Technical writing

In the Expository Reading and Writing course, we read Fahrenheit 451 as a whole class. We took notes on the different themes and/ or characters while reading the book. Both themes were in forms of questions and I chose to answer this question: Are we happy or just distracted? I chose the theme about happiness and distractions because I thought that it was very realistic and connected to the real world. To answer the question, we were assigned to write an analytical essay. To analyze means to…

Tim Burton’s films are loved and known all across the world. Many people have been entertained by the many Burton films by his unique work and quirky style that was inspired by his childhood. His childhood was full of being different and being somewhat of an outcast. He took memories from his childhood and incorporated them into his films. Burton uses cinematic techniques such as low key lighting and flashback in order to create the effect of strong emotion off of the characters and to bring…

Will tells things from both his and other people’s perspective which is one reason he is a reliable narrator, even though he is a 14-year-old boy writing in a journal. Will Tweedy is a 14-year-old boy at the beginning of Cold Sassy Tree, when he is writing in his journal, he is telling the story 8 years later when he is 22 years old. It says on page one of the book: “That was eight years ago on a Thursday morning, when Grandpa Blakeslee was fifty-nine and I was fourteen.” Will tells the marriage…

There is more than one side to every story, and it is important to listen to more than one perspective. That was the main theme in Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s TED talk. She started the talk by explaining her love for reading and how she began reading American and European literature. She couldn’t identify with books until she was introduced to African literature. Another example of only looking at a story through one lense is when her roommate in college was expecting her music choice to be…

Like Popkin, Screech has two tasks that will be investigated: first- he has provided a translation and introduction (36 pages) for the entire corpus of Montaigne’s Essays and secondly – he has provided a stand-alone introduction (25 pages) for the translated Essay – An Apology for Raymond Sebond. Like Pokin, he will have to situate his assessment of the Apology with the broader confines of all the Essays. 3.1 The Argument of the Complete Essays The introduction to the Complete Essays is…

It is not unusual for an artist to treat their songs as if they were pages of a diary, where they can find solace between the lines and confide in them to hold their past experiences. Lukas Graham is no exception. In the song “Mama Said” Graham revisits his childhood, recalling memories that guide him in all that he is accomplishing today. Reveling in the fact that he does the impossible of accomplishing his dreams and not letting life define his happiness and success, he recalls the lessons he…

taught this lesson again, I would write the facts on the fact chart in bigger print and I would have given more specific feedback to students. The fact chart was a valuable reference for students, but the writing was too small and that made it hard for all the students to see when they were writing/generating a fact of their own. I would also work on giving more specific feedback to students. This is something that I can work on in lessons that I teach in the future as well. The classroom…

Relationships aid us in many ways such as companionship, emotional support, stimulation and inspiration. They can make difficult situations much easier to handle. All relationships are also exposed to harmful forms such as the media, which can direct certain aspects of the relationship and turn communication and trust into issues. Identifying main beliefs and values in all relationship: Human beliefs are structured on morals and values. A teenager’s beliefs and values make up their character and…

Five and the Secret Seven. Her novels always cantered on children as the main characters who solved many crimes and mysteries, much before the Police could do. Enid Blyton was born in 1897 and died in 1968 of Alzheimer’s disease. Enid Blyton and Writing of “Children of Green Meadows” Enid Blyton also loved animals and this love found itself translated into a number of books. One of the more famous books is Children at Green Meadows. In the novel Green Meadows is a large rambling house in a…

Introduction One of the first quotes that IB students learn from their TOK books is “Perplexity is the beginning of knowledge” (Khalil Gibran). This quote, better than anything, explains that gaining knowledge begins with disagreement. Multiple people may see the same thing differently having different thoughts and ideas about it. Some of these people’s ideas will turn out to be true depending on the evidence that they get, others seeing that their theories have no backing will agree that what…