Freedom Writers

What do I want to learn from this course? To be honest, that is a hard question. I have worked with two-year old’s for the better part of my 24+ years of service and I don’t really know how this course will help me in the future. I do not do a lot of writing as a form of communication. We work on a monthly and quarterly newsletter, however my two other co-workers and I work on it together. We also do daily slips, but those tend to be very short. Goal #1 I would like to learn how to…

action verbs, voice and tone to show writers how to write with clarity. He begins lesson three focusing on actions, specifically expressing the importance of strategically utilizing subjects and action verbs (29). The clarity of a writer’s work directly affects how readers respond to it (28). Williams emphasizes two fundamental practices, appoint the “main characters’ subjects” and ensure that the subjects express action verbs (29). By doing so, the writer ensures the use of active sentences,…

conducting research to get information. Some work environments of an author are: 8% is professional, scientific, and technical services, 4% is religious, grantmaking, civic, professional, and more, 3% is arts, entertainment, and recreation, and ⅔ of writers are self employed. To become an author a bachelor's degree is needed , adaptability, determination, and writing skills. The pay of an author is $28.97 an hour, the highest 10% is more than $29,230 a year, and one in four authors work part…

A pro for the unabridged version is that it has a lot of really good detail of the characters features. Fernand was described as “a tall young man of twenty or two and twenty, who was looking at [Mercedes] with an air in which vexation and uneasiness was mingled” (18). This is a really good description of Fernand, the author does a good job of painting a picture, and this changes how the reader pictures Fernand for the rest of the book. They also talked about how much Fernand loved Mercedes;…

talked about the writers should closed the gap between themselves and the audience. She stated that a writer should set up a common view between the writers and the readers through knowledge, attitudes, and needs. Although people have different points of view and opinions, the writer should let the audience know what the writer’s talking about. Even though the audience does not agree with what the writer have to say, we have to prove our opinion that can be backed up with facts and a writer…

There were also multiple revisions needed for my rhetorical analysis. Similar to my playlist profile, I had issues with grammar and proper MLA format, so I focused in on those micro revisions. However, I dealt with some more major problems within my paper as well. You commented that in my introduction I did not have a forecasting statement, so that was added to the paper. For the section that was titled tone, style, and emotional appeal, you made the comment that I did not discuss the actual…

Anyone can be a writer, there is no need for a degree or no need of experience in writing for someone to be able to write, all one has to do is write. Writing can take and change someone’s life, physically, mentally, spiritually, and emotionally. Writing has the ability to take it’s read to whole new worlds, it allows the reader to escape from the chaos of the real world and takes them to a whole other world where anything is possible. This is the main reason on why I love to write. Writing…

Susan Sontag writes an article, "Direction: Write, Read, Rewrite. Repeat Steps 2 and 3 Needed" for the New York times. In her article, she discusses different advantages of writing and reading. Sontag believes that writing and reading are most pleasurable things instead of efforts. She explains that in the beginning your writing could be a mess, but you have a chance to improve it. We always have a chance to read and rewrite it. At the end of the semester, I totally understand now the importance…

The Namesake has been a novel that has been selected for all ages to read because of how many many themes there are in the book. A review from Mandy Anderson, an advisor from Kent State University, explains that The Namesake is a very popular book that college professors have chosen for their students to read. Anderson says that it opens up discussion about “establish[ing] [your] identity separate from the family, the journey to adulthood, and coming to terms with the past.” This is an important…

transitional devices will help the reader to convey to the following paragraph. As shown above, to improve your writing skills you have to use these three important keys in your essay: paragraph, transitions, and transitional devices. Being better writer it will take a lot of practice. Specially, for the students who have the English as a second language. Try to use these in your next essay to be able to write well. I hope that I make it clear for you to understand it. Feel free to connect…