Mrs. Granger tries hard to apply the dictionary into the lives of all the children she teaches. Mrs. Granger’s love of this everyday language fascinates Nick and he proceeds to make up his own word: frindle. Who says you can’t make up a word? Sure, a pen is named after the Latin pinna, but where did pinna come from, anyway? Nick was a curious boy with an extravagant idea. “Frindle” spreads quickly. Almost immediately after the new word infects the school, Mrs. Granger, infuriated with the spread of
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charts, and diagrams, Edit your lecture notes, color code your notes and study sheets. I think these benefit me because, I really noticed that I learn with color, like my colored pens for different classes, say that when I’m in English 228, ill use my black pen to take notes, but when im in my Biology 111, ill use my blue pen. I tend to retain the info given, because ill remember the color. 4. Write word and question cards, Write self-test questions, Write questions in the margin and underline
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LETTER WRITING TYPES OF BUSINESS LETTER * Enquiry and reply Enquiries for information about goods or services are sent and received in business all the time. They should be acknowledged as soon as possible or business may be lost. * Complaint and adjustment Complaints about goods or services are inevitable and need to be investigated immediately. Steps should be taken to rectify matters if goodwill is to be retained. * Job application, offer and reference A wide variety of
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Making a pen bag I have a very cute pen bag which you can put your pens and eraser. If you look at it in the front, the shape is a rectangle. If you look at its profile, it is a triangle. The design is for the capacity. There is a red plastic zipper on the top. Red is a main color of the pen bag. It is two double, and the materials are different. The outside is the soft plastic, and the inside is the hard cotton. If it is dirty, you can clean it with water, or wipe it with wet rag. If you have
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Flaw and Solution to the Micron Pen 005 Sydney Jacobson University of Minnesota—Twin Cities DES 1101V Intro to Design Thinking Design Flaw and Solution to the Micron Pen 005 Sydney Jacobson University of Minnesota—Twin Cities DES 1101V Intro to Design Thinking Abstract This paper serves to analyze the Micron Pen 005 and its efficiency. Created as a high quality item, with its aptness for high detail and sustainability, the soft tip of the pen shortens the lifespan through attrition
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Alert and concentrated. Eyes squinted in determination to write the letter correctly. He is holding the pencil quite tightly, adding to the absolute determination he has to get this right. He writes slowly but carefully, trying to get the shape correct. He skims the paper to check his hard work, takes a deep breath and looks at me with excitement. I check the letter with hope that he got it correct this time, relief floods me as I look into his giddy eyes and break out into a smile. He had done it
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lonely in a quiet room, laying down, in a red large couch, with blue pillows all over, each pillow about the size of a small laptop, listening to R&B music, eating cubes of cheese and drinking an orange juice half way filled with ice. Holding a black pen in the hand, tapping it along the song that is playing on the radio, having a piece of paper on the side and facing a red mac laptop as it’s curser is blinking on and off, writing down whatever come to mind then typing and organizing the thoughts to
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explanation of my approach to writing assignments. First I will have to follow the rules of writing: prewriting, planning, drafting, and revising. I will need to find a good quite and comfortable space to begin. After that I will grab a piece of paper, a pen, and start to write down ideas about my topic, depending on the topic’s subject will determine the types of ideas, and points I want to cover. Once I have all my ideas, and points write down, I will want to do some research on the topic I am writing
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Some writings are easier to comprehend than others, and depending on whether it is an open or closed form decides on whether the simplicity of this writing is a good or a bad thing. We use writing as form of art. When one who truly knows how to put pen to paper does so, they can open their audience up to their mind and its process of thought. A world without writing would be much harder to maintain. All history is made in writing, and without it, the only option of learning from the past would be
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additional resources I will be taking the time to explain my current writing approach. The first thing that I do is make sure I have a quiet area to work in and a sound mind so that I can focus on my writing. I usually use my laptop to write because pen and paper makes me nervous. I begin writing what I know and like to discuss, which is called discovering and brainstorming. Then after I have discovered and brainstormed, I begin narrowing down what I want to write about such as: Topic sentence and
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