Online Class

Today, our class was held on our moodle room. We are to discuss about what deals with a Cause and Effect essay and say our thoughts about the worksheet by Richard Blaylock. If we fail to post on the moodle room and on our class blog we are considered absent. So, don't forget everyone! And also Happy Halloween. :)

Happy Halloween! 10/31/2011

I just finished the online moodle session. It may be late but I finished it before it hit 12o'clock midnight. I hope that everyone has done it. Enjoy your halloween and be safe...

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!

Happy Halloween!

I hope all of you had a great and safe Halloween out there. Today we had a moodle session about cause and effect. It was a little long, but I was able to get it done. I hope you guys have enjoy your holiday on Wednesday!

Happy Halloween everyone! Today en100 was online. Chapter 11 was fairly long don't you think. On moodle, we discussed cause and effect. We also discussed about how Richard used cause and effect in the writing process worksheet and how it worked out for his essay. You can read our discussion at moodle. Anyways, hope everyone had a safe Halloween. Enjoy your candies.

Halloween!

I actually almost forgot about blogging and going into the Moodle room. With all the talk of Halloween, I got carried away with thoughts of free candy. After a long day of fun activities, I finally remembered to do all my work right before I went to bed. I hope everyone had a fun and safe night. Happy Halloween everybody and see you all Wednesday!

October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween everyone! So today we had an online class in moodle. We basically went over chapter 11. This chapter is about causes and effects. We also discussed our thoughts about Richard Blaylock's writing process. His process of writing on cause and effect was well organized and understandable.

october 26!

Im sorry that i blogged really late. On last week wednesday class, we were taking a test. To me the test was a little difficult. I couldn't asnwer some of the questions. To be honest I'm really nervous to know my grade. It was hard but hope I did well. Have a good evening everyone!

Halloween on Moodle Room!

BOO! Happy Halloween everybody! Although it's Halloween, we still have to do our parts as students and attend our online class. For today's lesson, we have to discuss what causes and effects deal with, as well provide examples for this type of writing. We also have to review the Writing Process Worksheet that Richard Blaylock has completed and decide if we are comfortable using the process he displayed.

Have a spooky Halloween and see you all next week!

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HAPPY HALLOWEEEZY!

Today we have our online session once again, I went through the examples of cause and effect. I also read Blaylocks writing process and was able to see how cause and effect is demonstrated in an essay. Well happy halloween guys, go on and scare everyone with your beauties! See you all next week monday!

FINALLY...HALLOWEEN!!!

Happy Halloween to everyone & I wish for you all a happy trick or treating.

Today we had to review Blaylock's worksheet where he demonstrated his way of using the cause and effect method. This method proves to be very effective when needing to demonstrate the situation and what happened after it came into effect.

Happy Halloween Everybody

Today our class was online in our moodleroom. We had to discuss two things: Causes and Effects and Richard Blaylock's Writing Process Worksheet. I thought that the Cause and Effect was pretty easy to understand. And, Richard Blaylock's writing process worksheet can be a big help when writing our essays. He organized it well and I am comfortable using it.

Have a good weekend, See you all next week!

HAVE A SAFE HALLOWEEN!!

October 31

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Today's class is held in our moodle room online. We had to discuss what causes and effects deal with and give some examples. The other assignment we had to do was discuss our thoughts on Richard Blaylock's writing process worksheet and tell whether or not we are comfortable using the process he displayed. I believe that cause and effect are easy to determine apart and use in our writing. I also believe that I can be comfortable using the process that Richard displayed in his writing process worksheet because he explained everything well which helped me understand more how to use it in my writing.

Have a safe weekend everyone! Woohoo! NO CLASS Wednesday....

October 26

Its me again. My blog is late, as I mentioned in my last blog that I have been in the hospital since the 22nd and since I had absolutely NO access to the internet there,I have a lot of catching up to do. Anyway, I believe there was the test #3 that took place on October 26. Some say it was hard and some say it was easy. I sure hope I find it easy when I return to class and make it up. Anyone wanna give me some heads up about that test? Cant wait to return back...Hope everyone did well on their tests and are satisfied with their grades.

October 24

Hi everyone,
I know my blog for October 24th is really late but hopefully I can be excused considering I've been in the hospital since the 22nd. Anyway, according to the calendar, our class on this day was held in the moodle room online and all we did was discuss what the two types of the process analysis were and to discuss our thoughts on Pettit's essay and provide some examples of process analysis that he used in his essay. I think the two types of process analysis are easy to identify.

Test # 3

Test 3 was a little hard for me. It was confusing and long. I think I'm going to fail that test. I swear that I'm going to study as hard as I can for the next one! :)

Moodle (oct.24)

The process analysis is used to tell how to do something or how something is done. There are two types of process analysis. The first one is the directive process analysis, which explains how things are done. This type usually addresses the reader as "you". The second is the informative process analysis. This explains how something was done by giving information. There is also the combination process analysis which occurs when the directive and informative process analysis are blended.

Analysis by division

Analysis by division is approached by a four-step systematic procedure. It is used to explain how something works as a unit. To organize it, you may use an outline. There are two uses of the analysis by division. There is the restaurant review and the career review.

Test # 2

Test number 2 was on chapters 5 and 6. It was easier than test number 1 because I knew what to expect. I did not get the grade that I wanted, but it motivated me to study harder the next time. All in all the test was okay.

Test #3

I wasn't really ready for the test. It was way more than what I expected it to be. I really hope that everyone did well. Next time, I have to remember to study the exercises.

