Working sentences and punctuating sentences
So my new idea is to read my book and write down my thoughts and notes AT THE SAME TIME!! I've noticed that if I write after I've finished reading then I'm so bored by the subject that I have nothing to say except "I hate rules for writing... " "Punctuation sucks." or "All that sounded like Blah Blah Blah." Maybe I'll be able to come up with more if I write while the certain topic is fresh in my mind.
So I noticed that my teacher said that a common majority of students dont have their papers edited or proofed before they turned them in, thus the reason for peer review. I find that absolut (hah) ly absurd. I don't think I've ever turned in a paper that I haven't had at least two or three honest people look over.
I absolutely hate to write in present time. Something about it just doesn't seem to feel right. "I walk into the kitchen and open the fridge. I see the keys that I couldn't find that morning. I take them out, hang them up and walk back to the fridge to make a fruit salad" I feel like if I am writing in present time, then my sentences have to include EVERY single action or it feels like something is missing. Then it starts to feel like there is to much on my paper and I should cut it down a bit. Nothing seems to work the way I want it to. This is just a note because one of the examples is in present tense.
Its odd that we are going over all the things that were implanted in our heads throughout the many years of grade school. Action verbs, concrete nouns, adjectives and adverbs. When it comes to reading our work outloud, then I do that very thing every few sentences or so. I write maybe 3 sentences and then I go back and read it from the begining. Then I write 3 more sentences and go back and read it outloud from the begining. I think that this keeps everything I write about fresh in my mind which also helps with the rhythm and flow of my paragraphs as well keeps me from being repetative.
I remember on the SAT I had one of those sentences
" Everybody has ____ own opinion.”
A. His
B. Their
C. its
D. hims
I choose their. I also got it wrong. It really is sexist that they usually use him, his and man more than woman.
Well, I’ve yet to finish my reading but people are getting irritated that I am on the computer so long, so I have to get off. Thankfully I have written enough.
See you Monday.
So I noticed that my teacher said that a common majority of students dont have their papers edited or proofed before they turned them in, thus the reason for peer review. I find that absolut (hah) ly absurd. I don't think I've ever turned in a paper that I haven't had at least two or three honest people look over.
I absolutely hate to write in present time. Something about it just doesn't seem to feel right. "I walk into the kitchen and open the fridge. I see the keys that I couldn't find that morning. I take them out, hang them up and walk back to the fridge to make a fruit salad" I feel like if I am writing in present time, then my sentences have to include EVERY single action or it feels like something is missing. Then it starts to feel like there is to much on my paper and I should cut it down a bit. Nothing seems to work the way I want it to. This is just a note because one of the examples is in present tense.
Its odd that we are going over all the things that were implanted in our heads throughout the many years of grade school. Action verbs, concrete nouns, adjectives and adverbs. When it comes to reading our work outloud, then I do that very thing every few sentences or so. I write maybe 3 sentences and then I go back and read it from the begining. Then I write 3 more sentences and go back and read it outloud from the begining. I think that this keeps everything I write about fresh in my mind which also helps with the rhythm and flow of my paragraphs as well keeps me from being repetative.
I remember on the SAT I had one of those sentences
" Everybody has ____ own opinion.”
A. His
B. Their
C. its
D. hims
I choose their. I also got it wrong. It really is sexist that they usually use him, his and man more than woman.
Well, I’ve yet to finish my reading but people are getting irritated that I am on the computer so long, so I have to get off. Thankfully I have written enough.
See you Monday.