Research Paper Essay

This year so far has been a growing period in respect to my learning. English 1101 has helped me to learn many concepts; some of these being writing, reading, peer-editing, and time management. These concepts are not solely related to the basis of this class, but rather related to real-world skills. They are things that are applicable to everyday life. Over the course of progression, we are all going to have some forms of challenges. My biggest challenge so far is time management. Managing time…

Beth Fantaskey was born May 5th, 1974. She grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, got her PhD at Penn State, and got her English degree from Shippensburg, PA. In her book “Buzzkill” it is partially based off of her high school experiences and her favorite books by Nancy Drew. Millie Ostermeyer, the Protagonist, and the author both went to the same high school, like to read, but, they are different because Millie Ostermeyer was not shy in school, while the author was. According to Kate Pavao,…

Watching The first 20 hours -- how to learn anything, gave me a new motivation for me to continue to learn how to speak and read in Korean. Josh Kaufman emphasized the 4 steps in learning anything and listening that I need “20 hours” of practice and the motivation, I realize that it’s true. For the past few years, I’ve been teaching myself the Korean language and the “20 hours” of learning, I applied it to learning the new language. This essay will describe the details of what I applied to…

English it was my highest grade I had in out of six classes. My teacher Mrs. Barnes always had given me props on the good work I do in her class and it made me feel good every time. I’ve learned every technique that Mrs. Barnes had taught us to write a paper and I never had any doubts of writing them wrong. When it came down to the steps of writing an essay I did them. Until, the day that I had to take my writing SOL test. The day of the SOL test I went to Mrs. Barnes for one more good luck…

The 24-hour social media challenge actually made me grow as a person. The 24-hour challenge opened my eyes to many things like there is more than life than your phone and that when you are using your phone you don’t socialize. So while I was doing the 24 challenge I kept myself busy so I wouldn’t have to use my phone. I even went to the gym with my mom and sister to keep myself distracted which that was a good two-hour workout. As a person that just uses your phone 24/7, you don’t realize what…

this year, I am still amazed at all we did. Some of the things that the year could be divided into would be: the class, individual effort, and my advice for next year’s seniors. All in all, I would say that I have maintained being mediocre at writing papers throughout the year. All with the exception of grammar. One thing I really liked about first semester is we got to read The Great Gatsby. I seen the movie a couple times, and I really wanted to see what the book was like. We got to read it…

Brandon Mull has written, or aided in the creation of seven series: Fablehaven, Beyonders, Dragonwatch, Five Kingdoms, Candy Shop War, Pingo, and Spirit Animals. His favorite authors include Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Orson Scott Card, J.K. Rowling, J.D. Salinger, Hemingway, Frank Herbert, Neil Gaiman, Ayn Rand, and George R.R. Martin. He was born on November 8, 1974, in Pomperaug, Connecticut, and grew up in Westlake, California. He later went to college at Brigham Young University, where he led a…

Joanna Flores Reflection English 1AF- Section 32 Prof. Smith Self-Reflection Essay Over the Fall semester of 2017, I have expanded my level of reading and writing in Stretch English. Some strategies that have helped me succeed this semester are annotation, revision, summarization, and drafting. As for reading to learn, articles in the New York Times have helped me a great deal. I learned to read different pieces and understand various authors’ ways of writing. I would print and annotate…

How to Pull Off Mixed Vinyl Siding Over the years, vinyl siding has become America’s choice for exterior fascia. Vinyl siding offers homeowners many benefits, including a polished look for their homes and a low-maintenance option that lasts a long time. Another important benefit vinyl siding offers homeowners is variations. Unlike brick and other types of fascia, homeowners can choose from a variety of colors when they choose vinyl siding. It is that variation that is sparking homeowners to mix…

in class were hard for me because I was not sure what her grading would be based on other than grammatically. I had trouble witting my first paragraph because of the grammatical issues and I was not used to looking for tutoring. I used to write my papers without any help from professional writers and that affected my grade. I also had a lot of problems with commas and writing in correct English. English is my second language and that made my writing assignments more difficult.…