Test #3

Test #3 was about Chapters 7 & 8 and had more essays than usual. The essays were actually quite interesting. I struggled with some of the essay questions, it is probably because I was thinking too hard. All in all, I think I did well. Hope you all did too.

Today in EN100, we took Test#3. I honestly have to say I was not ready for that. :/ Well, I tried my best to complete what I could. Hopefully everyone did well on it. I took about an hour to complete it. Well, everyone have a great Halloween weekend. See you all Monday!

Test #3

Today we took our test #3. It was much harder than the first two tests that we took. The format was a little different from the others. I didn't expect there to be some exercises from the book, I was hoping it to be like the other tests. I answered most of the questions, but left some of them blank. I just hope I passed it!

Chapter 7 and 8 Test

Today, we had our Chapter 7 and 8 test and for me it was quite difficult but luckily I manage to answer and remember the facts that I studied. The hardest part of the test for me is the fill in the blanks portion even on the other tests I had a hard time on that. I like doing the extra credit because it might help my grade to go up. We all should always take advantage of that opportunity. Remember that next class meeting will be held online on our Moodle Room.

Have a great weekend. :)

Another Test

This test was actually the hardest test I took so far. I was unprepared for the most part, but I still managed to complete it. There was actually more things to do that required a lot of critical thinking. The "fill in the blanks" got a lot harder too! The only thing I got to finish with ease was the extra credit.

October 26 TEST #3

Today we had our Test #3 which covered chapters 7 and 8. I must say that this test was a bit challenging compared to the first two. It required us to read a passage and we had to answer various questions relating to the passage. However, I do feel like I did well. The extra credit is always helpful so thank you Professor for always including them!

We won't be seeing each other until a week from now. Until then, everyone be good and don't forget to log in to our moodle on the scheduled days!

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TEST #4

Today was our Test#4 on Chapters 7 & 8. It felt like a long test. It was a tough one! I had a hard time on a lot. I'm glad that we have that opportunity for extra credit because I'm sure I'm going to need it! I'm not even excited to see my grade. Hope everyone else had a better experience!

Moodle 10/24

We covered topics in chapter 10. I'm surprised to learn about the two types of process analysis. I've always read or used these analyses, but I never knew they had a name. Also, when reading Pettit's poem, it was very descriptive. I could imagine myself following the steps given.

Moodle

Our class on monday was held online in moodle room. We went over chapter 10 which is about Process Analysis: Writing About Doing. There are two types of process analysis, directive and informative. Directive usually tells how to do something or in means of explaining. It addresses the reader in "You". Informative tells you what is happening now or what has just happened. But it doesn't uses "You" often. We also had to read Pettit's essay and give in our thoughts about his writing.

October 19, 2011

Sorry to blog so late. So during class we went over chapter 9. This chapter is basically about analysis by division: examining the parts. There are two uses of analysis by division which is the restaurant review and short story review. Restaurany review describes three elements which are the ambiance, service and food. Short story review is very brief and has several elements and that includes the setting, conflict, characters, plot, theme, and point of view.

Write About Doing

Write About Doing speaks to the writing process analysis. I find that in reading this chapter is actually quite interesting, a bit tricky too. There are two types of process analysis - directive and informative. There was great discussion that surfaced in moodle on-line about the writing analysis in our view and observation regarding 'How to Sharpen a Knife'. And hopefully we could get some clarification during class session.

Wednesday, our class was online in our moodleroom. We had to discuss the two types of process analysis which are directive and informative. Then, we had to discuss what we thought about Pettit's essay. It was pretty easy, but can be tricky! Hope everyone had the chance to get everything done.

Oh yeah! Don't forget to study for our test! Good Luck Everyone! See you!

Moodle Monday

Yesterday we had our online moodle class session. We had two discussions we had to partake in. The first is we had to discuss the two types of process analysis which are directive and informative. Secondly, we had to discuss our thoughts on the process analysis essay by Florence Pettit and give examples that were used.

I hope all of you were able to make it! Be sure to study for our test tomorrow!

Have a great day.

Today at our moodle class session we discussed process analysis and the two different types of process analysis. It was quite interesting to find out that reading a cook book, or directions on a car manual was actually engaging into process analysis. I like finding out things that we never knew before, although we do many different things everyday. It's cool learning what it is, means, or the reason behind it all.

Today was our online session, however, I actually went to the English Building and sat there for twenty minutes waiting for everybody to show. That means that I have to keep my calendar with me at all times so I'll know what's coming up for our next class.

Online Class

Today, our class was held online and we had to read about the Process Analysis About Doing and Process Analysis- Reading for Critical Thinking, Discussion, and Writing Student Paragraph and Essay. We also have to blog about what we have read in our moodle room. Next class meeting were going to have our Test # 3 about Chapter 7 and 8. Good luck to everyone :D

blogg

So, today I actually went to class today again. I forgot to check my online schedule. Next time I know to check the online before class. Tip for everyone, Check your online schedule before waiting for class.

Process Analysis

Reading about the two types of process analysis on Chapter 10 made me pause and actually re think of my answers. This chapter consisted of Directive and Informative process analysis. Directive explains how to do something and Informative is how something is done. I think that the informative process analysis is past and present tense and the directive process analysis is more like a future tense. I think that Florence H. Pettit's essay was a bit confusing but I got some help from my friends to analyze it.

Process Analysis/Student Paragraph and Essay.

Today, Is October/24/2011 I have learned that in Chapter#10 Writing and Doing, Preparation or background, Steps or Sequence,Order. Combination Process Analysis, And sugessted Topics and Prompts for writing Process Analysis This chapter has a whole lot of writing assignments to do. Directive Process Analysis that explains how to do something. Also, In each exercise it has different formats of informative Process Analysis. These writing formats has to do with alot of Cluess,Cops.

