Technical writing

the horrible news before I did. Another thing Scarbrough told me was that I was the hardest working student she ever had throughout her teaching career, and I wished that Scarbrough could have helped me learn the basic skills of writing a paper, and be successful when writing a…

The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff For my first journal activity, I chose to read The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff. At first, it seemed intimidating to read a book about a religion that was unfamiliar to me. Once I realized it is told using Winnie-the-Pooh, I was less anxious. The Tao of Pooh is a book that was written in the 1980’s, using Winnie-the-Pooh characters to explain the values and beliefs of Chinese Taoism. After reading this book, I can say that I learned a lot about Taoism. In…

On Wednesday, September 13th, I attended a reading in the gallery. The reading was done by professors and while attending this reading I learned multiple things. I didn’t know that there are many professors that do outside writing and some of them get their writings published. I guess I just assumed that they only taught. This was very interesting for me because it wasn’t only English teachers that write outside of school. For example, speech teachers also get their work published. Professor…

and sciences behind English and paper writing. The course has personally helped me gain a better understanding of the mechanics of writing and allowed me to grasp a better writing skill than when I had initially started. The class itself holds many benefits and has greatly changed the ways that I look at English now, enabling me to better succeed in the future. When approaching…

has been obsessed with Henrietta since she was sixteen-years old. Skloot tried looking up more information about Henrietta and her family but she couldn’t find any information. That’s when Skloot decided that she wanted to tell Henrietta story by writing a book. With Rebecca trying to get in contact with Henrietta daughter Deborah. Skloot didn’t know that the family would become hostile to the fact that they didn’t want to talk to her due to them thinking she was another reporter trying to get…

We watch movies and read books with many characters in them. We watch how these characters act and sometimes we try to act like them. Sometimes we see characters that are extremely similar to us and it is absolutely awesome. I found that I am extremely similar to Almanzo from the book “Farmer Boy.” I keep reading and seeing his characteristics and I could not believe how similar our characterics were and I realized that his life and mine are extremely similar. I am extremely similar to to…

Holyoke Dickinson studied botany and it clear to see that she delighted in the study because of her poem “Arcturus’ is his other name”. After the earlier years Dickinson still continued to write about the things that delighted her but she also started writing about was intriguing at the time. (english.illinois.edu) Although Dickinson wrote many poems she did not start bind her poems into handmade volumes called fascicles until she was 27. This puts the start of Dickinson's fascicle making at…

Minnis 4 Ahmir Minnis Mrs. Noel English II 2 June 2017 Poetry Analysis: Rick Astley Rick Astley was a UK artist and musician born in St Helens, England on February 6, 1966. He was one of the most successful pop sensations of the 80’s and currently at 51, is also on tour. As a child, Astley was never musically attached towards any instruments, as well as his voice. However, he enjoyed playing the drums, and began playing in garage bands at the age of 15. The very first band he had ever played…

Cason Kerrick Mr. Scanlon Honors English 10 June 5, 2017 A Tale of Two Cities Our group decided to make a board game as our group project. First, we brainstormed and came up with an idea. Then we bought supplies and designed the game. Our game’s setting is when Mr. Lorry, Charles Darnay, Little Lucie, Dr. Manette and Lucie Manette are fleeing Paris for London. The goal is to reach London first, fleeing Paris. Along the way are various symbols representing major themes in the novel.…

In essence, Lois and other authors use real-life experiences to create stories. Lois Ann Hammersberg was born on March 20, 1937, in Honolulu, Hawaii. She was a shy and introverted girl who loved to read. She decided to be a writer at 8 or 9. Writing was her favorite subject in school. Her father was a dentist and an Army officer. Since, her father was an army officer and she moved around she was a shy, quiet girl who spent a lot of time alone. Due to her father being an officer, they moved…