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Edited by Ciara Banks
My Interviewee was LaCorey Cunningham a sophomore student that attends
Chapel Hill University and is majoring in exercise science while participating in
work study to help provide funds for school. LaCorey Cunningham grew up in a 3
sibling and 2 parent household in which she experienced a lot and learned even
more. LaCorey was the middle child and had an older sister and a younger brother.
Her older sister Latonia was a great athlete competing in volleyball as well as
basketball where she would go on to receiving a full scholarship to western
Carolina to continue her volleyball career. LaTonia was mediocre when it came to
school and making outstanding grades. With this being said Latonia never made
below a c in school. LaCoreys little brother Greg was also an outstanding athlete
in whom he competed in track as well as football. He would go on to receive a full
football scholarship in football at UNCC. Gregory was also mediocre when it came
to performing in the classroom. He was extremely lazy in school and only did
enough to get by. LaCorey also played sports; she participated in track, volleyball,
and basketball. LaCorey was good in sports but not as interested in it as her
siblings and felt like she was always over looked in the household. LaCorey
suffered from what she called middle child syndrome. LaCorey then began looking
for ways to make her happy and her parents proud as her she felt her siblings did.
LaCorey took a different approach and decided to take her school work as serious
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as possible and competed in grades harder than any of her siblings had competed in
sports. This was good and benefitted her because not only did it help her feel better
about herself it was something she was really good at due to the fact that she was
already far more intelligent than she even knew. It had gotten to the point where
she never made a B in school. She received only one be her middle school career
and 3 her high school career. The rest of her schooling consisted of As all the way
across the board.
LaCorey is someone I not only look up to but admire as a person. She takes
school so serious and hasnt made below an A on the college level and she has
never made below an A in English itself. For this type of history I feel as if she
would be more than successful in todays educational system. I feel that she is just
one of those people that just has a knack for learning and just get it, which is a very
special characteristic to have. On assignment one my response was Is there really
a prejudice when it comes to professors and there grading of a paper with variety
and foreign dialect? Should a student be forced to speak and write in a certain
dialect? Could a person with too much of a distinct dialect be graded harsher than
one with a common dialect? My initial reaction to the piece was, "what in the
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world am I reading?" As I continued to read and got to the third page, I was
quickly drawn in by the topic. This is a vital concern because it's something that
occurs everywhere. Everyone is unique in every way including their dialect so why
should this be a personal flaw when it comes to constructing papers. According to
what my response was it was evident that I felt that dialect diversity should be
allowed but to a certain extent. Based of the interview questions in which I had
LaCorey answer, 1 at what age did u learn to read and write? 2 How do you feel
about reading? 3 Does this affect your way of writing 4 How many schools have
you attended during your life 5 How did you get taught your reading and writing
skills 6 How did school affect your way of writing 7 Has your reading or writing
style changed overtime 8 Did any of your jobs require a lot of writing? 9 Did your
school affect your speaking habits? 10 Did any of your past jobs require a certain
writing technique 11 What are your strengths in reading and writing?12 how often
does it require reading for your current job? 13 What are your weaknesses in
reading and writing? 14 Is your writing and speaking dialect the same? 15 What is
your favorite book? 16 Are you a student? 17 Should we be able to write in our
own dialect? 18 What is your primary language? 19) What is your education
background? 20) What is your name and where are you from? She felt the same
way as long as it was interpretable and included grammar. For example a paper
that followed all the guidelines of the rubric should be accepted and this is a prime
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example Today is my first writing assignment in my freshman course English
class. I am attending West Charlotte high school and my mother does not approve,
but who cares? I surely dont! When making my decision as to what high school I
should attend my AAU track coach who also coached at west charlotte persuaded
me to attend his school. My home school had just been changed a year before due
to the new school that was built, Mallard Creek high school. I didnt want to go to
a new school because I didnt know how their athletic program would be. Also, all
my friends were there and I knew I would get into a lot of trouble by goofing off
on a regular basis. My friends and I stayed in trouble we were really immature. My
father and I soon came to the conclusion that West Charlotte was the place for me.