Brought the Wrong Book

I actually brought my psychology book in today instead of my EN100 one. I felt so stupid when I realized it. Other then that, we had a guest speaker today that briefed us about what to expect for the up coming extra credit. After that, we read the book and did an exercise that differed with the old and new book. Then towards the end of class, we graded our work. I was glad I didn't have to wait until next week to find out if I passed or not.

October 19

Hi everyone!
As much as I did not like going to school, now that I am out, I actually miss it. I really do not like missing out and having to do the readings on my own at home! Anyway, I read through Chapter 9 which was the Analysis of Division but I'm sure that with some help, I can be able to understand it much more better. Also, from reading everyone's posts, there was a guest speaker that came in today to speak about the extra credit? Can anyone please fill me in with that?! I know I signed up for that event so it would be nice to know all the info and everything.

Have a good weekend everyone! :)

10/19/11

Today I was twenty minutes late for class because I had to do last minute errands and got stuck in traffic. Two other students and I had to step out of class during the test review because we missed it. To be honest, I was not prepared for the test today, so I will be taking it tomorrow at GCC. Any one who missed the test, meet at GCC in room c4.

Jackie came in to talk to us about our extra credit for the Language Arts Conference on November 5. Then we started on Chapter 9: Analysis by Division. We learned the 4 steps in the procedure to guide you in writing an analysis.
Step 1. Begin with something that is a unit(subject).
Step 2. State one principle by which the unit can function.
Step 3. Divide the unit into parts according to that principle.
Step 4. Discuss each of the parts in relation to the unit.
We also corrected our test and I was happy with my grade! Hopefully everyone liked their grade!!

Today in class we went over Chapter 9 fast. This chapter is about analysis by division. I didn't get to hear that much of the lecture and reading on this chapter because I came in late. That means when I get home, I will have to go over it on my own. Hopefully I will be able to make it to class earlier than usual so I can understand the lesson better.

Took our second test on Monday. Again I forgot to study for it and I had to rely on my memory to answer all the questions. Next time I will remember to look at my calendar and study for the other tests that we will be taking during this course

10/19

Today, we finished Chapter 9. It was quite difficult to follow due to the books having different examples. Other than that, we have also encountered what we are to expect from the extra credit assignment. The tests were graded and I'm glad that I passed.

"Analyzing By Dividing"

Hafa Adai,
Today we went over chapter 9 which deals with the Four steps that are: The Procedure, Organization, Sequence of parts, and The two uses of analysis by division.
The Procedure consists of :
1. Begin with something that is a unit.
2. State one principle by which the unit can function.
3. Divide the unit into parts according to the principle.
4. Discuss each of the parts in it's relation to the point.
The Organization is using an outline of an analysis by division.
The Sequence of Parts has 3 sequences:
1.Time
2.Space
3. Emphasis
These are very helpful tips to follow, especially for our test.
Sincerely, Catherine T.Techaira

Analysis by Division

There are four steps to analysis by division - procedure, organization, sequence of parts, and review. We also performed an exercise to analyze the patterns in photo. Short chapter, but very informative.

Today in EN100, we started on Ch.9 Analysis by Division. We learned that there are specific procedures to writing an analysis by division. Step 1, begin with something that is a unit. Step 2, state one principle by which the unit can function. Step 3, divide the unit into parts according to that principle. Step 4, discuss each of the parts in relation to the unit. We practiced exercise 1 and graded test #2. Class was quick.

"Now Testing chapter 5&6"

Hafa Adai,
On Monday we had our 2nd test. I can say that I wasn't confident in getting the best grade. I went over the two chapters about 3 times before class. I hope I did a little better than I thought I did. I remembered most of the definitions and multiple choice. The test seemed harder when, I was taking it.
Sincerely, Catherine T.Techaira

October 19, 2011

Today in class, we learn about writing Analysis by division. There are four steps to follow and will guide you when writing. The first step is to begin with something that is a unit which will be the subject. The next step is to state one principle by which the unit can function. The third step is to divide the unit into parts according to that principle. Lastly is to discuss each of the parts in relation to the unit. I think that remembering all of these can really help you.

10-19-2011

Today we discussed Analysis by Division; which has four steps to its completion. Those four steps are to begin with something that is a unit (subject), state one principle by which the unit can function, divide the unit into parts according to that principle, and discuss each of the parts in relation to the unit. This process helps with with getting into detail about your topic and analyzing each point or supporting points.

Analysis by Division

Today, Is October/19/2011. We have discuss in class Procedures, Organizations, Sequences of Parts. Critical Thinking, Practicing patterns of Analysis by division. Writing On sequence of parts, Time, Space,Emphasis. Also Grading our Test Good Luck to all.

monday.

On Monday class, we took our number two test. The test was really difficult and I'm really nervous to know my grade. It was all about chapter five and six. I hope that everyone did well on the test. Have a good day everyone :)

October 19, 2011 WEDNESDAY

For today's class lesson, we have started Chapter 9 - Analysis by Division. The parts of the analysis by division are procedure, organization and sequence of parts. There are 4 steps to creating a procedure: step 1 begin with a subject, step 2 state a principle, step 3 divide the unit into parts according to the principle, and step 4 discuss each part in relation to the unit. Organize your essay by creating an outline, then organize the units in terms of sequence of parts which are time, and spaceemphasis. After understanding analysis by division, we did Exercise 1 which instructed us to analyze a specific character according to our own knowledge. We are done with Chapter 9! On to Chapter 10.

