First Year English - Sam

ESSAY #2 DRAFT Intro  - Explaining A Path Appear Book in 1 to 3 sentences. - Picking specific story (pg.42) and summarize it These This photograph works with the text because of it's caption, detailed imaginary and the moment it was taken. #P1 - Caption - Caption in Italic as well as the Title (related) - Placed under the picture - 3 main words in the caption (Biti Rose Nasoni/Doughnuts/CARE micro savings) => gives hint to the reader what the story is going to talk about. #P2 - Detailed Imaginary - Image in Black and White - House not fully build that makes a wall of bricks - Ground looks like dirt & sand - Lady behind Biti seems curious - Selling a doughnut to a stranger that might be looking at another camera - Biti smiling while selling her doughnut - Women behind doesn't have shoes - Name of the photographer outside of the image on the top right side. - (+) Where was it placed and for what reason #P3 - The moment it was taken. - Picture taken...

PW: I plan to analyze from the book, the picture in page 42. The picture shows, Biti Rose Nasoni smiling and selling doughnuts in a plastic bag to a man with the help of CARE. I don't have personal connection to the photo, it's just that the fact that Biti Rose Nasoni is happy and making money is just amazing.

P.W: Refuction Prompt on Moodle How was it? As my first essay in college, I somehow really liked it. It is definitely more interesting when you write about yourself. Of corse I didn't feel like writing between 2 to 5 pages but while written, I didn't realized how much I actually wrote. What did you like? I liked the part of digging through memories to even find more interesting personal experiences. I really liked reading the 3 stories and find the comparison at least in on of the stories to my personal life and experiences. But in general, I really liked my results at the end. What was challenging? What was challenging is talk about yourself and finding old memories. How was writing about personal experiences in an academic class? Personal experiences are usually very unique and special because they aren't the same same as the others. Its also a way of getting to know each other better.

A Path Appears First 100pgs FOR NEXT THURSDAY:  Please also be aware that we are discussing the first 100 pages of A Path Appears on Thursday next week.  It is an easy read and very interesting.  Please also do a basic reading blog for that section (short summary, 3 quotes from your annotations with commentary, and a couple questions). Summary: A Path Appears is a book that to encourage others, rich and poor alike, to join in this push to improve the world. It also tries to make Americans involved in issues that are still today tried to be fixed. There are many stories that not a lot of people have heard that are amazing and productive to the world.  Quotes: “A $25 program can reach a pregnant American woman who smokes and explain how doing so puts her child at risk., leading 14 percent of those pregnant women to quit smoking”. Pg. 11 This quotes stands out to me, because I would put money into that program. Woman who smokes are not conscious...

9/12/17 PW: How do you feel about your draft? What would you ideally like out of this workshop? I honestly feel ok about it, I do need help concerning my introduction and first paragraph because I have a lot of information but I just don't know where to place them. I just need like a better plan than the two plans that I have already made, even thought they aren't completely complete. I would ideally like obviously a good grade but also maybe at the end make my mother read this essay because I would like to make her happy but also make her understand that I understand what we both went through. 

Essay Draft #2 THE BROKEN LANGUAGE PS: - The intro and first paragraph need to be more completed. Mixed information everywhere. Add a bit more on paragraph #2. - Not finished  INTRODUCTION -  I never knew I would of come this far with a language I didn’t know existed in this world that I now use everyday in my life. I learned that language in Singapore when I was in kindergarten. I started speaking it with all kinds of people to make friends, to participate in class and to adjust in this new society that is progressing. This language is called English, specifically Non-Standard English. My mom and I grew up half our lives with it and still learning. We both struggle in the language but in different ways. While my mother has difficulties pronunciation, I have to improve in vocabularies, spelling and grammar. An Asian-American writer, named Amy whose mother seeks the English language, have similar experiences. Throughout my essay, I will explain more in dep...