I didnt know anyone, I would have a fresh start, and I would have to mature rather
quickly seeing that the school wasnt on the best side of town. My dad called it
growing up and becoming a man. Back to my writing assignment! The assignment
was to express yourself through a well-put together paper. I had fun with the
assignment and put everything down that mattered. I worked as diligently as
possible and got a fair grade on the assignment. Thats where the problem
occurred; my paper in which I worked so hard on the first day of class was just
fair. I had really worked hard and couldnt figure out why she took certain points
off for my style and the way I worded things.
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Today my teacher gave the whole class a systematic way of writing in
which we had to follow each and every day. The system was rather straight
forward and to the point and told you exactly how she had expected to see your
paper. On these cut out consisted: how many paragraphs were expected, what each
paragraph consisted of, (intro, 3 ideas, then conclusion.), the transition words you
should use in each paragraph and each paragraph varied, and what point you were
looking to make in each sentence of each paragraph. This made writing soooo
much easier for me. Not only did it make writing easier and straighter forward, but
also it made it mundane and difficult to be whom you were through your paper. So
when we are asked to do papers about our self, they all ended up being somewhat
the same due to the key transition words everyone had to use in each certain
sentence in each different paragraph. I really appreciated the concept but, I wanted
my papers to be way different from anyone else in the class so my teacher
wouldnt get bored grading my paper and grade it more harshly.
Today in my English II class (10th grade English) my teacher made us write
a journal for our warm up. In this class we were forced to write a journal for a
warm up each and every day. For our journal we would have to write a page front
and back and under the time limit in which the teacher provided for us. Depending
on how long the topic was our teacher would give us 5- 10 minutes. Her aim was
to get us to get started on our papers faster and not waste too much time thinking.
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After the completing of our warm ups, our teacher would then make us share to
show the different backgrounds. This would show everyones different dialect and
way of writing.
Today class our English teacher made us read different articles. These
articles talked about the different ways you can express yourself. It had different
adjectives and even ideas when it came to formatting papers. It told us what types
of papers we could write as well as when it was appropriate to write these different
papers. This was the day that my teacher expressed to us that we must develop our
own writers style. Not only that but we must get comfortable with writing and
make it become our second nature. She explained to us that writing wouldnt go
away and if we didnt began to like it now that it would kick us in the butt as we
advanced in grade level as well as age.
Today my teachers made us come into class pick up a slip of paper off her
desk and prepare a formal essay. This was no ordinary essay; this essay was in
essay form but was done verbally. We were giving 5 min to write what every we
wanted but this wasnt enough time to write what she was asking for exactly. We
then went on to find out that what she wanted from us to be creative but also write
a main topic for each paragraph along with two main points to go along with each.
While doing this, it gave people the opportunity to express who they were as
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people and get their point across without being systematic. Although there were
still guidelines, you had to talk formally (no slang) and, utilize the use of word
endings.
Today my English teacher went over the different ways she expects to
receive a paper. She asked us if our previous teacher had taught us to
systematically write our papers a certain way. Of course everyone in the class told
her yes. This is when she suggested that we should develop our own identity when
it came to writing. She said when reading our papers she should be able to tell it
was Gregorys work. By this she meant we need our own style or charisma. She
said that when you develop such panache it makes it easier to tell you havent
plagiarized when doing a big assignment such as a research paper. I get my first
assignment in college and its based on writers dialect. We were told to read an
article and basically give our insight on the article and how we feel about it. Seeing
that in the past Ive had different types of teachers and they had different view on
this topic. Me personally I think that everyone should be different when it comes to
writers dialect, let your dialect shine through your paper! Dont write
systematically let your individuality take
over.