Analysis by Division

In analysis by division we learned or went over procedure, organization, and sequences of parts. Within the procedures we reviewed it has four steps into writing an analysis by division. Organization is a basic outline of the key points of the essay. Also in sequence of parts you have three basic guides time, space, and emphasis.

October, 19, 2011

Today we had a guest speaker. She spoke about the event that is going to take place on November 5, 2011. Next, we read chapter 9, Analysis by Division. There are two uses of analysis by division. Those are the restaurant review and short story review. After, we graded our test #2. I am surprised with what I got.

wednesday

So, today we had a guest speaker. Her name was Jackie. She seems really nice. She explained the extra credit work. For class, we talked about Analysis by Division. There are 4 steps.

Test#2

We took our second test of the semester and it is pretty good. It was some what similar to our first test, but a different chapter. I hope we did well and we all passed!

TEST

Yesterday, we took our test #2! I was quite nervous about it. I kept reading Chapters 5 & 6 to make sure that I fully understand and remember it. I believe that I did my best, although, I went blank at times. I think it was a little bit easier than the first test. Hopefully everybody gets a good grade though. I can't wait to find out what I got!

Yesterday we took our second test of the semester. I have to admit i was not well prepared. It was pretty difficult for me to recall certain things from chapter 5 and 6. Especially on the 2nd page. I wish whoever missed it good luck. Hopefully everyone got a passing grade.

October 17 :)

So, I can see that I missed the second test! And from reading everyone's posts, some thought it was easier than the first, and some thought it was harder! I hope everyone did well and are satisfied with their results all in all! Unfortunately, I'll have to make it up when I get back to school next month. Oh how I hate missing class and feeling like a lost puppy!

Second Test

I actually found the second test easier then the first! There was a lot of clues within the test that helped jog my memory. Im actually more confident about my grade this time around. I can't wait to see it on our next class session. See you all soon!

Test #2

I believe that today's test was more difficult than the first test. I really couldn't remember some of the answers to some of the questions. I really hope everyone did well though. It just goes to show that I need to study more.

Second Test

Today, we had our Test #2 about Chapter 5 and 6. In my point of view I think that today's test was kinda hard for me to answer all the materials. But I do hope I get a least a passing grade. Our next class will be held in the EC Computer Lab.

TEST #2

Today, October 17, 2011, was our Test #2 and it covered Chapters 5 and 6. I found the test to be fairly simple because I reviewed both chapters very well. We will find out our results on Wednesday and I hope we all have a good score! Don't forget we will be meeting at the computer lab for our next class session. Everyone have a great day!

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Chapters 5 & 6

Today was our 2nd test and hopefully I did well. I spaced-out on some parts of the test for some reason, don't really know why. Anyway, hope you all did well also. Test two was quite interesting.

Test #2

So today we took our second test of the semester. It was about chapter 5 and 6. I think that the test wasn't so hard. The question were quite easy to answer. I just hope that I passed.

test number2

So, today we took our 2nd test. I thought it was quite challenging. I know that next time i should study more. I just hope to pass.

On Wednesday, we had to do 3 things in the moodle room.First was our midterm and final self-reflection. Then we had to read chapter 8 and discuss the importance of exemplification. Writing using exaples is interesting. By using many examples in your writing, a reader gets to really understand your topic.

"Paragraphs, Essays, and Reports"

Hafa Adai,

I read over the book and acually understood what I read. I think that Discussion and Critical thinking allow you use the Writing Process to help improve the final descriptive paragraph. In order to have a complete narrative you need to include the situation , outcome, and the meaning. There are appropriate techniques like images that appeal to the senses, dialogue, and transitional devices. Remember to give details concerning action. Be consistent with the point of view. Make sure that narratives have an expository purpose that explains specific ideas. Don't forget the incident report.

Sincerely, Catherine T. Techaira

Today is our class is held in moodle room. We had several things to do today. We had to read Chapter 8-Exemplification: Writing with Examples. Exemplification means using examples to explain, convince, or amuse. I learned that it is important when writing your essays to keep the reader interested. It is also one of the most common and effective way of developing ideas. We also had to respond about Yegavin's paragraph. And lastly, upload our mid-term reflection paper.

I hope everybody was able to get everything done!

Exemplification!

Today on our online class, we were instructed to discuss the importance of exemplification. I found the topic very useful. The second requirement was to discuss exemplification used in Yegavian's essay. The essay was not interesting but it really clarified his intended topic descriptively. I found the essay a bit bias regarding imagery towards different ethnic cultures who might not be familiarly with his descriptions, such as the Turkish coffee. If someone who never tasted Turkish coffee before was told to imagine its taste, that person might find it hard to relate. Overall, it was a well written essay.

Online Class

Today, our class was held on our moddle room. We also have to post or upload our Midterm Reflection Paper before this day ends. I thought I won't be able to do it because I was absent Monday and I didn't know the format or the criteria for it. Fortunately, all the things that I was looking for are posted on the right side of our class blog. So, I was really thankful for that. :)

Have a great Weekend :)

10/12

Today, the midterm self-reflection was due. Luckily, I was able to complete it after working on it for quite some time. Also, today was our moodle room session. It was quite difficult since I wasn't able to really capture the idea of exemplification clearly.

Remember

I finally remembered to blog on our online session today. Having an online session for any class is hard because you don't need to attend any class, all you need to do is log in, type, and log off. By the way, don't forget to write your mid term self-reflection paper. Post it on Moodle before 11:55pm. Enjoy your weekend and don't party hardy too much.

It's Wednesday!

