Creative Essay

Who has influenced me? This is a very difficult question because it is not something I have truly taken the time to think about. I have never stopped to think about where my influences have come from. I recently came back into writing so I will use writings and influences from when I used to write frequently in high school and shortly after. I have kept most of what I have written and going back to them has been a sad experience. Very little of what I wrote was happy, but I wrote from my heart.…

really developed my skills in writing lesson plans. This lesson plan was the strongest I believe. I have chosen the lesson plan because I feel it really relates to the learning outcome; Students will engage with pupils in order to develop effective, creative and imaginative strategies that promote individual and shared learning. The reason I have chosen this learning outcome is because it relates to Appendix 1 very well as I believe my engagement with the students throughout this lesson…

The Importance of the Order Summer reading was great this year. All the books I found were intriguing, some were a bit odd, but once I started reading, it was hard for me to put any of the books down. My favorite book of the summer was The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime by Mark Haddon. This book is about a boy named Christopher, and his investigation of a murdered dog. While investigating the murder much more is revealed about his life that he had never known. It was my favorite…

claimed the work that she had come across is bland, not original and has not expanded since the time of the first essay writer Montaigne. This essay challenges the readers views of the concept of essay writing, as well as engages them to explore new creative avenues to write the essay. A person does not need to be an expert in a particular field in…

Creative Play and Learning What is creative play? Creative play is a way for children are able to explore the environment around them and are able to show their unique differences. Creativity is a process where children turn their imagination into creations. “They try out ideas, feelings and relationships in their role play or pretend play, make props for their play or find things to be used as prop” (Bruce, 2011, pg.4). These ideas can be done using different types of creative activities which…

I always thought that I knew what creativity meant, I thought to be creative you had to be good at drawing detailed art, or you weren’t creative. Growing up I realized that that was not always the case, there is beauty in everything and it takes a creative mind to see it. I am not an artistic person, I have always liked drawing, but I was not very good at it. I very recently found out that there is more to art than just drawing. Of course, I always knew about the other arts such as dance, and…

it usually refers to the creative arts, it comprises all things from engineering to dancing. Even the most functional product must be designed with a careful balance of functionality and aesthetics. Making this art requires a tedious creative process that follows ideas from their beginnings to their ends. As the world changes and technologies develop, this creative process must as well, affecting all who utilize it. The use of these new technologies complement the creative process at every step,…

Experiences as an SVSU English major My freshman year at SVSU began in a way that I could only explain as equal parts terrifying and exhilarating. There I was, three hours away from home, surrounded by (and living with) seven complete strangers who I somehow felt like I had nothing in common with. I came in with pretty much no idea what I was doing, who I wanted to be, or what the next four years would be like, and a tentatively declared English major. I didn’t know where I was headed, I…

A Defense of The Handmaid's Tale The book The Handmaid's Tale has been challenged or banned eight times since it has been published in 1985 (Sova). However, most of the bans or challenges are related to the author's portrayal of specific events and themes in the novel, sometimes without a legitimate reason to back them up. The Handmaid's Tale is a book that should be kept in course curriculums and there are important lessons to be learned from the novel. The Handmaid's Tale is an account of…

Last year when I joined Columbus state Community College, the first thing that disheartened me was, I have to take three consecutive English classes. I am planing to join health care, and I will apply for Medical Imaging in 2016. Moreover all my education was from India; I had to complete ESL classes also. I was thinking really!! What are they going to teach me? Right now I am at the end of my last English class, which is ENG1100, and I can realize now why I needed all this classes. The four…