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This assignment was rather fun and I wish all writing assignments took this
fashion. It was pretty much free of a certain way of writing and this was something
I had everlasting ideas doing. I had so many ideas I lost my train of thought
multiple times and was too unsure of what I needed to have in my paper. Once I
was ready to wrap up my paper I was also unsure on how I would do so. It was my
first time doing journal entries instead of an actual paper so it was pretty much trial
and error. In doing this paper I realized that Id rather people who writes something
to have their own identity. By thus I feel that writers dialect is necessary and
should be allowed in writing everywhere. After assignment one we proceeded into
assignment two in which we were to interview someone and transcribe into a
fashion I had never worked with or completed before. Within this assignment two,
we had to have multiple guideline to follow which was outlined on our rubric. One
of those outlines was our reflection. My reflection two was as follows,
Assignment two I found extremely difficult do to the fact that we had to
inreview someone we felt worthy for the assignment and transcribe it word for
word. This meant that we had to wright every single thing down that we recored
and put it into our paper. After that we had to complete the assignment rough draft
and all. This was something I wasnt exactly use nor was I exposed to it. I was
thinking to myself how would I be able to actively ask questions listen record and
do all of the things requested knowing I would have to go in later in transcribe
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everything I heard. Although I felt this was a difficult task I eventually got it done.
For assignment three we were told to write a 2,000 word paper in which I felt
would be too difficult. In the end it wasnt that bad after all.
Edited by Kariym Gent
My Interviewee was LaCorey Cunningham a sophomore student that attends
Chapel Hill University and is majoring in exercise science while participating in
work study to help provide funds for school. LaCorey Cunningham grew up in a 3
sibling and 2 parent household in which she experienced a lot and learned even
more. LaCorey was the middle child and had an older sister and a younger brother.
Her older sister Latonia was a great athlete competing in volleyball as well as
basketball where she would go on to receiving a full scholarship to western
Carolina to continue her volleyball career. LaTonia was mediocre when it came to
school and making outstanding grades. With this being said Latonia never made
below a c in school. LaCoreys little brother Greg was also an outstanding athlete
in whom he competed in track as well as football. He would go on to receive a full
football scholarship in football at UNCC. Gregory was also mediocre when it came
to performing in the classroom. He was extremely lazy in school and only did
enough to get by. LaCorey also played sports; she participated in track, volleyball,
and basketball. LaCorey was good in sports but not as interested in it as her
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siblings and felt like she was always over looked in the household. LaCorey
suffered from what she called middle child syndrome. LaCorey then began looking
for ways to make her happy and her parents proud as her she felt her siblings did.
LaCorey took a different approach and decided to take her school work as serious
as possible and competed in grades harder than any of her siblings had competed in
sports. This was good and benefitted her because not only did it help her feel better
about herself it was something she was really good at due to the fact that she was
already far more intelligent than she even knew. It had gotten to the point where
she never made a B in school. She received only one be her middle school career
and 3 her high school career. The rest of her schooling consisted of As all the way
across the board.
