James Patterson Book Report

I need to improve my writing skills. I am going to take a class on composition and go to the Writing Center more often

A 10 year old boy is hailed a hero after an unfortunate bus failure. Nicholas Sierra, a 10 year old safety patrol saved 3 small children from drowning in a partly submerged bus. At 2:29 pm on a Thursday coming back from school, his bus spun off the road into a nearby pond in Hillsborough County. Nicholas acted fast and carried out one kindergartener from the bus in alligator infested water. Then he actually went back in a brought out 2 more kids, a second and first grader both not knowing how to swim. The rest of that night Nicholas was traumatized. The bus driver, Lenior Sainfilmin, was suspended with pay in till investigators figure out what went wrong. Lenior though states that he tried to stop the bus but the brakes ended up being corroded

This book provides a detailed examination of the life, the political career, and achievements of the 3rd President of the United States. It goes to discuss his beliefs and the way that it influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence.

During the Holocaust, many townspeople were aware of the events occurring within the concentration camps. In the book, Night by Elie Wiesel, the townspeople remained complacent with the Nazis. Some people even went as far as taunting the Jews when they were transported through towns. The Nazis during that time had a very strong influence and used fear to incite citizens to remain cooperative.

“Washington… was a ‘promised land’ to many a freeman… it was the capital of the nation– that is, of the North that had set them free.”

Connell, C. M., & Sole, K. (2013). Essentials of college writing (2nd ed.). San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education,

Over the past four months, I have made great strides as a writer. The area where I have seen the most growth is in my use of the writing process. Prior to my enrollment in this course, I would sit down and write all my papers in one sitting. This class has taught me how to lay out a plan for my papers. I have learned how to effectively brainstorm/research, draft, and revise my writings before I complete them. Also I have learned to not just stop there, instead I am now going back and reflecting on my work after I complete it. This allows me to identify where I prospered and also where my downfalls may have been. With this information, I am able to apply this to future writings of mine; lessons that will stay with me forever.

One day at middle of the night four friend made their way to the abandoned hospital on 7th street and the four friends were Ryland, Manuel aj,and Ashton.

These include e-learning, manuals and 1-2-1 discussions with the tutor and group discussions. The manual is sent out a month before the course to allow the learner to read over the information and come to the first day with any questions they may have about this. Throughout the course mini tests and role plays will be used to help the learner test their gained knowledge and help them to learn from feedback both from the tutor and the other learners.

What will you have for dinner? This question is harder than what it seems. Eating may seem to be a simple act, a thing not to be worried about. This may be true for animals such as koala: if it looks, smells, and tastes like eucalyptus, it is good. But it is not the case for humans. We have such a large array of options that the act of choosing the food we are going to eat is indeed difficult. On top of that, there is another problem. Unless you grow it yourself, you do not exactly know where food comes from. In his book, Michael Pollan, by embarking the reader into a discovery journey, explains both of this topics using his research and experience.

James McBride meets Aubrey Rubenstein out of the blue. James randomly walks into his office and introduces himself as Rachel's son; he explains he is writing a book about his family and he needs more information about his grandparents and his mother's siblings. “When I walked into his office and explained who I was, he looked at me a long time, long time. He didn't smile. He didn't Frown.”(McBride 223). Aubrey was trying to recall who he was. This was a complete surprise for Aubrey; to finally hear about another jew in Suffolk, especially one about an old friend. James gives Aubrey a tape recorder in which Aubrey says a message to Rachel. As James promises to come back in a couple months, he never does. He decides to come back ten years later,

In Okay For Now, written by Gary D. Schmidt, he wrote about certain people who talk about their rough times, and they say okay for now because things could always get worse. In the book, the characters best for the topic is Doug, Lil, and Lucas. They all struggle with something, but they keep it to themselves for the most part. Okay For Now means the characters feel good and Doug, Lil, and Lucas all feel okay at the moment.

To conclude, the idea of teaching writing with CALL definitely offers much in the way of learning value. Particularly the concept of giving feedback to a learner in a variety of approaches gives more potential for learning than previously ever predicted. The many different forms of feedback discussed in this assignment isolate different learning methods and responses from a student. There are two studies that look specifically into how effective online learning environments are and both indicated that automated feedback adds significance to student writing, although students do not appear to enjoy the process as much as being in a classroom. These studies identify two important points, that learning how to write should be engaging and that other real people tend to make it more so. Of these two studies, one was a huge data sample and one was

The online writing center is for online students who like to get help from an tutor on a current essay or assignment. "I currently grade and give students feedback on their essay for the improvement that their grade goes up", Williams says.

James Patterson was born March 22, 1947, in Newburgh, New York. Patterson’s books are mostly detective stories, thrillers, science fiction, romance, and young adult books. The first book he published was in 1976 called The Thomas Berryman Number. After writing that book, 20 years later, he left his job in advertising to work on writing. He now holds the Guinness World Record for having the most books on The New York Time’s best-seller list.