Tuesday, February 23, 2010

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Jean marc
Roungou
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Description Essay Reader-Response Sheet
Description Essay
Reader-Response Sheet
Writer’s name: _Annie Dillard
Reader’s name: _jean marc
As the writer, my major concerns/questions for my readers are:
The main concern is to captivate the reader’s attention. Seemingly it is important to be sincere and honest with the reader.

Reader, please respond to each question.
1. What is the writer’s topic? The writer’s topic is the migration of monarch butterfly, from the Hudson bay further south.
2. What is/are the dominant impression(s) the writer seems to
be making? If there is a sentence that states the dominant impression, write it here. If there is not a sentence that states the dominant impression, write what you believe it is.
The writer is trying to describe the natural phenomenon that is the monarch butterfly’s migration, and how on the repercussion on the environment. The writer thinks the butterfly’s migration is gloomy and drains out the nature vitality.

“It was as if the season’s color were
draining away like lifeblood, as if the year were molting and shedding.”

3. Has the writer used a subjective or objective perspective? What makes the choice of perspective work well in the essay?
The writer chose an subjective perspective in this essay. The chose of perspective is essential as it sets a pattern for the reader. The reader knows what to expect.
4. What makes the opening effective? How might it be made more effective?
5. What do you find to be most effective about the essay as a whole? The most valuable asset of this essay are the writer descriptions. The writer meticulously describes the monarchs life cycle, their journey .She shares knowledge on the butterfly.
6. Discuss the level and breadth of detail used—where does the writer use language effectively? Where does she/he use sensory images? Which senses does the writer appeal to? Where has the writer used active verbs?
7. Make some suggestions for increasing the level and breadth of detail. Please make specific references to the essay. Will More descriptive details increase level of breadth.
8. What two or three specific questions do you have for the writer? Are this butterfly’s protected?
Are the butterfly’s migration affected by human activity?
9. Please circle any words that you suspect are misspelled or are typos—DON’T CORRECT THEM!
10. Indicate with “frag” any sentence fragments you suspect or find.
11. Indicated with “r-o” any comma splices or fused sentences that you suspect or find. northing
12. Please check off each of the following items that apply:
_no_ proper heading (you, me, class, date)
__no_ a title that describes the contents of the essay
__yes___ 2 full pages minimum length
_yes____ a good opening gambit
__yes___ appeals to all the senses
_saw, watched____sight
_____sound
_scents of honey_chocolate___smell
_tasting the vapor of my hand____taste
___i felt__i stroked it gently touch
_____ uses strong verbs
_____ uses at least one simile or metaphor

Monday, February 1, 2010

unbelievable story

Last week, a French couple had their new born children.The mother expected twins, everything went well.The couple were exalted to as they looked at their twins.
Later the father was made aware of some bad news that tainted his happiness with a spot of imcomphrension.He was only the father of one of the twins.
The doctors after performing blood tests on the new born babies discovered that the father only shared the genetical code with one baby.the second twin comes from a different union.In fact it is a very rare situation.But science has been able to answer these cases as it has happened before.
The ratio of this of twins to come from different gamete is one over a million birth.what were the chances for that to happen.

unbelievable story

Line 1) First name
(Line 2) Three or four adjectives that describe the person
(Line 3) Important relationship (daughter of . . . , mother of . . . , etc)
(Line 4) Two or three things, people, or ideas that the person loved
(Line 5) Three feelings the person experienced
(Line 6) Three fears the person experienced
(Line 7) Accomplishments (who composed . . . , who discovered . . . , etc.)
(Line 8) Two or three things the person wanted to see happen or wanted to experience
(Line 9) His or her residence
(Line 10) Last name

drafting

Planning

writing process

planing

Planning and drafting

Planning: is the scheme or nethod that a writer uses to establish the organizational structure of his development.It allows the writer to be more proficient in his writing process.

Drafting is the process gettinr rid of less consistent information and maintening only the most relevant elements in regards to the topic one is looking at.A writer goes through different draft processes.Several draft process allows a more substantial work, as the writer questionhis own thoughts.