The three prewriting strategies that I liked best was listing, clustering, and sketching. I have written plenty of essays and stories in my lifetime, so I have my own system of prewriting. Out of the prewriting strategies we have discussed I like listing the most. I feel like writing whatever comes to your mind helps you to see what really peaks your imagination. Listing could help me as a writer by opening my topics to new things that I might not have been able to see. Listing does not have restrictions
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You have be careful not to ramble because you have so much to say. I find this hard sometime in writing. Keeping writing simple will help the reader see what you are meaning to say. As I am writing a paper I find it is hard to cut things out because I have a certain way I am going with the paper. If I can’t see how to keep going that way and cut stuff out it is hard. Sometime I have to cut everything out but the subject and really think about what I want to say. I slowly add things in. Therefore
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What I was able to take away from the ELEVATE Academy at this year’s International Career Development Conference in Nashville, Tennessee was amazing. I learned so much about being a better chapter leader, communicate the DECA brand, and making my chapter better overall in each of the five modules while simultaneously meeting great people. The ELEVATE Academy should definitely be on your to-do list next year in Anaheim. ELEVATE DECA The first module was an introduction to DECA’s backbones. We learned
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When I was reading the articles, I thought that some of the topics were interesting. I understand no that I have to improve to become a great writer. Also, I found there where some writing skills I like in addition to some that I dislike. I do have some concerns with writing in the future, but I hope that my concerns don’t happen. Some of the areas I must improve on are clarity, completeness, and changing passive words to active words. The articles did a great job at explaining what writing skills
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After by Morris Gleitzman Do you like books that will keep you on the edge of your seat? Books that will keep you awake all night wondering about the next chapter? If so, you should read After by Morris Gleitzman. This book is only 209 pages with short chapters making it a quick read that is great for adolescents. I was intrigued by the Once Series, a few months ago and have not been disappointed! After is the fourth book in the series and will not let you down. The main character in this book
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Stapling Papers There were many steps that were included in the B.L.A.S.H. Rube Goldberg project. Our group members were Lucas Simmons, Amber Owens, Sam Eason, and Haley Phillips. We had to fulfill the task of stapling papers together. Our project consisted of 12 steps and had 6 different types of steps. The different types of steps were rolling, sliding, falling, flowing, springing, and pulling. All of these steps worked together, like a chain reaction, to complete our assigned task. Our group
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southeastern United States (Academy, 2008), is a company that markets with printed media, as well as online marketing. Although there are similarities between the two marketing campaigns, there are also many differences. ComparisonsThe most evident comparison between the printed media and online media is the identifiable red, white, and blue Academy Sports + Outdoors logo. If you look at the images below, the top logo is from the online web site, www.academy.com, while the bottom logo is from this weeks
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The story of Beowulf represents what qualities a hero should embrace. Many heroes are portrayed as men with god-like gifts, or born half god; Beowulf is simply born strong, courageous, brave, and selfless. He does what good he can do where he can. His mood and tone are always that of someone doing the good deed, for the sake of the deed itself. In the film Beowulf, filmed in 2007, the hero still retains some of his virtuous qualities but in a smaller form. Beowulf still comes to Hrothgar’s to repay
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picture or use different colors for a grey, brown, tan or black dog. Or even a red (Clifford type) or blue (Blue's Clues type) version. a paper lunch bag (white would be good for this project, but brown is ok too) if using a brown lunch bag: two sheets of white construction paper a printer, some crayons, scissors, glue, paper for the printer paper bag dog puppet Optional: big wiggly eyes PRINT THE TEMPLATE: You can either print just template one or both templates. The more
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Science essay is a type of Science paper, which should be written carefully. A writer should be able to present all his/her arguments, authorial quotations, examples, ideas and other relevant details in a concise manner. Unlike dissertation writing, thesis writing, research paper writing or term paper writing, Science essay writing is considered an activity that requires less time. Science essay writing needs precise and authentic information collected from authentic resources but all writing should
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