Essay: Special Day
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Essay: Special Day
Special experiences change a person's personality and outlook on life. Many biographies and autobiographies focus on a few very memorable days or experiences in a person's life. To practice writing nonfiction of your own, think back over the last year and remember a special day you enjoyed, one which had many activities. You'll use your memories of this day to complete this project.
Objectives
Instructions:
1. Make a list of everything that happened on the day you've chosen to write about in the order it happened (sequence of events).
2. Then write a well-constructed paper (1 page) based on the guidelines below.
Essay: Special Day
Special experiences change a person's personality and outlook on life. Many biographies and autobiographies focus on a few very memorable days or experiences in a person's life. To practice writing nonfiction of your own, think back over the last year and remember a special day you enjoyed, one which had many activities. You'll use your memories of this day to complete this project.
Objectives
- Recognize the importance of special events in nonfiction.
- Use the time-order sequence to write about a series of events.
Instructions:
1. Make a list of everything that happened on the day you've chosen to write about in the order it happened (sequence of events).
2. Then write a well-constructed paper (1 page) based on the guidelines below.
- Narrow your list to four to six events.
- Write a one-paragraph introduction.
- Write one paragraph about each event in your list. You may add dialogue, expressions, and action to bring the events to life. Include the setting in which each event happened.
- Write an ending paragraph that reminds the reader of why the day was special.
- Check your paper for errors in spelling, grammar, punctuation, and capitalization.
- Include your full list of events with the completed paper.
Essay: Using Connotations
From OW Page-
Essay: Using Connotations
Poetry makes use of connotations (feelings associated with a word). Other types of literature, such as biographies and autobiographies can also do this. In this project, you'll practice using words that have strong emotional meanings.
Objectives
Choose a topic you feel strongly about and write one paragraph in which you express your feelings using words with a strong connotation. The following are general topic areas to consider:
This Might Help
Denotation is the dictionary definition for a word. It is the word's straightforward and literal meaning. Connotation is the word's figurative meaning. The emotions, images, or symbols (positive or negative) that a person associates with the word are connotations.
Essay: Using Connotations
Poetry makes use of connotations (feelings associated with a word). Other types of literature, such as biographies and autobiographies can also do this. In this project, you'll practice using words that have strong emotional meanings.
Objectives
- Recognize the importance of connotation in nonfiction writing.
Choose a topic you feel strongly about and write one paragraph in which you express your feelings using words with a strong connotation. The following are general topic areas to consider:
- nature and the environment
- friendship
- heroism
- kindness and courtesy
- an important moment in modern history
This Might Help
Denotation is the dictionary definition for a word. It is the word's straightforward and literal meaning. Connotation is the word's figurative meaning. The emotions, images, or symbols (positive or negative) that a person associates with the word are connotations.
Project: Autobiography Technique
From OW Page-
Project: Autobiography Technique
The goal of an autobiography is two-fold. First, the author wants to describe how her personal experiences have formed her personality and outlook on life. Second, the author wants to convince you that her outlook is worth knowing about or sharing. There are many ways to do this. Helen Keller's book is just one example. In this project, you'll write a journal entry in a style similar to Helen Keller's.
Objectives
1. Study the style of Helen Keller's autobiography. Compare it to the organization patterns detailed in the lesson "Autobiographies."
2. Then, choose two patterns from the list below.
3. Write two -one paragraph-long journal entries about the same day only use a different pattern for each. You may write your journal entries based on today or another day you remember clearly. Remember, you goal is two part. First, tell what happened and how it affected your outlook. Second, by the way you describe the event convince the reader that your outlook is worth knowing about or sharing.
You will write about the same day in two different ways.
(See list below.)
Choose two of these patterns:
**Use your BEST spelling, mechanics, and grammar. :)
Project: Autobiography Technique
The goal of an autobiography is two-fold. First, the author wants to describe how her personal experiences have formed her personality and outlook on life. Second, the author wants to convince you that her outlook is worth knowing about or sharing. There are many ways to do this. Helen Keller's book is just one example. In this project, you'll write a journal entry in a style similar to Helen Keller's.
Objectives
- Recognize autobiography technique.
1. Study the style of Helen Keller's autobiography. Compare it to the organization patterns detailed in the lesson "Autobiographies."
2. Then, choose two patterns from the list below.
3. Write two -one paragraph-long journal entries about the same day only use a different pattern for each. You may write your journal entries based on today or another day you remember clearly. Remember, you goal is two part. First, tell what happened and how it affected your outlook. Second, by the way you describe the event convince the reader that your outlook is worth knowing about or sharing.
You will write about the same day in two different ways.
(See list below.)
Choose two of these patterns:
- Time-Order
- Cause-Effect
- Compare-Contrast
- Part-Whole
**Use your BEST spelling, mechanics, and grammar. :)