9/7 PW Essay 1: Who are you as a reader? Prompt: Who are you as a reader and writer, both and outside of school, and how will that help you as an academic reader and writer in college? Connect and Interact with ideas one author from this unit.  Practice Write PROMPT Relationship to the English Languages: - Only learned one English, which is the English they taught in Singapore when I was younger. - Created new relationships and meet people I've never could have met with my English. - Could have learned any other English Languages, but I was taught with the English they use in Singapore (they might be using a specific tone)  = it wouldn't have matter which English because, English in general is the most spoken language in the world, so people would understand most part of what I am saying.  - The English I speak has a small French accent to it, not too much thought. - I would say the language is only half part of me just because I speak it, even though...

Which of the 3 authors for today did you enjoy reading most? Why? Any personal connections? I really liked the three of them but my favorite one was the Malcolm X. The reason why is because, I found it interesting how he self-educated himself to read and write because he was frustrate for not being able to express himself and understand the story behind any book that he read. His motivation, inspires me to keep learning and pushing myself to the fullest. I wish he was still alive today and I wish I had the opportunity to talk to him about everything that he learned. It would be fine for me to sit and listen to him, for a while because at the end of the day, I know that I would be learning something.

Pre-reading Prompt with A Path Appears by Nicolas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn 1) Using your Practice Write and notes from the class brainstorm, tell me what pre-reading strategies you used with A Path Appears during the activity? The pre-reading strategies that I use with A Path Appears are, looking for the key ideas, do some researched on the author, sometimes I check at the preface, google the book title to find reviews on it, check the summary of the book (placed behind the book) and check the main characters.  2) What are your impressions of the book so far, based on the limited pre-reading you've done? What is the book generally talking about? What genre do you think it is?  The book doesn't seem to big at first sight. From reading the summary I am interested of knowing and bit more of what it is talking about specifically. I defiantly do want to take my time to read this book and understand what the story is going lead me. The book talks about making a dif...

THE IMPORTANCE OF THE ACT OF READING Paulo Freire Summary: "The importance of the Act of Reading" written originally by Paulo Freire in Portuguese and translated by Loretta Slover in English, talks about the importance of the act of reading through his experiences in his childhood, teenager and young adult life. Freire explains what he felt about his memories and uses detailed imaginary to describe all the things he seen when he was younger that he still recognizes couple years after. Throughout his writing, he shows that it is possible to view objects and experiences as texts, words and letters to develop knowledge and awareness in the world. Quotes: " Some of the trees were like persons to me, such the intimacy between us. In their shadow I played, and in the branches susceptible to me height I experiences at the small risk which prepared for greater risks and adventures. " pg.6 When Freire went back to his old house, where he was born, hi...

Mother Tongue, by Amy Tan Summary:  The main character, Amy Tan, is a Asian American writer who talks about her relationship with her mother. She grew up with her Chinese mom who spoke "broken" or "fractured" English that is difficult to understand. She talks about the difference between her mother's broken English and Standard English and adds how people can be rude and take advantage of her mother for not speaking clear English. She was ashamed of her English. In school, Amy wasn't good at writing because her mother's English had an effect on developing English language skills. Teachers have tried to turn her down and made her do something else but she is rebellious in nature and enjoys challenges. After she mastered the English language, she decided to write storied about her mother, to her mother with all the Englishes that she grew with her.  Quotes: " When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on the phone to pretend ...

LEARNING TO READ Malcolm X (1925 - 1965) Summary: The main character, Malcolm, is a African-American who self educated himself to read and learn while his time in prison because of his frustration at not being able to express and articulate his feelings through writing. He couldn't even write a straight line. He requested a dictionary with some pencils and tablets. Everyday and overnight he would read the dictionary and write the words on his tablet. He started to write every word down starting by the letter A. As he completed a page, he would study the word and its definition. He was proud of remembering couple words the next morning and amazed of the amount of words that were in the world. His motivation for studying all the words in the dictionary made him fall in love to read and understand what the book is talking about. After reading them, he didn't feel imprisoned and never felt so free in his life. The knowledge he was grasping was liberating him. He later ...