Photo essay

As a little girl, I spent a majority of my summers on the beach with my best friend, her mom, and my mom. It is my happy place, out on a towel with my toes in the sand and a book in my hands. I like to play in the sand and in the water, but not near as much as I like to lay out with something to read. My mother was the librarian at the elementary school that I went to, Mixon Elementary School, so I had a wide variety of books to choose from. She and Ms. Selina would take me and Jean Kendall to…

I have improved as a student because I have worked on my reading comprehension, I have learned to use grammar correctly, and I have built my confidence. I have learned so much my reading skills have improved a lot. My vocabulary has gotten better. Before I was a student who was afraid of reading out loud in class. Now I can read out loud but not only that, I can now understand what reading is. I can now read a book and understand its meaning. I still do have some weaknesses one is that I do…

The article Operation Overload discusses the leaders of the operations which were General Dwight Eisenhower the head leader, Air Marshall Leigh-Mallory, Air Marshall Tedder, Field Marshall Bernard Montgomery and Admiral Bertram Ramsey who were the senior commanders. Operation overlord taken place in June of 1944 and contained soldiers from America and Britain. The setting of Operation Overlord was thought intensity based on the easiest way to get to France which was The Pays de Calais however,…

Looking back over the course of this year I came to the realization of how much can change and develop in a short amount of time. Throughout English 11 I learned a lot about how I am as a reader and as a writer. Along with the numerous other activities we did. Each activity and project is a factor in my growth as a learner. It seems that in every book there is a lesson you can learn. Over the semester I had the pleasure of reading two books independently: The Lies we tell ourselves and The First…

2.3 I can assess the strengths and weaknesses in my final work Upon completion of my presentation I noticed a couple of changes that needed to make to improve my work to its full potential. The following things I noticed were: • My graph was too small so I upped the size to make easier to read as it was hard to read the smaller numbers on the axis. • My video was too long so I shortened the size of it to take up less space and to make it shorter and quicker to watch Additionally one of my peers…

In response to this scenario, I would first schedule a meeting with the author and their literary agent (if they have one) to have a discussion and ask some fundamental questions in regards to the acquisition process to get a general understanding of the idea, plan, and content of the book that he proposed. If it sounds promising and has potential to become a success, I would then proceed to request for a copy of the manuscript so that I can read it and get a deeper understanding of its content.…

When writing a paper, King states that typing double space helps the paper look neater, but also keeps your paper from having a lot of marked upped areas. An example for this would be in any essay writing for school situation, teachers are always asking for that MLA format because it looks nicer, is used in college papers, and is easier to read. Another good idea is to never look at a reference book while doing the first draft. This is the…

Since I first came to The United State from my country, Sierra Leone, I had a problem with reading and writing due to my speaking two native languages. When I started High School I was put in a second English class with other foreign students because I had difficulties with writing, and understanding what I read. Although I was bullied throughout my High School years due to my accent I was the focus and determine to do very well in my classes. One of my proudest moments in High School was when I…

still remember the last narrative paper I had to write for my English teacher. How has high school prepared you to succeed in life? I had so much to say, and to explain. Like I always did, I prepared and brainstormed all my thoughts before writing the essay. After completing my work, my teacher gave me an A letter grade which boosted my overall grade to an A as well. This accomplishment was something I was very proud of, something so small and simple really enabled me to widen my range of skills…

The “Monroe’s Motivated Sequence” speech was our fifth speech assignment in COMM R110. For my speech I chose to do How to saving marine life from pollution. I was proud of my introduction because I included shocking facts that surprise the audience and also have good TIA. I also thought it was good that I shared what I was going to teach the audience toward the end of my introduction. The only issue I had with my introduction was that my voice was I should speak up and a bit shaky, but…