LaCorey is someone I not only look up to but admire as a person. She takes
school so serious and hasnt made below an A on the college level and she has
never made below an A in English itself. For this type of history I feel as if she
would be more than successful in todays educational system. I feel that she is just
one of those people that just has a knack for learning and just get it, which is a very
special characteristic to have. On assignment one my response was Is there really
a prejudice when it comes to professors and there grading of a paper with variety
and foreign dialect? Should a student be forced to speak and write in a certain
dialect? Could a person with too much of a distinct dialect be graded harsher than
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one with a common dialect? My initial reaction to the piece was, "what in the
world am I reading?" As I continued to read and got to the third page, I was
quickly drawn in by the topic. This is a vital concern because it's something that
occurs everywhere. Everyone is unique in every way including their dialect so why
should this be a personal flaw when it comes to constructing papers. According to
what my response was it was evident that I felt that dialect diversity should be
allowed but to a certain extent. Based of the interview questions in which I had
LaCorey answer, 1 at what age did u learn to read and write? 2 How do you feel
about reading? 3 Does this affect your way of writing 4 How many schools have
you attended during your life 5 How did you get taught your reading and writing
skills 6 How did school affect your way of writing 7 Has your reading or writing
style changed overtime 8 Did any of your jobs require a lot of writing? 9 Did your
school affect your speaking habits? 10 Did any of your past jobs require a certain
writing technique 11 What are your strengths in reading and writing?12 how often
does it require reading for your current job? 13 What are your weaknesses in
reading and writing? 14 Is your writing and speaking dialect the same? 15 What is
your favorite book? 16 Are you a student? 17 Should we be able to write in our
own dialect? 18 What is your primary language? 19) What is your education
background? 20) What is your name and where are you from? She felt the same
way as long as it was interpretable and included grammar. For example a paper
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that followed all the guidelines of the rubric should be accepted and this is a prime
example Today is my first writing assignment in my freshman course English
class. I am attending West Charlotte high school and my mother does not approve,
but who cares? I surely dont! When making my decision as to what high school I
should attend my AAU track coach who also coached at west charlotte persuaded
me to attend his school. My home school had just been changed a year before due
to the new school that was built, Mallard Creek high school. I didnt want to go to
a new school because I didnt know how their athletic program would be. Also, all
my friends were there and I knew I would get into a lot of trouble by goofing off
on a regular basis. My friends and I stayed in trouble we were really immature. My
father and I soon came to the conclusion that West Charlotte was the place for me.
I didnt know anyone, I would have a fresh start, and I would have to mature rather
quickly seeing that the school wasnt on the best side of town. My dad called it
growing up and becoming a man. Back to my writing assignment! The assignment
was to express yourself through a well-put together paper. I had fun with the
assignment and put everything down that mattered. I worked as diligently as
possible and got a fair grade on the assignment. Thats where the problem
occurred; my paper in which I worked so hard on the first day of class was just
fair. I had really worked hard and couldnt figure out why she took certain points
off for my style and the way I worded things.
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Today my teacher gave the whole class a systematic way of writing in which
we had to follow each and every day. The system was rather straight forward and
to the point and told you exactly how she had expected to see your paper. On these
cut out consisted: how many paragraphs were expected, what each paragraph
consisted of, (intro, 3 ideas, then conclusion.), the transition words you should use
in each paragraph and each paragraph varied, and what point you were looking to
make in each sentence of each paragraph. This made writing soooo much easier for
me. Not only did it make writing easier and straighter forward, but also it made it
mundane and difficult to be whom you were through your paper. So when we are
asked to do papers about our self, they all ended up being somewhat the same due
to the key transition words everyone had to use in each certain sentence in each
different paragraph. I really appreciated the concept but, I wanted my papers to be
way different from anyone else in the class so my teacher wouldnt get bored
grading my paper and grade it more harshly.
Today in my English II class (10th grade English) my teacher made us write
a journal for our warm up. In this class we were forced to write a journal for a
warm up each and every day. For our journal we would have to write a page front
and back and under the time limit in which the teacher provided for us. Depending
on how long the topic was our teacher would give us 5- 10 minutes. Her aim was
to get us to get started on our papers faster and not waste too much time thinking.
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After the completing of our warm ups, our teacher would then make us share to
show the different backgrounds. This would show everyones different dialect and
way of writing.
Today class our English teacher made us read different articles. These
articles talked about the different ways you can express yourself. It had different
adjectives and even ideas when it came to formatting papers. It told us what types
of papers we could write as well as when it was appropriate to write these different
papers. This was the day that my teacher expressed to us that we must develop our
own writers style. Not only that but we must get comfortable with writing and
make it become our second nature. She explained to us that writing wouldnt go
away and if we didnt began to like it now that it would kick us in the butt as we
advanced in grade level as well as age.
