Writing style

listening and writing centers. For example, students may read a book and afterward make a board game focused on the plot. Enhancing students writing skills can be done by implementing a writing center. The writing center can be used to persuade students to become acquainted with the print rich environment. Students can be encouraged to choose a partner and develop topics to write about. Students can also view pictures and compose a reflection about the picture (see Figure 2). Writing…

All of my life I have been involved in a sport or physical activity. The similarity between the sports I have learned to play and the way I was taught to learn in school are very much the same. I grew up playing softball and volleyball, which are both very detailed sports to play. With all different positions, regulations, and rules it is very much important to pay close attention while being taught how to play. It would have never been easy to learn the techniques by only watching a volleyball…

Writing is an effective way for people to cope with tragedy. In Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, three characters, Oskar Schell, his grandmother, and his grandfather are each experiencing grief and are trying to cope with their personal tragedies. Written after the events of September 11th, readers of this novel are exposed to a melancholic yet intricate story about dealing with any sort of tragedy. The first main character in the novel is Oskar Schell, a…

"Show, don't tell." A few years ago, I completed a creative writing seminar at university, and that is the one piece of advice that was burned into my brain. It is so tempting to "tell" readers how to perceive your characters, or how the action of your story is progressing; it is much more difficult to "show" them. The use of adjectives, and adverbs even more so, is intimately linked to the “telling” of a story. How did he ask her? *Desperately*. How did she walk? *Casually*. It takes a little…

are authors who have put timeless themes into their writing, and have taught people many lessons through their writing. O. Henry, Mark Twain, and John Steinbeck are just a few classic authors who have taught lessons, used timeless themes, and their own unique styles in their writings. O. Henry’s unique style is shown in his work. O. Henry writes with situational irony, which is also called a plot twist or a surprise ending. O. Henry’s style is shown in his work when he writes. For example,…

important “nurture” influences are parents (and parenting styles), types of caregivers (including parental caregivers but not exclusive to them), and early educational experiences. In most circumstances, a child’s parent is one of his/her most important influences. As such, the way that the parent acts towards the child is important to understanding child development. Two aspects of particular interest are parenting dimensions and the styles those dimensions foster. Parenting dimensions can be…

Technology is a Mixed Blessing When was the last time you checked your email, Facebook, or Twitter message? With an increasingly widespread use of technology, one may not notice that technology is a part of our everyday life for the most of us. Equally, one may not notice how much technology gains an influence in our education, both as a benefit and a distraction. In “From Learning as Torture to Learning as Fun,” author Don Tapscott believes that learning and fun can go hand in hand. Tapscott…

behavioral issues with students in the classroom. One of the main issues that educators face in the classroom is students not making an effort to learn. Many of these issues can be demolished if the teacher starts recognizing the different learning style that each student possesses. For example, if the need of students is not met in the classroom, they tend to get bored, act inappropriately, and start giving behavior problems to the teacher. Similar scenarios happen with teachers when their…

three different parenting styles. The three main qualitative parenting styles include authoritative, authoritarian, and permissive (Glasgow, Dornbusch, Troyer, Steinberg & Ritter, 1997). It is important to know that educational outcomes are not solely based on the efforts of the student. The successes or failures that a student may come across may be attributed to factors that the student cannot control. One of these factors that the student cannot control is parenting styles. The proposed…

In “How to Write with Style,” by Kurt Vonnegut, Vonnegut explains the importance of having a strong writing style, the reason being is that newspaper reporters and technical writers don’t show their personality in their writing. One idea Vonnegut outlined is to find a topic the writer finds very passionate about. Another important Vonnegut explains is to keep the writing simple. Vonnegut clarifies to take out information to understand the subject or topic, who is being written about. Vonnegut…