Hey guys! Hope you guys having a fun afternoon! We kind of got a lot on our plate unless all was done before the due date. Other than that, we just had our second essay done and we are pretty much half way to the semester! I hope next class meeting we all get a good understanding of exemplification. Did anyone have a little confusion? I had a bit, but after we all go through it together it would not be so bad. Enjoy your weekend!

Moodle Wednesday

Today is once again our online moodle session. There are two discussions that must be done today. We have to discuss the importance of exemplification, and give examples using this form of writing and we also have to discuss our thoughts on Yegavian's essay as well as the exemplification that was used in his essay. Don't forget our Midterm Self-Reflection is also due today. See you in moodle and have a great week!

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WEDNESDAY...

Today we had an online class. We had to discuss about exemplification and its importance. We also had to discuss what we think about Yegavian's story and discuss about the exemplification inside the story. Exemplification are very useful and it helps the writer to give more examples. Giving more examples can make a reader have interest in the essay and the reader will understand what the essay is mainly about. Yegavian's essay is a good essay example with good exemplification that makes the reader know what the essay will basically talk about.

Exemplification

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Class is held online in our EN100 moodle room. All we had to do was start reading chapter 8 which was about exemplification and examples of it. I learned that exemplification is one of the most common and effective ways to develop ideas about a topic and some examples can be in sentences, phrases, or even in single words. Then on the second assignment, we had to read Yegavian's essay on Southern California and we had to discuss our thoughts about it along with the exemplification that he used in his writing.

By reading what exemplification is, I partly understand what it is, but after reading Yegavian's essay, I kind if had a hard time identifying the examples he used in his essay. I think we should recap this section as a class next time so that I can better understand it AND because I don't want to feel lost with this part while everyone else gets is.

OH! Our mid-term self reflection papers are also due! Dont forget to upload those to our moodle room also. Remember that the criteria for it is given on the right hand side of our class blog.

10-10-11

I wish I could've made it to class today, but I had an appointment. I dislike missing classes because I feel as if I'm way behind and will be so lost on the next class. Although, I was able to go over the rest of Chapter 7. I have read "Yearning for Love" and "The Drag". I also went over exercise 11 and 12. The Writing Process Worksheet helped Mike a lot while writing his essay. It is a great tool for everybody to use when writing an essay.

10/10

Today, I was absent from class. I'm feeling a little bit under the weather. I know we were supposed to go over writing paragraphs and essays, but I wasn't able to make it to class unfortunately. My flu has taken a turn for the worse. I also read that we have a mid-term reflection due on Wednesday. Can someone please inform me about what the objective and guidelines of the reflection are? I hope to get better as soon as possible.

The Writing Process Worksheet is a very useful tool in writing. All we need to do is follow the three stages of the writing process. First, we brainstorm, freewrite, and cluster. Next, we organize using outlining. In the last stage, we write and revise the essay. Then write the final draft! :)

10/10/11

Today, I finally took the test I missed. Soon everyone will get their test back. The test was fairly easy with the help of studying. I did not get to do the two exercises everyone else did. I'll be sure to catch up when I get home.

Today in EN100, we finally finished Ch.7, Descriptive Narration: Moving through space and time. First, we read several examples of descriptive and narrative essays followed by discussion and critical thinking exercises. Hopefully we remember to use the descriptive narration writer's guidelines while completing our mid-term essays. The guidelines and today's lesson will be useful.

Monday!

Today we went over two stories which is the Yearning for Love and The Drag. After reading the essays, we had to answer some questions. We also read Rituals as Comfort for the Soul and discussed about it and how MLA was used in this story. We also discussed about the five parts of narration and how we can use it.

Today we did a recap on chapter 7. We read Chantra Shastri's essay "Yearning for Love." Her essay was about her not wanting to go through a arranged marriage, but she has no choice but to go through it because it's part of her culture's tradition. Then we read about Mike's essay "The Drag." His essay was about his experience in drag racing and reaching up to 230 m.p.h. Reading those two essays shows us how they annotated it and how to understand it better.

Yearning for Love / The Drag

Today's class we performed two exercises: Yearning for Love and The Drag. The first story was about an arranged marriage that the daughter did not agree with now being in America; however, as a traditional family, she has no choice. The second story talked about a race car driver with experience bustling through the tracks. In both stories, we learned how to identify the descriptive and narration.

Yuck, MONDAY

I strongly dislike Mondays, Oh well that's juts me. Today in class we went through chapter 7 and the different types of descriptive paragraphs. When writing an essay it is important to be descriptive so the reader can relate to the situation and have a vivid image of what the paragraph is about. Another thing we covered in class is the two types essay formats which is the MLA and APA.

blogging

Today's class was really relaxed. I didn't really stress out about it much. We did some exercises about essays. One thing that got to me was the prearranged marriage. That really gets me thinking. I learned that MLA means modern language association.

Writing Process Worksheet

In the space below,write whatever you need to know about your assignment,including information about the topic,audience,pattern of writing,length,whether to include a rough draft or revised drafts,and whether your paper must be typed.Assignment is very important for us.It can help make us clear to writing essay

Yearning for love

Chapter#7 It is Monday,Continuation I have learned about student paragraph,essay, and report and Writing Process, Exercise#11 answering critical thinking questions. Exercise#12 answering critical thinking, Also, Topics and Prompts for writing descriptive narration. And we have discuss on reading writing topics. General Topics,Cross Curricular Topics, Career Related Topics,Writing Guidelines. Also, Modern Language Association, American Psychological Association.

October 10

It's MONDAY again!
We began class with finishing off where we left off last class, chapter 7, which was the student paragraph, essay, and report. We then completed exercise 11 and 12 which were to read the essays given then answer discussion and critical thinking questions that were in relates to them. I thought that those exercises were very easy to do. We also reviewed the WRITER'S GUIDELINES on Descriptive Narration to help with our next test and that was basically all we did today. Cheers to an easy, smooth Monday...