Today my teachers made us come into class pick up a slip of paper off her
desk and prepare a formal essay. This was no ordinary essay; this essay was in
essay form but was done verbally. We were giving 5 min to write what every we
wanted but this wasnt enough time to write what she was asking for exactly. We
then went on to find out that what she wanted from us to be creative but also write
a main topic for each paragraph along with two main points to go along with each.
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While doing this, it gave people the opportunity to express who they were as
people and get their point across without being systematic. Although there were
still guidelines, you had to talk formally (no slang) and, utilize the use of word
endings.
Today my English teacher went over the different ways she expects to
receive a paper. She asked us if our previous teacher had taught us to
systematically write our papers a certain way. Of course everyone in the class told
her yes. This is when she suggested that we should develop our own identity when
it came to writing. She said when reading our papers she should be able to tell it
was Gregorys work. By this she meant we need our own style or charisma. She
said that when you develop such panache it makes it easier to tell you havent
plagiarized when doing a big assignment such as a research paper. I get my first
assignment in college and its based on writers dialect. We were told to read an
article and basically give our insight on the article and how we feel about it. Seeing
that in the past Ive had different types of teachers and they had different view on
this topic. Me personally I think that everyone should be different when it comes to
writers dialect, let your dialect shine through your paper! Dont write
systematically let your individuality take
over.
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This assignment was rather fun and I wish all writing assignments took this
fashion. It was pretty much free of a certain way of writing and this was something
I had everlasting ideas doing. I had so many ideas I lost my train of thought
multiple times and was too unsure of what I needed to have in my paper. Once I
was ready to wrap up my paper I was also unsure on how I would do so. It was my
first time doing journal entries instead of an actual paper so it was pretty much trial
and error. In doing this paper I realized that Id rather people who writes something
to have their own identity. By thus I feel that writers dialect is necessary and
should be allowed in writing everywhere. After assignment one we proceeded into
assignment two in which we were to interview someone and transcribe into a
fashion I had never worked with or completed before. Within this assignment two,
we had to have multiple guideline to follow which was outlined on our rubric. One
of those outlines was our reflection. My reflection two was as follows,
Assignment two I found extremely difficult do to the fact that we had to
inreview someone we felt worthy for the assignment and transcribe it word for
word. This meant that we had to wright every single thing down that we recored
and put it into our paper. After that we had to complete the assignment rough draft
and all. This was something I wasnt exactly use nor was I exposed to it. I was
thinking to myself how would I be able to actively ask questions listen record and
do all of the things requested knowing I would have to go in later in transcribe
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everything I heard. Although I felt this was a difficult task I eventually got it done.
For assignment three we were told to write a 2,000 word paper in which I felt
would be too difficult. In the end it wasnt that bad after all.
Edited by Timothy Smith
My Interviewee was LaCorey Cunningham a sophomore student that attends
Chapel Hill University and is majoring in exercise science while participating in
work study to help provide funds for school. LaCorey Cunningham grew up in a 3
sibling and 2 parent household in which she experienced a lot and learned even
more. LaCorey was the middle child and had an older sister and a younger brother.
Her older sister Latonia was a great athlete competing in volleyball as well as
basketball where she would go on to receiving a full scholarship to western
Carolina to continue her volleyball career. LaTonia was mediocre when it came to
school and making outstanding grades. With this being said Latonia never made
below a c in school. LaCoreys little brother Greg was also an outstanding athlete
in whom he competed in track as well as football. He would go on to receive a full
football scholarship in football at UNCC. Gregory was also mediocre when it came
Organize information and put it in
order so it flows and makes sense
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to performing in the classroom. He was extremely lazy in school and only did
enough to get by. LaCorey also played sports; she participated in track, volleyball,
and basketball. LaCorey was good in sports but not as interested in it as her
siblings and felt like she was always over looked in the household. LaCorey
suffered from what she called middle child syndrome. LaCorey then began looking
for ways to make her happy and her parents proud as her she felt her siblings did.
