My Africans in NY Piece
Right before our class went on Spring Break, we turned in a creative writing piece, Africans in NY: Creative Narrative Assignment. In this piece we were given a African in NY, their life story, and we were told to write a creative piece about their life. I was given John Russworm, a man who lived when slavery was abolished in New York. When I first learned about this piece, I was scared because creative writing isn’t a strong point for me, but in this piece we could use facts and fiction to create our story. On the contrary, that meant we needed to use perfect grammar, which is also a weaker point for me. I think I learned a lot about myself as a writer from this piece. I learned that when we are doing a piece with facts, I always have to do extra research, even if it isn’t necessary. I also learned that grammar is something, with work, I can excel in, because in this piece grammar was a strong point for me. I am really proud of my grammar in this piece because grammar is a weak point for me, and I showed improvement in this piece.
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Recently in class, we have written an essay about The Crucible, and we connected it to the McCarthy Era and even the present day. We chose a theme, I chose Sexism/Purity, and we connected it all three Eras. I learned so much from this essay, including a lot about sexism through purity that I had never learned before. For my essay, I had to do an immense amount of extra research, and I learned a lot about ideals for women during that time. I also made a lot of connections to modern day, and some connections I wish I could not have made. It has made me think differently about what is going on in the news.
After we received our comments and grades about our essay, I was really proud of the work I did. The thing I needed to fix was I used lead a few times instead of led, and I wanted to add more to a few concluding sentences. I am really proud of the research I did for this essay, and how I used the research to prove my point. I think my analysis were my strongest parts of the paper.
These are my favorite answers to the M13 Colonies Chapter Homework. Even though it was the first and I hadn’t had any practice, It is my favorite because I think the material interested me the most. I learned a lot about change and Christianity from that short chapter, and that makes it my favorite. I also learned about Galileo and how he protested England’s hierarchy with science.
This is my favorite Notecard I have written because I think I took the most amount of risks in it. It is about the Native-Americans during the war, and I connected it to the Swing States in our current election. I found this quote from Harvey, and I think it was the perfect quote to use. One, it showed America’s point of view about the Natives in the war, it showed what America wanted the Natives to do and it was a primary source. The article also talked about the Native’s point of view about being told they shouldn’t fight. I’m also proud of how I analyzed it and my connections to modern day. I’m also proud of because I am the first to do this topic, working alone and there is very little information, I am very proud of how I connected this to what I know.
I’m very proud of my Giver Essay, I really spent a lot of time trying to get the point across that uniformity does not make an utopia, and I really think I did a good job. For this essay, I also wrote an extra paragraph, which is a bit of a risk, but I am very proud of how it turned out. Overall I think the extra paragraph only improved my essay. We spent a month on this, and even though it was a tedious process, I am very proud of it.