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    English Composition 121

    Compose a framing introductory paragraph that will help readers contextualize what they’re seeing.

    =How are these posts related to your final project

    =What lessons of writing connect all of these posts/What […]

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    English Composition 121

    The feedback I received from my professor was extremely helpful.  The suggestions covered my overall organization, word use, and just where my paper was exactly going.  My paper’s organization was not the best, a […]

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    Blog #6 – Critique

    Historical Perspective

     

    Fires burn down 3 black churches within 10 days

    List of attacks against black churches

    A string of fires in Lousiana has claimed 3 black churches so far in […]

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    Blog #5

    Find a statistic related to your project. What does this statistic reveal? What stories does this statistic fail to present? How will your project challenge this statistic? How will your project affirm […]

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    Blog #4

    Compose a historical overview of an idea/policy/theme related to your writing project. For instance, if I’m thinking about writing about long distance relationships, I might look at the idea of r […]

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    When I was in middle school,  I had a fair share of apologies being thrown out.  One I remember quite vividly was when my school bully was purposefully being loud and interruptive to ensure music class would get c […]

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    Brendalis Martinez commented on the post, Sorry I Said Sorry

    Thanks for the feedback!

    I find it funny that you believed that this journal entry was from my point of view! It’s actually supposed to be my online friend. We’re actually so similar that you would confuse us […]

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    English Composition 121

    Nothing feels better than hitting the bed after a long day of school.  I threw my bag carelessly, my mother would come in a yell at me for it later, but it did not matter to me right now.  The school week was f […]

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    Brendalis Martinez commented on the post, The Groove of Travel

    Hello,
    I forgot to include which prompt I responded to!

    “Visit another space your writing project will focus on. Take pictures of this space. Imagine another person’s experience living, working, or hiding in t […]

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    The distant roar of trains running to and from the city was reverberating through the tunnels.  I was stuck detangling my headphones with one hand for the sixth time today while walking down the track. The hot, […]

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    Brendalis Martinez commented on the post, Writing Exercise - 5 Prompts

    The artist is called DestinyBlue and she posts on DeviantArt!

    I seemed to have merged my memories of her art when describing it in the prompt (and even got the text in the picture wrong, oopsie), but this was […]

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    Prompt 1 *

    One of the biggest apologies I’ve ever wanted to receive would be from my fellow middle schoolers.  To hear I’m sorry and the genuine hurt and want of redemption come from them would be enough to d […]

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    Is it my fault?

    How is it possible for one person to be happy at one moment, and then sad the next?  Why is it so easy for emotions to change? Is this how things were meant to be? Never constant?  Why can’t t […]

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    I agree with the idea that the “five-paragraph essay” is a problematic way of teaching essay writing.  Personally, when I learned how to write essays this way, I didn’t understand it.  Every time I was forced […]

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