LaCorey took a different approach and decided to take her school work as serious
as possible and competed in grades harder than any of her siblings had competed in
sports. This was good and benefitted her because not only did it help her feel better
about herself it was something she was really good at due to the fact that she was
already far more intelligent than she even knew. It had gotten to the point where
she never made a B in school. She received only one be her middle school career
and 3 her high school career. The rest of her schooling consisted of As all the way
across the board.
LaCorey is someone I not only look up to but admire as a person. She takes
school so serious and hasnt made below an A on the college level and she has
never made below an A in English itself. For this type of history I feel as if she
would be more than successful in todays educational system. I feel that she is just
one of those people that just has a knack for learning and just get it, which is a very
special characteristic to have. On assignment one my response was Is there really
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a prejudice when it comes to professors and there grading of a paper with variety
and foreign dialect? Should a student be forced to speak and write in a certain
dialect? Could a person with too much of a distinct dialect be graded harsher than
one with a common dialect? My initial reaction to the piece was, "what in the
world am I reading?" As I continued to read and got to the third page, I was
quickly drawn in by the topic. This is a vital concern because it's something that
occurs everywhere. Everyone is unique in every way including their dialect so why
should this be a personal flaw when it comes to constructing papers. According to
what my response was it was evident that I felt that dialect diversity should be
allowed but to a certain extent. Based of the interview questions in which I had
LaCorey answer, 1 at what age did u learn to read and write? 2 How do you feel
about reading? 3 Does this affect your way of writing 4 How many schools have
you attended during your life 5 How did you get taught your reading and writing
skills 6 How did school affect your way of writing 7 Has your reading or writing
style changed overtime 8 Did any of your jobs require a lot of writing? 9 Did your
school affect your speaking habits? 10 Did any of your past jobs require a certain
writing technique 11 What are your strengths in reading and writing?12 how often
does it require reading for your current job? 13 What are your weaknesses in
reading and writing? 14 Is your writing and speaking dialect the same? 15 What is
your favorite book? 16 Are you a student? 17 Should we be able to write in our
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own dialect? 18 What is your primary language? 19) What is your education
background? 20) What is your name and where are you from? She felt the same
way as long as it was interpretable and included grammar. For example a paper
that followed all the guidelines of the rubric should be accepted and this is a prime
example Today is my first writing assignment in my freshman course English
class. I am attending West Charlotte high school and my mother does not approve,
but who cares? I surely dont! When making my decision as to what high school I
should attend my AAU track coach who also coached at west charlotte persuaded
me to attend his school. My home school had just been changed a year before due
to the new school that was built, Mallard Creek high school. I didnt want to go to
a new school because I didnt know how their athletic program would be. Also, all
my friends were there and I knew I would get into a lot of trouble by goofing off
on a regular basis. My friends and I stayed in trouble we were really immature. My
father and I soon came to the conclusion that West Charlotte was the place for me.
I didnt know anyone, I would have a fresh start, and I would have to mature rather
quickly seeing that the school wasnt on the best side of town. My dad called it
growing up and becoming a man. Back to my writing assignment! The assignment
was to express yourself through a well-put together paper. I had fun with the
assignment and put everything down that mattered. I worked as diligently as
possible and got a fair grade on the assignment. Thats where the problem
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occurred; my paper in which I worked so hard on the first day of class was just
fair. I had really worked hard and couldnt figure out why she took certain points
off for my style and the way I worded things.
Today my teacher gave the whole class a systematic way of writing in which
we had to follow each and every day. The system was rather straight forward and
to the point and told you exactly how she had expected to see your paper. On these
cut out consisted: how many paragraphs were expected, what each paragraph
consisted of, (intro, 3 ideas, then conclusion.), the transition words you should use
in each paragraph and each paragraph varied, and what point you were looking to
make in each sentence of each paragraph. This made writing soooo much easier for
me. Not only did it make writing easier and straighter forward, but also it made it
mundane and difficult to be whom you were through your paper. So when we are
asked to do papers about our self, they all ended up being somewhat the same due
to the key transition words everyone had to use in each certain sentence in each
different paragraph. I really appreciated the concept but, I wanted my papers to be
way different from anyone else in the class so my teacher wouldnt get bored
grading my paper and grade it more harshly.
