Text Structures CC Dr. Deb Wahlstrom. English Language Arts: Writing Prompts/Journal Topics. What is... What is something you dislike about yourself? What is something you do well? What is your favourite room in your home and why? What is a good neighbour? What if... What would happen if you could fly whenever you wanted? What do you think... What do you think of 3D movies? What...misc. What do you like most about yourself? How... How do you feel when it's your birthday? I wish... I wish I had a million...
When... When you are angry, how do you look? Which... Which quality best describes your life--exciting, organised, dull--and why? Why... Why is it important to be honest? Misc... Do you think there is too much fighting on t.v. Here is an excellent expository writing plan that models body paragraphs. Title – Teaching Students to Write Expository Pieces Using a Writing Plan By – Jamie Danford Primary Subject – Language Arts Grade Level – 5th-7th Introduction: TTW question students on how they usually get started on writing a writing piece.
TTW tell the students that she always starts with a plan. Review the purpose of expository writing with the students. (To explain) Remind students that expository writing is the most used type of writing by authors. (Especially in everyday life) Lesson: Have the students take notes while you teach a step-by-step plan of how to write a good expository writing piece. (Suppose this was the writing prompt: Think of an insect you dislike and explain why. Expository Writing Plan 1. (Your example answer will be: mosquitoes) 2. (Your example answer will be: 1. annoying when I am outside 2. their bites itch 3. they carry diseases like the West Nile Virus) 3. Next, model an example of a good body paragraph for one of the reasons you listed. Expository Writing. Sociocultural theory and practices with graduate and undergraduate students.
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" Check these lists for the exact nuance to describe your character's intensity of feelings. SF Characters | SF Items | SF Descriptors | SF Places | SF EventsSF Jobs/Occupations | Random Emotions | Emotions List | Intensity of Feelings. 23 People Posted The Wisest Words They've Ever Heard. The Results Are Brilliant. Finding wisdoms or pieces of advice that you will hold onto for the rest of your life is a rare occurrence. I can still remember some of the wisest words that were ever spoken to me, and they were from my grandmother over 15 years ago. The truly great nuggets of wisdom aren’t spoken every day (at least, you won’t hear them). That’s why this Reddit thread is so cool. Complete strangers came together to share the “wisest thing anyone has ever told you.” The results were fantastic. “The single raindrop never feels responsible for the flood.” I was told that when complaining about traffic in LA. “Remember, you’re just a walk on part in everyone else’s play.”
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You can’t fix stupid. 50 Excellent Writing Exercises to Cultivate Your Creativity & Craft. If you’re a good writer, you can succeed in any industry, no matter what kind of online degree you have. But even great writers sometimes have trouble organizing their work, polishing up the details, or even picking a cohesive idea to write about. Here are 50 excellent writing exercises to help cultivate your creativity and craft, from brainstorming to beating writer’s block and remembering your motivation. Brainstorming and Organization Try these brainstorming exercises to map out your ideas, spur on your creativity, and plan your project.
Levels: Break down your topic sentence or main theme into levels to create subtopics and then single terms that you can explore individually with lists, charts or free-writing.Free-writing: This traditional form of brainstorming involves writing down anything that comes to your mind even if you don’t think it makes sense. Writer’s Block Use prompts: Print out and then cut up these prompts to store in a writer’s block box. Games Language and Grammar Style. Ten rules for writing fiction. Elmore Leonard: Using adverbs is a mortal sin 1 Never open a book with weather. If it's only to create atmosphere, and not a character's reaction to the weather, you don't want to go on too long. The reader is apt to leaf ahead looking for people. There are exceptions. If you happen to be Barry Lopez, who has more ways than an Eskimo to describe ice and snow in his book Arctic Dreams, you can do all the weather reporting you want. 2 Avoid prologues: they can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword. 3 Never use a verb other than "said" to carry dialogue. 4 Never use an adverb to modify the verb "said" ... he admonished gravely. 5 Keep your exclamation points under control. 6 Never use the words "suddenly" or "all hell broke loose". 7 Use regional dialect, patois, sparingly. 8 Avoid detailed descriptions of characters, which Steinbeck covered. 10 Try to leave out the part that readers tend to skip.