Dont forget that our next class session is online AND we must all turn in our mid-term self reflection papers as well. Have a good rest of the week...

Back in Class

Today I went to class feeling better. I got my grade for our first test and I felt that I could of done more to improve my score. We started class with a sad essay of a girl who's going through an arranged marriage that could not be avoided. After that, we completed an exercise that was really easy and moved on to another essay that was about drag racing. The exercise for that essay was a bit harder but I still completed it before the time limit. Todays meeting had a lot of essays that we needed to review. I learned how to better comprehend essays and practiced my critical thinking skills.

MONDAY :P

Oh Monday, don't you just love it!!! Today's class wasn't so bad being that its a Monday. The best example of a discriptive essay was 'Yearning for Love'. It was a good concept and a sad story. Also, the Critical Thinking Exercises were really helpful because it made me understand the main idea of the passage and other points that I missed when we first read it as a class. Enjoy the rest of your week & weekend everbody. I'm going back home for the weekend so I know I will. See you on Moodle.

October 10, 2011 MONDAY

In the beginning of class, Professor Rivera showed me the result of my test grade and I am happy to know that I received an A. I'll be working hard here on after to continue to keep my grades up. For today's lesson, we have read Yearning for Love by Chantra Shastri and we also did Exercise 11. This exercise made us further understand the situation of a story. Afterwards, we have gone over a descriptive paragraph narration, The Drag by Mike Kavanagh. This helped us understand the description and narrative much better. Afterwards, we had to analyze Rituals as Comfort Food for the Soul by Adam Rensky to understand more about MLA formatting.
Today was a great session! Don't forget to do your Midterm Self-Reflection and turn it in tomorrow. See you all next week.

October 10, 2011

Today we started off the day by reading a paragraph called "Yearning for Love." After we did an exercise about it. It was really quite easy. The second exercise was similar to the first one. Although it is similar, I think it was easier than the first. Last, we went over the writer's guidelines on descriptive narration. The guidelines help us with our descriptive narrative essays.

Continuation

Basically this afternoon we continued chapter seven, descriptive and narration. We went over few exercises that dealt with critical thinking and discussion. The last part of the chapter allows you to understand the written passage that is given and lets the reader better understand the meaning of the passage.

Last Week Wednesday

I know, i'm so late on blogging! Well anyways, last time we met, we went over Chapter 7: Description Narration- Moving Through Space and Time. We went over so many things; a lot of reading. The five narrative patterns are Situation, Conflict, Struggle, Outcome, and Meaning. The techniques of descriptive writing are dominant impression, word choice, point of view and order. We also went over the two descriptions, which is Objective description that shows fact and no feelings and Subjective that shows opinions and feelings. Then we did some exercises to help us better understand what we went over. Oh yeah, I even saw my test score after class and I was happy with my score!

Descriptive Narration

The purpose of a narrative descriptive essay is to tell a story vividly to appeal to the reader’s senses. The more sensory images, or description, that is used to tell a story, the more interesting it will be to readers. Narrative descriptive essays are commonly assigned in first-year college writing classes, and writing one involves many steps.

At our last meeting in EN100, we went through Ch. 7, Description Narration: Moving through space and time. We learned that a narrative is an account of an incident or a series of incidents that make up a complete and significant action. Each narrative has 5 parts: Situation, the background for the action, Conflict, a problem in the surroundings, Struggle, manner of dealing with the subject, Outcome, the result of the struggle, and Meaning, the significance of the story. There are four specific tasks: Emphasize a single point, choose your words with care, establish a perspective from which to describe your subject, and position the details for order. In class we did exercises one and two. I found them kind of difficult only because i did not really understand the outline.

Family Emergency

I wasn't able attend class do to a family emergency, which required me to supervise my two younger brothers. I also had no access to a computer while at my grandmothers house, preventing me from blogging until the next morning. I did manage to go over chapter 7 Descriptive Narrative. This chapter talkes about situation, conflict, struggle, outcome, and meaning. I also went over the two different types of descriptions, objective and subjective. Objective descriptions are based on facts and subjective descriptions revolve around opinions. I haven't gotten to complete the following exercises yet but I will after blogging. I apologize again for not attending class and I hope to see you all on our next class meeting.

Appointment

Today I had an appointment so I wasn't able to make it to today's class session. However on my own time I did go over Chapter 7: Descriptive Narration. In any pattern of writing, there is a form of narration and a description that comes along with it. There are 5 narrative patterns which are Situation, Conflict, Struggle, Outcome and Meaning. Situation is what the narrative is about. Conflict may be a problem that occurs in the surroundings, with another person or within the individual themselves. This problem creates struggle. The struggle adds action or engagement which creates the plot of the narrative. The outcome is the result of the struggle. Finally, meaning is the message and significance of the story.

Point of View shows the writer's relationship to the material and the subject and may be viewed through first person or third person perspective.

The types of Descriptive Patterns are: objective description (clearly presents the subject with clarity) and subjective description, also known as emotional description, (conveys a feeling about the subject and makes a point).

See you all on our next class session! Enjoy your weekend.

10/5/2011

Today we read and discussed chapter 7. The five narrative patterns are situation, conflict, struggle, outcome and meaning. The two types of description are objective description, which is facts; no feelings and subjective description, which is opinion and emotion. The first exercise was to identify the situation, conflict, struggle and outcome and meaning on the topic "A random, Unexpected, and Welcome Act of Kindness". The second exercise was to complete an outline on a cheating student. These exercises we're tough, but now I have a clearer understanding of what we learned today.

