Vignette: Writing In High School

A Student shows an excellent understanding of language and how it is used in their chosen

Each film has a distinct purpose associated with it. Whether this purpose is as simple as teaching children a valuable lesson or as complex as criticizing a society 's barriers, there are explicit goals which must be discerningly conveyed. There are specific elements to filmmaking which are designed to contribute to the goals set forth when making a film. Such elements include what would be considered "aesthetics of astonishment," or striking images, editing conflict and other techniques associated with montage filmmaking. Each of these techniques imprint a thought or logic on a film – a kind of "watermark" – that pushes the film itself towards the accomplishment of the original goals. Regardless of the need for the completion of these

Modified from Laurie Coleman and resources at The Writing Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1

In chapter 9, Writing Across the Curriculum, the process of reading and writing was investigated and explained in comparison to one another. The reading-writing connection focuses on drawing from students’ prior knowledge and cognitive processes in order to build learning. The authors mentioned that the writing process is a strong tool for exploring and clarifying meaning and the two major instructional components used are writing to learn (WTL) and writing in disciplines (WID). The chapter also focused on the subareas of academic journals and writing disciplines.

My Middle School Writing Career I feel like my middle school writing career has improved with every writing project I have completed. As a writer I have changed over the years and have used many different tactiques in my essays. I have had strength in the ability to connect my idea

My middle school writing career was a long and lengthy process with a bunch of struggles. I started writing in elementary school but did not really get into it until 8th Grade. When I really started to enjoy it I developed my writing style. Some of my

Soggy streets, bland houses, and terrified citizens fill Rivertown, Virginia. Dark, gloomy weather has been rampaging since the death of a freshman at Rivertown High School, six months ago. The leafy, emerald pines that make up the forests of this small city, have been dulled by the rain and lightning. These forests are now considered dangerous due to the mud, roots, and the hills that are scattered across the land. Disappearances of more high schoolers in the area have the whole state terrified.

Field Observation - Performance #4     I assisted with Ms. Martin’s first period English I class on September 23, 2017. The class began with a bell ringer related to the short story, “Lamb to the Slaughter” by Ronald Dahl which had been read in class. The assignment projected on the smartboard requested that students explain the difference between verbal, situational, and dramatic irony and find examples of each in the story. After a class discussion of their answers, the students drew a plot diagram in their interactive notebook. Then students mapped the story (identifying exposition, incremental action, climax, falling action and resolution). Earlier, Ms. taped a piece of paper with one of the story elements under one of the desks in each group. Students were asked to draw an illustration demonstrating that story element in the story.

While in high school for most people, they don’t understand how important certain things may be for their future. Writing is very important for students in high school because it will forever be a part of their everyday life. No matter what career path a

Final Exam During this semester, I learned more about writing than I have throughout my whole high school career. The first thing we really covered was parallelism and that was probably the most used topic in all of our writing. To be completely honest I think this was the first time I had ever heard about parallelism and I still have no idea how to use it. We really focused on comma placement because in the beginning we were all just putting commas in random places, but now I feel as a whole we learned how to use them much more efficiently. We covered semicolons and where to place them, but still do not know how to use them either. During this semester I definitely improved my writing based on the fact that we wrote a ton, but I do not think my writing techniques have improved as much as I would’ve liked them to.

Simon woke to a screeching in his ears. It was all he had been able to hear for the past week. His head ached as he sat up and rubbed his eyes. He yawned, eyed his now useless alarm clock, and realized he had over-slept. Rushing to get dressed, he read the notes his mother had left for him--reminding him to eat breakfast and empty out the dishwasher--before grabbing a poptart and running to school. As he ran, he noticed he was getting a call from Diana. He rejected it and continued his path to Greenburrow High School.

Trying on Voices In this course, students will read accomplished authors in the genres of poetry, flash-fiction, short fiction, non-fiction, memoir and the novel. Students will pay particular attention to the tone and voice of each author he or she is introduced to. Each week we will study one author who is writing in the genre of flash fiction, short story, the novel, non-fiction, memoir, poetry or the comic, with the goal of deconstructing the elements of writing that lend to the author’s unique voice. After coming to a collective understanding of how each author is accomplishing his or her work, students will be challenged to write their own original piece that mirrors the writing style of the selected author. We will be studying James

1. Think about your experiences of writing at college. Which types of assignments have you found helpful in strengthening your writing skills? Where do you want to improve your writing? What’s the most useful advice you’re received that’s helped you improve your writing. Be as specific as possible.

The new interns were assembling the badges for us. Most of them were giddy over the assignments on the roster. Today’s class was an introduction to the green screen and hologram integration. The first time I was part of this study, we visited a country music concert, which no one my age had even heard of before the trip. I secretly enjoyed it, but I don’t think I was the only one.

Self-Reflection Essay A reader is said to live thousands of lives before they die; a writer is the creator of those countless lives. As a result of taking the English 1A course, I have been given the opportunity to captivate my readers through learning the proper writing process. With every year