Writing is a PROCESS Not a Product
6 O’Clock time to read Filled with joy, nothing could impede It all begins, the story unfolds All until it must be put on hold A turn for the worst, what do I do? I want to give up, I feel so blue Mom doesn’t let me, we just switch the book She says, “You … Continue reading Extension Project A
Hello! I’m Marissa Dube. I am a freshman, and this is my first quarter at Western Washington University. I plan to pursue a career as an elementary school teacher and minor in Spanish in hopes of teaching and traveling. While I really don’t see myself as a writer and I am not particularly fond of … Continue reading Marissa’s Author Statement
I completed all my research studies through the Sona system. The first one was learning from video lectures. I simply watched a ted talk while taking notes and took a test on the ted talk after They were measuring how different forms of note taking affect how well people do on tests. For this study … Continue reading Extension project D
I was truly surprised on how my attitude towards “reading for fun” changed after this research study. I have never been a huge fan of reading and never really enjoyed it. I went into it expecting to be annoyed to have take time every day to sit down and read. After the first day my … Continue reading Emma and Ava’s research study extension project
I have been pleasantly surprised how well research has been going! We are using both a survey and short interviews to collect data. Our interviews consist of three short questions. We did that so we could get them done fast and conduct a larger amount of the interviews. Each day we each split up and … Continue reading Project 5: Field Notes
The Literary Narratives we chose for Project 1 were very similar to begin with. The similarity of our narratives made it easy to collaborate and produce a final, cohesive collage. Both our stories painted the one of our parents as our literary sponsor. The reward box, centered, is there to show that we both received … Continue reading The Common Goal
The clock finally hit 6 o’clock. 6 o’clock meant work was over for mom and it was my time to get help with my reading. I grabbed my tattered book, ran down the hall and jumped onto the huge bed and squeezed right next to mom. Tonight, we would venture into new territory: Junie B. … Continue reading Sponsors are powerful figures who bank-roll events or smooth the way