembered this trivial memory. I wasn’t even sure how I felt at that time,…

The Story Behind my Learning I am a senior in high school which means I have learned, for 13 years of my life, how to read, write, look for details in a writing, close read, and how to fix my own writing. That seems like a lot, but I know that I still do not know everything about reading and writing. I can’t specifically remember the first time I started to read, however I do remember maybe in first or second grade, copying words over and over again trying to learn how to spell them. Then, I…

There are many ways people define the term “laziness”. For example, as we discussed in class, we touched on how the older generations describe the younger generations as lazy due to the advances in technology that make what was once a difficult task an easy one to complete and out of jealousy. Laziness is viewed by many people as a negative characteristic to have, but after reading and analyzing Christopher Morley’s essay, we see how he views “laziness” and how he uses syntax and satire to…

Hunter Gay. G-A-Y. As in homosexual. Nope, no ‘e’ on the end. Yeah, I know it is a weird name. Oh, ha, ‘gay hunter’! That’s such an original joke! These are all phrases that I have grown accustomed to saying ever since I was old enough to understand why my name was such a unique one. I’ve had enough people comment on my name that it’s become a bigger part of who I am than it would be to most people. I didn’t let my name only be something that people called me, but rather something that shaped…

The Bee is centered around the story of an 11-year-old African American girl, Akeelah. Despite being cunning, she attends a school that appears to be have a history of low academic achievement. She is encouraged by her principle to participate in a spelling bee, and later qualifies for the nationals. This movie is a portrayal of Akeelah’s voyage to a national title, with the help of her coach Dr. Larabee, and later on, the help of her family and community (Fishburne & Atchison, 2006). This paper…

never got in trouble, and I never went into the principal’s office. I did my homework most of the time. I made good grades, and I even made it to the spelling bee two consecutive years. The first year I was in the third grade. I remember that year vividly. During the semifinals I completely obliterated my opponents. It wasn’t even close. The spelling bee that day lasted maybe only 20 minutes. I flew through those words like Donald Trump’s toupee flies off his head in the wind. “Hahahaha! You…

when mistakes were made the consonant sounds were rarely the source of the mistakes. For example, “man” was pronounced “mon", “nap” was pronounced “nop", “nut” was pronounced “not”, indicating a recognition of beginning and ending consonants. The Spelling Inventory assessment demonstrates a similar pattern. For example “clapping” was spelled “klaping”, “wishes” was spelled “Wishis”, “crawl” was spelled “crol”, “sled” was spelled “slad’, demonstrating his ability to identify even compound…