Through this project, I have learned a lot about rhetorical engagement and how to use it along with my sources. Originally, if I were to read a source, I would internalize the message sent, but I would fail to engage with the authors work. For example, my topic is on education inequality in America and where is sources from. Before this project, I would only read my sources and not truly engage with them. With this project, I was able to think in a deeper context. I was able to read my sources and
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In this first quarter, one of the main focuses was literary character complexity. The class instruction emphasized the identification of a character's multifaceted personality. One helpful thought process was to identify complexity through the idea of "______ yet, ______." For example, in the poem "An Author to Her Book", we identified that the "Author" saw her book as a disabled child. The '"Author" loved her book yet, was ashamed of it as well. Another focus of the quarter was on point of view
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I went through the Collection 2 test and the Collection 2 resources to identify the standards that are being taught and tested. Attached you will find the information I gathered. As I go through the Collections to update the tests and curriculum, I will create something similar for each Collection. You will notice that the document has some blank boxes. I can't fill in those boxes until I do all of the Collections and determine what standards are being tested for each strand of the curriculum.
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me, and although it wasn’t always easy, the class wasn’t as bad as I expected. English Composition improved my writing craft and the length of my papers. When I first started this class I didn’t have much of an idea on how to create a well-written paper. I’m still not at the level I would like to be, but I have improved. I used to think that every paper written for school had to be formal, and you couldn’t start a sentence with “and” or “but” or with the same word for multiple sentences in a row
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As this semester comes to a close, one of my largest learning experiences has been within my English 300 class. Not only did I learn a great deal about my faults in my own writing and ways to grow stronger as a writer, but I have also gained insight on the topic of work. I had the opportunity to discuss amongst my classmates the ideology and personal feelings we associated with various forms of work. These collaborative discussions helped broaden my horizons on what I had once deemed noble and rudimentary
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My brain is utterly discordant. Ranging from ways to improve life to ways to stand out in society. Anytime I find myself standing out in public-most of the time looking stupid-I feel a sense of uniqueness. In the same sense I find myself thinking differently too. While others are thinking in or "out of the box", my ideas/thoughts have no boundaries; they're uncharted, off the grid. There is no box for me. There's just vast emptiness. I'm not saying that my head is empty, but it's full of playing
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It's seven thirty at night on January 1st, and I just deleted the entirety of my perfectly good essay that I started weeks ago. In my now deleted essay, I was wrong in thinking my dedication went above and beyond my peers. My dedication to my passions and interests is definitely admirable, but it isn’t exactly unique among my peers applying to Johns Hopkins. However, I do believe that using humor to deal with the daily challenges in front of me is unique among my peers. Running is really hard. It
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Unfortunately, my work schedule did not allow me to visit the writing center for my argumentative essay, but meeting with Dr. Kennedy who gave me constructive criticism helped me write a better essay. I also used the PaperRater to check for errors in my paper, and I plan on using it for this one also. I doubted my writing skills at the beginning of class, but I am sure I progressed over time with my writing
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problem was in general spelling. This class in general was for people who had difficulty with the MCA. What Ms. K told us, the people who were struggling with the writing MCA was to keep it simple and easy. If there was a word you could not spell don’t make a big deal about it dumbing down the word. When writing in general keeping it simple makes the word go round easer is what Ms. K said a lot. She would burn this in to our thoughts that the MCA people that check the what you wright love when students
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1. Name: Leeann Salas 2. Grade: 11th (Junior) 3. Why did you register to take AP Biology? I took AP Biology to help me narrow down my college major options (genetics, biology, or medical) and to learn more about the environment. In particular, I am interested in the effects of GMOs on the health of the human body and comparisons between the roles of GMOs and their natural counterparts in a wild ecosystem. 4. What are your personal strengths when it comes to learning new material? How do you learn
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