Third Grade Informative Writing Checklist

The Little Seagull Handbook, by Richard Bullock, Michal Brody, and Francine Weinberg, is a book full of advice on the writing process. The book is divided up into sections which help’s students to easily find the topic they are searching for. Section W-4e on opening and closing paragraphs was used to improve my conclusions. I do not have a lot of trouble with conclusions, but I feel that mine do not fit as smoothly into my essays as they should. Therefore I decided that I needed to improve my conclusions. The section lists out several tactics to form a conclusion, such as, summarizing the essay, discussing implication of the essay’s argument, and giving a call to some kind of action. Reading the section has given me several ideas for how to end an essay. Now I can either plan which tactic to use ahead of time or

finish your thoughts. Be sure to use lots of good detail. Of course, if you need to add other

3. Which one of the following sentences or phrases is most likely to be considered a cliché?

There was a sense of impeding doom that turned my stomach. Although I couldn't bear to look at the mask I held outreach to you, my eyes were tempted to look to you. I side-swiped a glance at you before you took the mask. My eyebrow arched as you looked at me, visibly distraught. My eyes did a double take, and my gaze fell curiously back on you. I sensed a feeling of unease from you, and became immediately confused. “Your master never teach you Torture 101, Mr. Ren?” Although I was mocking you, there was a sense of concern in my voice, as I looked over to the Dug and then back at you. “You look like you've seen a ghos-” Holding out the mask in front of you, I watched you intently as your eyes fixated on the item. My eyes narrowed at that reaction, and suddenly, it made sense to me. Perhaps you had seen a ghost. Fully educated in the many various connections within the Force, I wondered if in this moment you had seen anything. If in this moment, his darkness had fallen on you. I pondered the horrors you had witnessed... and if any one of those horrors was my own. I wondered if it was pain you experienced, and even... if that pain was my own.

My writing process is like a baby learning how to walk. During their first year, the baby is busy developing coordination and muscle strength in every part of their body. They will learn to sit, roll over, and crawl before moving on to pulling up and standing. From then on, it's a matter of gaining confidence and balance before they start walking. They will fall over and over again but likewise, they will try over and over again until they’re off and eventually running. High school for me was like a baby’s first year when it’s preparing to start walking and this quarter in EWRT 211 was when I gave the first baby steps. With more practice, I’ll be walking with ease in no time. I believe I will be successful in EWRT 1A.

This semester in English 1020, my writing skills have greatly improved. I used to struggle writing papers that were more than a couple pages long. Now I have learned to incorporate more information that will help lengthen my papers. My papers used to be very short, just simple five paragraph essays. I feel more comfortable now stepping away from the five paragraph format and making the paper my own.

In this portfolio it reflects my strengths and weaknesses in my writing in WRC 1013. This portfolio reflects my understanding of informative writing by the use of evidence showing my lack of elaborating and also using a wider more collengent vocabulary. It also shows evidence of the use of my extended imagination and also my great decision making skills in my finding more interesting topics to right on. This essay shows that my skills in decision making and imagination skills have improved. Although my lack of elaborating and my vapid vocabulary needs some extreme working on.

I think that overall my conclusion was a little off since I was rushing off to write the conclusion.

How do you normally wrap things up when writing? Some things to think about when preparing to write a conclusion deal directly

I sat and stared at the blank screen in front of me. It was as blank as my mind. I dragged my mouse across the screen deleting my work for the eleventh time. We had been given a writing assignment in English two weeks ago. At first it didn’t seem like a hard assignment, I had never had problems writing before, but here I was, head in my hands stuck with writer’s block. I closed the blank word document, then my laptop. At least Mr. Johansen doesn’t have a due date for things, I thought. When he told us this at the beginning of the trimester, I knew it would be a problem for me because I am a procrastinator. I looked at my alarm clock and read the big red boxy numbers, 12:43. Well at least I will be able to get some sleep, I thought to myself

There was almost a minute of dead space as Gail searched for the check procedures. The caller asked for the mailing address and Gail said “That’s what I am about to give you sir, if you will get pen & paper.” Also the caller was mixing information up as Gail gave him the mailing address and Gail showed her frustration in verbal sighs.

Some improvements in reading I have are that I can read faster, and I read different things. For example, when I was young, I loved realistic fiction and I would only read books from a few specific series. But now, I read other things that I’m interested in. Some improvements I have in writing is that I can write more.

The definition essay is the most basic form of an informative essay. Its goal is to simply provide an explanation. Informative essays that define provide their explanation using one of three methods: They can use synonyms to explain what the new term is similar to, categories to help the reader see where the term fits in compared to others, or negation to allow the reader to understand the term by seeing what it isn't.

The first lesson taught in kindergarten is usually summed in three words and has commonly transcended time, geography, and culture – sharing is caring. When I was young, I shared my toys at daycare, then my snacks at school. When I grew older, my father imparted to me invaluable lessons about giving, where I learned it was possible to share not just material things, but also time, attention, and even love.

* On any topic which you have personal experience, you can open with part of your story, and then conclude with the ending of your story.