Descriptive Narration

In class we learned that there are 2 types of description. There is the objective, which is based on facts and the subjective, which is more on the emotions. There are also the four techniques of descriptive writing.  They are the Dominant Impression, Word choice, Point of view and Order. All of these are very important when writing a descriptive narration.

Descriptive Narration

Today's class we covered descriptive narration. The narritive is defined as an acount of an incident or a series of incidents that make up a complete and significant action. There are five parts: situation, conflict, struggle, outcome, and meaning. We also did an exercise addressing these five parts. The other exercise on "Cheating Student" I kind of struggled with because was not sure whether to snitch or not. I think it depends on the situation and the implications upon oneself if decided to do so.

Descriptive Narration

Today, our class went over Chapter 7. The chapter was pretty interesting and contained vivid imagery. The exercise for today was also quite amusing as we practiced narrative patterns. It was a little hard for me to do the exercise, but I was able to complete it in time.

Almost FRIDAY :)

Descriptive Writing was our lesson for the class. It was a great subject because I love writing descriptive essays. When I describe something especially a situation I tend to go on and on and on with details about what is happening. I do this so my readers would fully understand the situation. To write a discriptive piece one must practice dominant impression, careful word choice, express a point of view and order. When you have all these four techniques in check, you find your self not only telling a story but making your reader and audience feel like they too are a character in your story.

Wednesday Class...

Today in class we discussed chapter 7 which is Descriptive Narration: Moving Through Space and Time. There are five parts of a narrative: Situation, Conflict, Struggle, Outcome, and Meaning. There are two types of description which is objective description and subjective description. The four techniques of descriptive writing is dominant impression, word choice, point of view and order. We made a few exercises to help us understand more about this chapter. I can see that these exercises has helped me.

Wednesday class

Today in class we went over descriptive narration. Narrative is an account of an incident or a series of incidents that make up a complete and significant action. In class we also covered the four techniques in descriptive wrtiting which are dominant impression, word choice, point of view, and order. These wrtiting techniques are helpful especially when writing an essay to describe an event.

October 5, 2011

Today in class, we learned that a Narrative Essay deals with our everyday lives, our experiences and stories that can entertain people. It has five parts, the situation, conflict, struggle, outcome and the meaning. These parts should be in a narrative story or else the reader will not be able to completely understand it. We also learned about the Descriptive writing and how it has two types. The first type of a Descriptive Writing is the objective description which presents the subject clearly and directly. The second type is the subjective description, it deals with clarity and direct but unlike the first type it conveys or shows feelings about the subject.

Writing Descriptive Narration

As patterns of writing,description and narration are almost always associated.You would almost never describe something without relating it to something else,especially to a story or a narrative.And you would seldom narrate something(tell the story)without including some description.All three elements-dominant impression,point of view,and order-work together in a well-written description.It help us how to write a story or a narrative.

October 5, 2011

Today, we learned about technique descriptive narration. I liked today's class. It made me really think about the way I write. It really gives me options and techniques of writing different kinds of essays.

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For today's class we went over chapter 7, descriptive narration. We got to learn the difference between objective and subjective. Objectives are facts and have no emotions while subjective are opinions and feelings. In writing a descriptive writing there are four points, dominant impression, word choice, point of view, and order. With these four steps it can all help us write a clear outline of a descriptive essay or paragraph.

"Descriptive Narration"

Hafa Adai,
Today we went over the five narrative patterns which are: Situation, Conflict, Struggle, Outcome, and Meaning. Situation:Identify the kind of problem . Conflict: Indicate when and where it occurred. Struggle and Outcome: Provide an account of what happened. Meaning: If appropriate, write a recommendation for what could be done to avoid a repetition of such an incident. The Point of view shows the relation of the writer to the subject, and usually remains the same throughout the passage. The first person is involved or detached. The third person is a point of view. There are two types of descriptions which are : The objective description which has facts and no emotions, and the subjective description which has opinions and feelings. The Techniques of Descriptive Writing are:
1. Dominant Impression
2.Word Choice
3.Point of View
4. Order
Sincerely, Catherine T.Techaira

October 5

We got our grades back from test #1 that we took last class here & I hope that everybody was satisified with their results. Now we all have a general taste on how the next test is going to be.
We also began reading chapter 7 which is "Descriptive Narration." In this reading we learned that there are 5 narrative patterns: situation, conflict, struggle, outcome, and meaning. The techniques of descriptive writing are: dominant impression, word choice, point of view, and order. The two types of description are objectice which is fact-no emotion, and subjective which is opinion-feelings. We then completed exercise 2 which was to complete the pattern to the topic set in our books or any other topic of our choice. I found that exercise really easy to do and understand. Then, we had to work on the exercise before that, 1, which was to complete the following outline given in the textbook.
We covered quite alot of readings and it's a lot to remember. See everyone back on Monday! Have a good weekend!

Test Results....

Today we started off class by getting our test results. I'm not surprised with what I got. I didn't study much, but I passed. I am happy with that. After that we went on as usual, reading our textbook. We review descriptive narration. The narrative is an account of an incident or a series of incidents that make up a complete and significant action. It has five parts. The five parts are situation, conflict, struggle, outcome, and meaning. We also went over objective and subjective description. The difference between them is that the subjective description has emotion to it and the objective description doesn't. I hope to learn more about both the subjective and objective descriptions.

ONLiNE SESSiON!! :)

So on Monday we has our class online. We discussed Leah's essay. On her first draft, she had the chance to brainstorm and free write. She then edit it and wrote the final draft. All in all I think she did a great job. By following the writing process, she managed to write a very well written essay.

