Reflection : My Curriculum Connections With Writing And Science

Prior to taking First Year Writing, my main approach to writing stood on the principles of a constant formalness, persuasiveness, and providing context. Often too much context. I believe this was primarily due to most of my prior academic writing prior was solely consisted of argumentative writing, which I see as a pro and con. The good thing is that I knew how to make debatable thesis, but not with much use of all of the rhetorical appeal of pathos. Now I believe I approach writing in a much more open way, in the sense that I believe that I am much more versed in writing for academia both formally and informally.

Two examples of reading response activities that I would incorporate with this story are making connections and predicting. Students can make connections about losing an object and learn to make connections with self, another book or the characters in the book. Students can also learn to predict. Each time that an animal comes into the story I would ask students to write or draw which animal they think will come next in the story. With this story students can also participate in two writing activities. In the story students can practice predicting through writing as well. For this writing activity I would pause the story on the page where the bear sneezes and all the animals fall out of the glove. After reading this page I would have students journal and predict what they think happened to the glove when the bear sneezed. Students can write and then share with classmates when they are done. Once sharing is down students will read on and find out what actually happen. Another writing activity the students can participate in is on an assigned prompt. The prompt would read my mitten is so big it could fit a blank. Students would have to respond and draw a

     Redwall is a tale of a huge abbey which is named Redwall and within it live all sorts of animals, such as badgers, mice, squirrels, shrews, rabbits and hedgehogs. Redwall’s greatest hero is named Matthias. He is young mouse who seems normal, even average, in appearance, but through a series of adventures and tests he discovers that he has courage and greatness within. This book is recommended to all teenagers because of three main

I may ask if anyone had ever eaten to much candy or if anyone had tripped over something. Once the students share their answers I will then ask them what happened once they ate to much candy or once they tripped over something. Once everyone is done sharing I will introduce the topic of cause and effect and explain to them using the previous examples what cause and effect is. For example, when the students ate to much candy they got a tummy ache, the cause of the tummy ache was eating too much candy and the effect of eating too much candy was a tummy ache, I will do the same thing and use the example of tripping over something. Once they have a pretty good understanding of the concept I will read the book to them. Once I am done reading the book the students and I will go back through it and figure out all of the examples of cause and effect throughout the book. For example, in the book it reads “If you take a mouse to school, he’ll ask you for your lunch box. When you give him your lunchbox, he’ll want a sandwich and a snack for later.” After reading this the students and I would discuss that the cause of the mouse wanting the lunch box was because he was going to school and because he was given a lunch box he wanted to fill it with food for later and that was the effect the mouse receiving the lunch box. Once the students understand this concept pretty well, they will break into groups of two and create a short story of cause and effect using any animal they want. Just a couple sentences of using cause and effect so that the teacher can check for their understanding. Having them create their own story will help them to use their imagination, writing skills, and help them to work with a

Before returning to school, you will need to read Of Mice and Men to complete this assignment. This organizer will guide your reading and prepare you for the quiz, discussions and related assignments. You may use this packet for the quiz. This packet is due on the first day of school. Answers must be typed.

I will need to introduce the book to the class ensuring that the students have a clear understanding of the story plot. I will need to establish prior knowledge of the subject and relate the story to their lives or point out the similarities and differences in cultures. In addition, students will need a mathematical understanding of the seven different shapes that make up the animal tanagrams in the story.

I have been practicing on how to improve my writing over the past few weeks, which has taught me a great deal about writing. My teacher would like me to evaluate and explain my strengths and weaknesses in my own writing. This evaluation is in between my two essays. One on my own and another with my teacher's help. I have strengths and weakness in my introduction, body paragraphs ,and my conclusion.

When I look back at my writing before having any college experience, I can see that I had a lot to work on. I can say that I was never really a big fan of writing anything much less essays. Even when I was younger, I just did not have a great big interest in writing. This was because I felt that I could not elaborate as well as others. I was not use to having to write anything really, but I now feel that I have a better grasp on the steps that I need to take to get my writing on the level that it needs to be.

