Creative nonfiction

Endurace “Every calamity is to be overcome by endurance.”- Virgil Endurance noun en·dur·ance: the ability to withstand hardship or adversity. Endurance is an important factor in everyone’s life and it works in some way or another. There is physical, mental, and verbal endurance. Temple Grandin having endurance to use her abilities to her advantage to prove to the people that didn’t believe in her that they were wrong. During the attempt at integration at the Little Rock High School the…

Having perseverance can change your life. Persevering for your freedom can lead to your happiness. Koly, a 13 year old girl that lives in India, just got married to a boy she doesn’t know. She will have to find a way to get her freedom back. In Homeless Bird, Gloria Whelan illustrates that when you persevere, you can do anything. Koly needs to have perseverance to survive at the Mehta’s house. After Hari’s death Mrs. Mehta orders Koly around the house by saying, ‘"Koly, we need water!" "Koly…

Perseverance and determination were two characteristics shared by many women of the revolutionary war. Perseverance and determination are the ability to continue to fight and work hard for success in spite of obstacles and difficulties. The drive to overcome obstacles is necessary to be successful, especially during times of war. Sophia Calderwood, Catherine Schuyler, and Emily Geiger all use this perseverance and determination to complete their missions. In Sophia’s War, when Sophia hears of…

know of the word ‘persevere’. But not many people know of the meaning or where the word came from. My first literature example is from “Desert Exile.” My second literature example is from “Warriors Don’t Cry.” My third literature example is from my nonfiction book “I Will Plant you a Lilac…

“A river cuts through a rock not because of it’s power, but of its persistence.” - The Things We Say. When you hear this quote, you know right away that the theme of this book is perseverance however, this is not the only theme. Some other themes include friendship and hard work. These are the themes because Michael and the electroclan have to persevere through many challenges. An example of perseverance is when the electroclan is about to be captured by the Elgen. Even though they are about to…

1) I have never chosen to read a nonfiction book on my own time because when I think nonfiction I oftentimes think of something boring and dry. The ones I have read have been strictly informational and in general very uninteresting. However, I am excited to read a biography as as of late there have been quite a few I have wanted to read and I think I will find them more interesting than what I traditionally associate with nonfiction books. 2) I am reading the memoir Let's Pretend This Never…

terms with the tragic and young death of her daughter whilst also trying to understand the imperfect relationship that she had with her daughter while she was still alive. In this way, Joan Didion’s memoir functions as not only a beautiful piece of nonfiction which delivers pristine prose and explanations of grief, but it also serves a function for Didion as it helps her work through the loss of her daughter as well as seam of the regret that remains. In addition to this, Didion deals with her…

Embedded Intervention: Classroom Observation I am in a Kindergarten classroom at University Meadows Elementary School. I am observing in Ms. Collman’s classroom. It is a smaller classroom consisting of only 17 children. Ms. Collman is the only teacher for her classroom. Angelina, the only child with a disability, has a one-on-one nurse who helps Ms. Collman with tasks such as keeping children on task, in line, behavior management, and an extra set of eyes during recess. Ms. Collman is great…

apply what he or she has learned into his or her assignment (“What Is Differentiated Instruction?,” n.d.). Nonetheless, this transactional journal provides students with different journal entry options, as well as allows students to use his or her creative abilities. For example, for one of my journal entries, I decided to compose a mini bulletin board that highlights the important themes portrayed in Fever 1793 and An American Plague—text-to-text explicit connection. While creating the board, I…

The lyric essay is a complex piece of literature to write and to read. Combining the facts of nonfiction and the art of poetry isn’t the easiest thing to understand. With facts being surrounded by figurative language, the reason the author is writing the lyric essay seems to get lost. The reader has to pick out the important parts of the quickly shifting topic to interpret the true message of the lyric essay. With all these elements considered, the essay “Music Lives” by Taylor Tranberg can…