Today in my English II class (10th grade English) my teacher made us write
a journal for our warm up. In this class we were forced to write a journal for a
warm up each and every day. For our journal we would have to write a page front
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and back and under the time limit in which the teacher provided for us. Depending
on how long the topic was our teacher would give us 5- 10 minutes. Her aim was
to get us to get started on our papers faster and not waste too much time thinking.
After the completing of our warm ups, our teacher would then make us share to
show the different backgrounds. This would show everyones different dialect and
way of writing.
Today class our English teacher made us read different articles. These
articles talked about the different ways you can express yourself. It had different
adjectives and even ideas when it came to formatting papers. It told us what types
of papers we could write as well as when it was appropriate to write these different
papers. This was the day that my teacher expressed to us that we must develop our
own writers style. Not only that but we must get comfortable with writing and
make it become our second nature. She explained to us that writing wouldnt go
away and if we didnt began to like it now that it would kick us in the butt as we
advanced in grade level as well as age.
Today my teachers made us come into class pick up a slip of paper off her
desk and prepare a formal essay. This was no ordinary essay; this essay was in
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essay form but was done verbally. We were giving 5 min to write what every we
wanted but this wasnt enough time to write what she was asking for exactly. We
then went on to find out that what she wanted from us to be creative but also write
a main topic for each paragraph along with two main points to go along with each.
While doing this, it gave people the opportunity to express who they were as
people and get their point across without being systematic. Although there were
still guidelines, you had to talk formally (no slang) and, utilize the use of word
endings.
Today my English teacher went over the different ways she expects to
receive a paper. She asked us if our previous teacher had taught us to
systematically write our papers a certain way. Of course everyone in the class told
her yes. This is when she suggested that we should develop our own identity when
it came to writing. She said when reading our papers she should be able to tell it
was Gregorys work. By this she meant we need our own style or charisma. She
said that when you develop such panache it makes it easier to tell you havent
plagiarized when doing a big assignment such as a research paper. I get my first
assignment in college and its based on writers dialect. We were told to read an
article and basically give our insight on the article and how we feel about it. Seeing
that in the past Ive had different types of teachers and they had different view on
this topic. Me personally I think that everyone should be different when it comes to
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writers dialect, let your dialect shine through your paper! Dont write
systematically let your individuality take over.
This assignment was rather fun and I wish all writing assignments took this
fashion. It was pretty much free of a certain way of writing and this was something
I had everlasting ideas doing. I had so many ideas I lost my train of thought
multiple times and was too unsure of what I needed to have in my paper. Once I
was ready to wrap up my paper I was also unsure on how I would do so. It was my
first time doing journal entries instead of an actual paper so it was pretty much trial
and error. In doing this paper I realized that Id rather people who writes something
to have their own identity. By thus I feel that writers dialect is necessary and
should be allowed in writing everywhere. After assignment one we proceeded into
assignment two in which we were to interview someone and transcribe into a
fashion I had never worked with or completed before. Within this assignment two,
we had to have multiple guideline to follow which was outlined on our rubric. One
of those outlines was our reflection. My reflection two was as follows,
Assignment two I found extremely difficult do to the fact that we had to inreview
someone we felt worthy for the assignment and transcribe it word for word. This
meant that we had to wright every single thing down that we recored and put it into
our paper. After that we had to complete the assignment rough draft and all. This
was something I wasnt exactly use nor was I exposed to it. I was thinking to
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myself how would I be able to actively ask questions listen record and do all of the
things requested knowing I would have to go in later in transcribe everything I
heard. Although I felt this was a difficult task I eventually got it done. For
assignment three we were told to write a 2,000 word paper in which I felt would be
too difficult. In the end it wasnt that bad afterall.