perform in the classroom and write collegiate style work. There’s no doubt that students benefit from taking these classes during their first semester of college. For me, there wasn’t high expectations at my previous school of good writing techniques and correct uses of writing tools. During the course of this semester I became a stronger writer and well prepared for the rest of my college career here at Pacific Lutheran University by improving my vocabulary, being more descriptive and altering my
For the next part of my essay I am going to discuss a lesson I taught in school, and how I feel my use of cross-curricular teaching benefited the children. The processes beforehand involved looking at my long term planning, and think about the links I could make to produce lessons within the classroom. Working through cross-curricular lessons did save me a lot of time on planning, linking to views by John Rose, giving me a more time to think about my lessons. Inspiring a more enthusiastic approach
In the essays "The Miss Dennis School of Writing," by Alice Steinbach, and "No Wonder They Call me a Bitch," by Ann Hodgman, both authors use description to get across the points they wish to make. The authors’ purpose for both of these essays are to catch the reader’s attention as well as to provide the readers with life lessons through descriptive writing. In “The Miss Dennis School of Writing,” Steinbach is trying to teach people about descriptive writing from her own experiences through her teacher
Brittany Snyder Prescriptive Pedagogy versus Descriptive Pedagogy 28 September 2017 In the world of the English language, the debate over whether a prescriptive pedagogy or a descriptive pedagogy is more effective is a popular topic. According to The Oxford Companion to the English Language, prescriptivism is defined as, “an approach that sets out rules for what is regarded as correct in a language,” and descriptivism is defined as, “an approach that proposes the objective and systematic description
David Foster Wallace was an eccentric, well organized writer who described to me the fine lines between descriptive and prescriptive writing. I learned that descriptivism is far more valuable than prescriptivism. With the help of a couple past English courses, I was able to construct my ability to write both an effective, abstract essay while maintaining a prescriptive skeleton. Course such as mythology, my seventh grade english course, and my sophomore year English course are all examples of classes
Introduction In this essay I will discuss the definition of the concept grammar in linguistic science and thee attitude teachers may have towards such a conceptualization of what grammar is. I will go into detail by explaining perspective and descriptive grammar. Descriptive Grammar The first thing that I will be discussing is the definition of descriptive grammar. A descriptive grammar is a set of rules about language based on how it is actually used. It can relate with a prescriptive grammar,
She often needs extra support during any written literacy lessons. Genesis uses few descriptive words in her writing and refuses to use figurative language. She will copy the word of the week in her journal and use it orally in conversation, yet will struggle to use it in writing. I try to involve her in many activities that require written
I have been writing essays since middle school, gaining experience from multiple teachers all of whom had unique ways of imparting their skills on me as well as my classmates. Barring the basic learning of Writing in middle school, most of my writing thus far has been gained in literature classes. Because they were not solely writing classes, the goal of understanding the literature that was being studied was often placed above improving my writing skills. Almost all of the writing completed in the
are integrating different aspects of technology in the curriculum to facilitate comprehension and accomplish the needs of their learners. Moreover, teachers employ the usage of technology in their classrooms to accomplish the needs of socially and culturally diverse learners. Underpinning on this, the essay is going to discuss how multimodal texts and digital technologies can be integrated in the Grade 3-4 curriculum. Background With the reference to the curriculum, at grade 3-4, the learners have
One-word essay: The one-word essay is quite manageable as it allows you to decide which essay type you are going to write about. Take the topic “Floods”. If you choose to write an expository essay, you can write about the causes and effects of floods; if you choose to write a narrative essay, you can narrate a story related to floods; and if you choose to write a descriptive essay, you can focus on describing floods. Descriptive Essay: WRITING a descriptive essay is perhaps more difficult