X is for Extra Credit Mr. Quinn was gone one day and we had a substitute. The sub showed us a film on the Boston Massacre. Barely anyone in our class was paying attention. The substitute, Mr. Griffith, was beginning to get mad at us for talking during the movie. He told us to quiet down at least 3,000 times. When the movie was over, he told us to write a paper on the Boston Massacre. Everyone started saying they were not going to do it. I was bored and had no homework to do that day. I decided to write the paper. It wasn’t that hard at all. It took me only 5 minutes to do it. Only a few others did the paper. Mr. Quinn was back the next day and the people who did the paper gave it to him. He gave us a bunch of extra credit points to use
Although many historians believe that the Boston Massacre was an act of self defense, it is clear that the incident was murder on the part of the soldiers. One reason why the situation was murder is because no soldier was seriously injured or killed in the massacre. This shows it was murder because there were many colonists injured and five colonists were killed, while no soldiers were killed or injured. If they were truly in danger, some would have been harmed. Also, another reason why the situation was murder is because the soldiers came into the situation with their guns loaded and bayonets on. This shows it was murder because they should not have been ready to harm unless they were planning to murder the colonists. Lastly, a reason why
took my time and wrote the paper would be so much better. Just going back and
I took a different approach to it. I knew that I had to put in work and effort to make a well-developed paper. The hardest part for me about writing it was adding more detail to how the issue related to me. This was because the issue did not affect me personally but its consequences did. I explained more about how it affected others and at times I contradicted myself which became confusing. I went back to incorporate how it affected me. My greatest strength is persistence from
In 5th grade I was really stressed about Miss.Murphy’s math class because I left my math book at school. Homework was due the next day and I had nothing to hand her. She wasn’t the nicest teacher in general, but if you didn’t have homework, she would scream and look at you with disgust. There was nothing I could really
Writing is a tedious process which has a lot of challenges. When I was writing the paper, I faced a lot of problems. To begin with, getting started was a challenge to me. I had to think what was the purpose of writing this paper and come up with the ideas to present in the paper. Coming up with the introduction was somehow challenging. I had to ask myself, who will be my audience? Will my introduction catch the attention of my audience? Also, coming up with the thesis statement was a challenge. I had to think of a thesis which had to concur with what I was presenting in my the paper. Organization of my points was a challenge. I had to ensure that my paper had a flow of ideas that focused
I have lasted 18 years without knowing how to write such a paper, and it has not hurt me yet.
It was one of the worst papers I 've ever written in my life. I didn 't even care about the exactness and meeting following the rubric. I was simply making everything up to make everything sound good, well, at least it took me three to four pages. My research was not dependable, and I didn 't think that anyone would be able to read this paper. I had no clue on what I was writing about. It took me two days to complete the paper. I was
I had started to write the paper at about nine that night and it would take me hours to complete. I remember
I had this paper done, last week, and for some reason I did not want to turn it in I kept going back and changing a few things, but for the most part, I felt I had completed it. I recently moved to this small community about a year ago and have never witnessed or experienced the power of this community until this last week when a horrible tragedy in our school community occurred.
and turn it in. I ended up with an entirely new paper that focused on how Alexander the Great
Although it wasn’t my best paper, I really enjoyed writing it. It was the least difficult to write
To be completely honest, this paper was the first paper that I felt really confident when I was submitting it. In high school, all the topics that I had to write about was given to me by my teacher. But with this paper, I had the power to select a topic that I was really interested and that, I believe, is why I felt really confident when I submitted this paper.
Although I was incredibly nervous about writing my paper, once I actually began it wasn’t as terrible as I had expected. My teacher helped me a lot though the whole process. She gave me and my class worksheets to develop our outline and ideas. She also recommended
Based on the investigation, the events on March 5th, 1770 in Boston, MA might have been a massive murder, along with self-defense. Even before the massacre had taken place, there was a controversy between the colonists and the government. Many people, including the colonists were angry and intended to destroy the idea of taxes the government was imposing on them. The massacre had taken place on March 5th, 1770. I believe that the redcoats are responsible for the five colonists who have died. Therefore, this was not just an accident, but a murder as well.
I hurried going to the class, Mrs.Vodcal my teacher was still not here so I got into my seat as quick as I could because Mrs. Vodcal made student who were late stand on one foot for the rest of the class, and if they couldn 't stay one one foot then they would have detention for a week! Then so of my classmates got up and walked around to talk to their friends then more kids got up. Suddenly Mrs. Vodcal came in the door.