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Writing felt too important, too sacred, to even begin. At the same time, I was uncomfortably conscious of the monstrous gap between my plans and actions. I tried recreating at home the ordered discipline of a classroom. These efforts never worked. Character Chart for Fiction Writers. If you're a fiction writer -- whether you're working on a novel, short story, screenplay, television series, play, web series, webserial, or blog-based fiction -- your characters should come alive for your reader or audience.
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Quite often this complaint is formed as if there has been some ethical violation. Examples I’ve run across are: “Can fantasy readers handle gay characters?” “Why aren’t there more Christian mysteries?” “Why aren’t there more science fiction novels with women as main characters?” All of these are perfectly valid questions, and worth study and discussion. But the truth is far from that. There are other ways to deal with such situations. If you have a particular issue which you will is important, and you don’t like the fact this issue is not being covered or related in any of our modern media, you should do something about that. So, before pointing fingers at others who don’t cover or subscribe to your own views, why not point that finger at yourself? The Writer’s Block Myth. APA Formatting and Style Guide. Summary: APA (American Psychological Association) style is most commonly used to cite sources within the social sciences.
This resource, revised according to the 6th edition, second printing of the APA manual, offers examples for the general format of APA research papers, in-text citations, endnotes/footnotes, and the reference page. For more information, please consult the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association, (6th ed., 2nd printing). Contributors: Joshua M. Please use the example at the bottom of this page to cite the Purdue OWL in APA. To see a side-by-side comparison of the three most widely used citation styles, including a chart of all APA citation guidelines, see the Citation Style Chart. You can also watch our APA vidcast series on the Purdue OWL YouTube Channel. General APA Guidelines Your essay should be typed and double-spaced on standard-sized paper (8.5" x 11"), with 1" margins on all sides. Major Paper Sections Title Page Running head: TITLE OF YOUR PAPER. Story Starters: Creative Writing Prompts for Kids.
If you’re looking to inspire your students’ writing and creativity, turn to these fun and exciting writing prompts. Perfect for overcoming writer’s block or even starting a brand-new short story in a different narrative, creative writing prompts can help students begin a new piece with confidence. Plus, these story starters can also encourage students to explore different genres while honing their writing skills.
There are a lot of ways you can use writing prompts in your classroom. Try: Reading a book in a genre, then having students use a story starter in that same genre. Take inspiration from classics like Treasure Island and newer popular series like The Bad Guys to explore how to write thrilling adventure stories. You’re part of a pirate crew in search of a long-lost storied treasure trove. Get students excited about adventure stories with these great books: If you’re looking to inspire your students’ writing and creativity, turn to these fun and exciting writing prompts.
Guidelines for writing a SUMMARY. Guidelines for using IN-TEXT CITATIONS in a SUMMARY (or RESEARCH PAPER) Christine Bauer-Ramazani The purpose of a summary is to give the reader, in a about 1/3 of the original length of an article/lecture, a clear, objective picture of the original lecture or text. Most importantly, the summary restates only the main points of a text or a lecture without giving examples or details, such as dates, numbers or statistics.
Skills practiced: note-taking, paraphrasing (using your own words and sentence structure), condensingExamples of acceptable paraphrases and unacceptable paraphrases (= plagiarism): Plagiarism: What It is and How to Recognize and Avoid It Before writing the summary: For a text, read, mark, and annotate the original. (For a lecture, work with the notes you took.) Writing your summary--Steps: Organize your notes into an outline which includes main ideas and supporting points but no examples or details (dates, numbers, statistics). Reporting Verbs: Write On Reader - Forms of Writing - Story Starters. As of July 1, 2013 ThinkQuest has been discontinued. We would like to thank everyone for being a part of the ThinkQuest global community: Students - For your limitless creativity and innovation, which inspires us all. Teachers - For your passion in guiding students on their quest. Partners - For your unwavering support and evangelism.
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I like it because I don't have to make a compromise between features and focus: formatting is separated from content creation, so you can still make presentable documents without having to use a separate app or deal with niggling formatting problems as you write. " My second choice would be vim. . * Or nano, if you want, or some other console editor; I'm not trying to be a vi snob here. Creative Writing For Dummies Cheat Sheet. Guide for Writers: Latin Phrases.