barren. I chose a site on a slope without a water drainage feature. 3. I expected to find lots of shrubs, cactus, bushes, and no grass. That is close to what I observed when I was there. I observed an Owl coming up out of a hole, and make a sound at me. Which I believed it to be a burrowing owl. In addition, I saw jumping cactus, barrel…
When I started writing my fairy tale for this assignment, I wanted to focus on features such as transformation and gender by creating a story centered on a female protagonist and her journey into adulthood. And throughout my story, a coming of age tale unfolds in which the protagonist goes on a quest to find three items and is ultimately set free from the abusive grips of her paternal figures. I emulated themes from the Brothers Grimm version of Cinderella by including certain motifs that are…
one half inch; this is called a “hanging indentation.” For further guidance in constructing a works cited page, please refer to the MLA Handbook, the Washington State University Library’s “MLA Quick Reference Guide”, the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL), or other resources provided by your teacher. For your convenience, I have included templates for several common source types: books with a single author, print journal articles with a single author, single-author journal articles from an online…
school, the YOUmedia recording studio allowed me to express myself while settling in with the realities that although I am “an owl” and “a butterfly.” I am inspired to function to the best of my ability, especially in school. However, the recording studio overall keeps me balanced in being both knowledgeable and naive to certain topics, which is why I am incorporating the owl and the butterfly. I educate others as well as learn when I am…
• Form a Night Owls group to appeal to younger, working women. These are the future leaders of your association! Work the Galley and Make It Work for You Use your association’s galley to reach out to increase membership, design programming based on target audiences or find Kappas in specific neighborhoods. If you requested an Excel list, here are some tips to make the most of your galley: You can sort your member list according to any column header — see row 1 in the file. Before following…
The Animals of Cold Mountain The characters in Cold Mountain are often hard to identify with as they are from the past and have experienced vastly different situations than the people of today. In order to make the characters feel more relatable Charles Frazier, the author of the book, utilizes the motif of insect animal and nature appearances. Frazier integrates the motif into his book with imagery and uses the animals as symbols for the reader to identify with. The first appearance of the…
With the passing of time, memory can magnify and distort what is important to an individual's life. In Gwen Harwood’s poetry, Harwood portrays these aspects through her poem, ‘The Violets’ and ‘Father and Child.’ The poems both represent time and memory in different ways which gives the audience an impression that everyone is different and memories all differ from person to person. It also shows that the lessons we learn from the past differ and are sometimes false memories. As time passes an…
The fourth learning outcome that students must hone in this course is the knowledge of conventions in writing. In order for one's work to be appropriate for the audience, each convention of writing is crucial to utilize. These knowledge of conventions helped improve my personal work since grammar tends to be my weak spot. My grammar, spelling and punctuation was all carefully minded to and over analyzed in order to perfect my end product. These assignments helped me sharpen my skills and better…
Choosing to become a teacher was a difficult battle between my brain and my soul; creating a philosophy of education will be even harder. I have been privileged to be educated in a community that seeks more than Newton’s First Law, and the Pythagorean Theorem. The Paradise Valley Unified District (PVUSD) has taught me to care for my community, and always give back. Due to this prior education, I have decided through time my philosophy of education will always change. But for now, the most…
In ancient rome there are a lot of people who believe in omens, superstitions, and fate so much that it can change their whole day and mood. For them living this kind of life is very natural and they are used to living this life (Omens and Superstitions).“Julius Caesar” by William Shakespeare is also a play which involves omens, superstitions, and fate. In the play there are a lot of examples of omens, superstitions, and fate and they represent what is going to happen in the near future. In this…