What was your writing identity prior to the course? I didn´t much write very much prior to this course. I´d only write when it was mandatory in ELA and my writing style was quite formal. I wrote critical essays and paragraphs. Sometimes, I’d write short stories but I mostly stuck with essays. What is your writing identity now? I still find […]
Bowview Manor Letter
Our trip to Bowview Manor was a wonderful experience. We learned a lot about how different Vernon’s life was from ours, which was very eye opening. While we were talking to him, we noticed he had a great perspective on life which was that Christianity is very significant to him and impacted his past and decisions. One of the questions […]
W is for waiting room (A-Z project)
B is for beauty salon When I first walked into the salon, my eyes were immediately drawn towards the shelves covered in an assortment of different nail polishes. The bottles were of all sizes and they were arranged neatly on the walls. I could hear the buzzing of all the nail tools, filing down the client’s nails and prepping them […]
Almost dying (April Free Choice)
It was really warm outside and the sky was pitch black. It was 3 A.M. and the streets were completely empty. My two friends and I decided to go to the gas station to get slurpees as we were really bored and didn’t have anything else to do. I was looking down at my phone, checking to see if the […]
Feature Article- NBA YoungBoy
NBA Youngboy, also known as Kentrell Gaulden, is an American rapper who was born on October 20th 1999. He goes under the stage name NBA YoungBoy, which stands for Never Broke Again. He has had four children with three mothers. NBA Youngboy was raised by his grandmother and he started rapping around age of 15. He dropped out of the […]
Anecdote- Finessing a Frog
In the third grade I started going to a new school. It was quite big compared to my old school and my teacher decided it would be a good idea to get a student in my class to give me a tour. She decided to start by showing me around the humongous library. There were a variety of books sitting […]
Strengths (February Free Choice)
“I want to apologize to all the women I have called pretty. Before I called them intelligent or brave. I am sorry I made it sound as though something as simple as what you’re born with is the most you have to be proud of. When your spirit has crushed mountains from now on I will say things like, you […]