We are already midway through the first quarter of my last year as a high school student. I find it hard to completely grasp how quickly this year is passing and yet I feel like we've already accomplished so much.

I have many talents but I would have to say writing is not at the top of that list. I am not a terrible writer, actually I have been told I am pretty good. It is the fact that I am not confident in my writing abilities. When I am given a writing assignment it takes me awhile to fully know what I am writing about, I take forever to start a essay but once I get my ideas on paper it turns into a piece of cake. I guess it is because I have so many thoughts and opinions running rampant and I have a hard time taming them all. Because of this I can take longer on a a essay than needs be. When I took AP Literature last year I would always have trouble finishing my essays, they would start off well but towards the end, they would not make any since. Tell me to

The first part of the lesson is Engage. For this portion, I played a video to engage students and to allow visual learners to take in the information. For the Explore part, students have to research/explore different types of bird life cycles individually or in groups. This supports intrapersonal and interpersonal learners who may chose to work in groups or alone. This part also supports logical learners, as students need to think critically about the information they will be sharing with the rest of the class. During the Explain portion, I will be using visual support through the reading of a book. I will then brain storm with student why and how a chicken life cycle works, once again, supporting logical learners through critical thinking. Throughout the Elaborate section, students will recreate the life cycle of a chick through a dance, a play, a poem or a song. Giving students options on how they want to work is a way to accommodate and support their unique learning style. These specific activity supports all types of learners. Visual learners will be able to watch their peers perform; kinesthetic learners will be able to perform (through movement) what they know; musical learners will be able to demonstrate their knowledge musically; intrapersonal learners can work alone and quietly; interpersonal learners can work in groups, being able to share their findings with others; verbal learners will be able to communicate their knowledge and to brainstorm with peers and teacher during the process; logical learners will have ample of opportunities to do critical thinking; and naturalistic learners, who have an inclination on classifying fauna and flora, will be drawn to this subject as it is heavily concentrate on fauna. Thus, students will able to choose an activity that better suits them, while learning

Olympian, Kim Collins said, “Strive for continuous improvement, instead of perfection.” This quote can also apply to students in school in many different ways. Students always want the best project or writing grade that they can possibly get. While that is a worthy goal it is not realistic because students are not perfect and they are still learning, and developing important skills. In my personal essays throughout the year I did strive for perfection, but I learned that I could not do it. I had to make slight improvements to better my writing for the next essay.

As a recent Egyptian immigrant to the United States, writing is the most difficult subject. In 7th grade, my writing process started to develop with the help of an amazing teacher. Ever since 7th grade I have been practicing wiring to be close to the high school writing slandered. I reached my goal last year when my act writing score is 6 point which places me in English 101. I doubted myself so, I took the Accuplacer test which also, placed me in English 101. I was scared when I saw the results that I’m going to fail this course. After taking this course, it made me more confident in writing and showed me my writing level which needs more practice. This class helped me improve my writing skills, by getting great feedback from my instructor

Over the course of this class I have changed as a writer. My writing has improved, yet their are some similarities between the writing. The writer I was before and after this class is different and the changes should be announced. Now when I write I know how to use transition, not just any basic transition but actually be able to flow from one point to another with quality grammar. A second thing I do as a writer now is knowing how to use MLA 8 formating. The first essay I turned in was extremely wrong on formatting and makes me cringe just looking at it. My citations were all APA formatting and in the header of the essay I put my name, date, teacher, and class. This is completely wrong and am surprised I even got a grade as high as I did. Another thing from looking at my first essay is that I could not write with the proper form. My whole last paragraph of my exemplification essay was useless because it did not have an examples. The writer I am now is more politically correct and can write when in a mode without going out of it.

(Day 1) Will consist of asking students what the brown bear saw. During the book reading, I will ask the students if they have ever seen the color of animal in the book. Children will be making their own books and coloring the animals according to the story.