Various forms of Writing

The writing process Since I started pursuing my education, writing remains to be part of my life. It has come in handy while pursuing my education as it is an effective tool of communication. To me, it is the best way of expressing my feelings as I am in full control of the process. It is an appropriate way to put my thoughts down in writing. I get to portray my world in writing. It facilitates a platform where I can share my thoughts and communicate them to my audience. Additionally, writing makes me open to people of all walks of life. Moreover, it has been a source of my livelihood while undertaking it for commercial purposes, through a number of platforms. To date, writing has played a significant role in my life in an effort aimed at attaining success. Throughout my preceding levels of education,…

Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” and “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court,” are both excellent novels. Twain has various inspirations for writing, uses several types of dialogue to convey each character’s individual personality, but writes the stories with a similar theme. By doing these things, Twain makes these stories unlike the other yet still interesting. First, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn exemplifies his approach to writing stories based on his own…

There have been many writing techniques presented to improve student’s literacy skills within content areas, such as summaries, quick writes, learning logs and journals (Alvermann, Gillis & Phelps, 2013; Robertson, 2015). However, there are many other techniques that lack presentation or recognition for being effective in improving content area literacies. One technique that is underrepresented is poetry (Seda, 2014). Poetry can be beneficial in improving content area literacies across…

Interview with Burl Finkelstein I. Introduction: The purpose of this report is to communicate the findings of my interview with Burl Finkelstein, a working engineer, through the use of email, and to learn the importance of quality communication throughout the engineering workplace. This report will e II. Background/Experience: Burl Finkelstein is a professional engineer who is currently working at Kason Industries. Mr. Finkelstein has been working as a professional engineer since 1983.…

smartphone mainly used by the young generation for communication purpose, which is messaging and sharing information through different social media. Communication now days becomes global and takes a form of electronic transformation. It is apparent that people communicate and share information with smartphone much more before. The development of mobile technology along its simplicity contribute to this extensive use. Many people around the world engaged in texting and messaging via smartphones.…

Over the first several weeks of school I have had the rewarding experience of being involved with the fast-track English 111 class provided by my high school and local community college. I have gained experience in managing deadlines, juggling prompts, meeting various criteria, and learning what it truly is that makes writing both correct and brilliant. Coming into this class, I truly lacked a general understanding of proper writing. I wasn’t able to write in MLA format, let alone understand…

Summary: Chapter 2 is defined as Assistive Technology to Support Writing. The chapter begins with background information referring to the writing process and the difficulties of students with learning disabilities may face when writing. The chapter then goes on to detail assistive technologies can support the writing process at each stage. The chapter provides suggestions for each stage of the writing process and for a variety of levels within each stage. The various forms of assistive…

able to observe a few methods the teacher was using during the writing period. Writing periods are usually teacher directed and include prompts or copying words in cursive. The only time that writing is student directed is when they free write (during any free time) or when they are working in groups. Throughout the school day, the teacher set aside 50 minutes of writing for the students. The writing period was used for various types of writing. I have observed the students doing a narrative and…

misrepresentation. This is explained when Lunsford expresses that, “Young people are for the most part aware of the context and audience for their writing” (Lunsford 572). In other words, students are choosing on their own free will to alter their writing style. That the decision to not use proper punctuation or sentence structure isn’t because of the effects of technology, but more of a deliberate and calculated decision to express one’s character. It is further explained that regardless of the…

to the low, middle, and high class evolved and so did the economic structure, encouraging industrialization and reducing trade. The challenges and reliability of writing history for imperial encounters are due to the various sources that explain the social, political, and historical structure of Great Britain, but the sources are biased and explain the imperialism differently. Various points about the British Empire’s history are difficult due to the different sources that try to define…