Monday Class !

On Monday we had an online class. We discussed about Leah's essay. She used the three stages of the writing process to do her essay. I really think that her essay is a really good example that we can look at and write our own essay. At the end she edited her writing and it turned out well and we could really understand what she's writing about.

Moodle Monday

Hello everyone! Yesterday was our online class which took place in our Moodleroom. I hope all of you were able to make it. We had to discuss Leah's essay and why we think the Writing Process Worksheet is convenient and resourceful. The more we learn in our English class, the better writers we become. Tomorrows class session October 5th, will take place at the Computer Lab. See you all there!

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Leah's Essay

Was able to review Leah's essay as part of our moodle online assignment. Have observed her to utilize almost all of the writing techniques that is available through the writing process. She included freewriting, brainstorming, cluster, outlining which resulted in her finishing product. Her step by step use of these array of writing methods helped her produce an easy to read write-up. I think she did really well.

So moodle online session yesterday for en100. The discussion on writing the essay was not difficult at all. We just had to discuss our reaction to Leah's first and final draft. She did a great job and it was pretty interesting to read. Learning that women in prison liked to have a sweat lodge to just relax in, or even that they had a daily routine was pretty interesting to know. Moodle online sessions are simple.

'The Clash of the Stages!"

Hafa Adai,

Our class session was about how Leah had combined all the stages of the writing process to write an outstanding paper. If we aren't clear with a certain stage, we can go over Leah's example to clarify. I love freewriting, and the finished product. I enjoy drafting also, but then again it's a lot of critical thinking.

Sincerely, Catherine T. Techaira

THANK GOD!

Well, I finally have internet connection at home. Now I'll never be unable to blog... yay blog!

October 3

I just love online class sessions. Today, we just basically discussed Leah's essay on the "Student Demonstration of All Stages of the Writing Process." This was fairly simple to talk about because it just showed us Leah's essay step by step on each stage of writing. I believe that it was a well essay because she correctly revised and edited everything so that her essay came out well in the end. I think that if we all continue to practice the stages and make it a habit to edit like Leah, we will always present awesome essays.
Overall, today was a resourceful day. I'll see everyone on Wednesday!

10/03/11

I love having class online, it is very convenient. Todays assignment was to read chapter 6 and to read and review Leah's essay. I thought Leah did a very good job with her essay. Her final was well formulated. See you all on Wednesday!

Writing the Essay

The Writing Process Worksheet was very interesting to learn about. It makes me feel as though writing can be a little bit easier with the help of the worksheet. A good example would be to read Leah's essay in the text. Her final draft was very good.

October 3, 2011

Today, our class was held online in our moodle room. We had to read Chapter 6: Writing the Essay.

I hope that we get our test results on Wednesday and I hope everyone did well.

:)

Online Sesh!

So today is another one of our online sessions. We had to discuss our thoughts on Leah's essay. I think she did great on her essay. It was well organized. I hope to see you all on Wednesday. Have a good day!

blog

So, today I went to class, only to find out that class was held online. I actually waited the whole day for class. Well, it's okay. This is a lesson to be learned. I read Leah's essay, and I think it was well constructed.

Writing Process

Today, is October/3/2011. I have Learned studied Statements and Questions, Writing an Introduction, Student Demonstration of all stages of the Writing Process. I also learned that their are many ineffective ways of concluding an essay 1. A summary when a summary is unnecessary, A complaint about the Assignment, An After thought, A tagged conclussion, A conclusion that raises additional problems. 1. Writing Paragraph, Introduction,Developmental,Transitional Concluding. Introductions, Direct statement of thesis Background definition qualtation, Shocking statement.

TEST & BLOG!!!

So Wednesday's test wasn't so bad. I don't say that because I am confident that I did well but it was because I feel a bit relieved because we did have A LOT if extra credit questions. The thought that I wasn't as prepared as I wanted to be only because I procrastinated and underestimated the test. Remind me to NEVER do that again :) Anyway today's class is about Chapter 6, which required us to read an essay and practice writing our own through the worksheet. That allowed us to practice organizational skills that are extremely important when writing a college worthy essay.

ModdleRoom`

So far, we took our test and now we are on moddle! Our assignment basically covers chapter six, and the writing process worksheet. The worksheet gives a good outline for creating new ideas and how to follow through the stages of the writing process. I hope everyone found it useful :) See you guys next class!

Test`

Hey guys! We just took our first test! I hope all did well. At first I was nervous thinking what else might be on the test. If we needed to write any essays in the ending of the test, other than that the test was good. It was not so bad. What did you guys think?

Today is our class is held online in our moodleroom. We had to discuss our thoughts on Leah's essay and why we feel that the Writing Process Worksheet is resourceful. I think that the Writing Process Worksheet is very important when writing up an essay. It takes you through the steps along the way and keeps your writing organized.

TEST

The test is over,and i feel i did bad in the test.So i believe that i can have a low mark in the test.After this,i think everyday's review of work is necessary,because this makes the knowledge impress you,and of course,you will succeed!I hope everyone have good luck.

Test #1

So on Wednesday, September 28, 2011, we had our first test. It was somewhat easy, but I can't say for sure that I'll get an A. The test had multiple choice, true or false, matching, and short answer questions. If I had studied good I wouldn't have had any problems with the questions, but now that I know what to expect from the tests I will study extra hard for the next one! :)

TEST !

On Wednesday class we took our first test. The test was multiple choice, matching, true or false and short answers. The test had extra credits that we can do and get points. Overall the test was good and also challenging. Good luck to everyone.