If you would like to share anything for your portfolio, please put it here. For example, you could post a paragraph on your most challenging assignment. Or, if you like, you can tell us about the assignment you are proudest of and why.
If you share here, the class (and teacher) can help you with the details and make sure you have a better result.
I'd also be interested in your comments on your best sentences (taken from your six pieces chosen for the portfolio). Remember that sentences could be good for a number of reasons: because of their structure; because of good use of vocabulary; because it has a wonderful, poetic rhythm . . .
Good luck. I'm here to help you! Oh, and wasn't that collaborative story a lot of fun? Definitely I should do that one again.
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A best sentence from "A Love Letter (to some thing):
"Lustrous, shiny and dark—chocolate—with a sheen like the paint on a fast black Mercedes, you are my soul mate, my lover in times of distress, my best friend in a tragedy."
This sentence is strong in a number of ways. It begins with a series of three adjectives (yes, I do use them!) followed by a sentence breaking dash to emphasize the word "chocolate." It also has a not-too-bad metaphor on a Mercedes' paint and a nice list that omits the final "and" for emphasis. That chocolate is a "lover" well that's understandable, no?
Writing a Collaborative Story
Instead of talking about how I wrote an assignment, I’d prefer to outline what I think of an assignment given to you writers. Last Thursday’s collaborative story was a success. To make it work, I had to be sure to select a good opening (from among a number of choices in the lesson idea I used) sentence. Students who attend my classes know that we open with an activity to warm us up for the class. Sometimes, students find it difficult to write on a topic for whatever reason. This exercise, however, because of its use of a round robin approach I suppose, makes all of us write more. And read more, I would argue as well, since students need to read the preceding narrative in order to add their own words to the story so far. It got us all thinking on our feet and lead to a number of quite humorous mini stories. Better yet, it ensures good participation from all and more innovations and sentences written than is typical in a warm up. All in all it worked pretty well.
Three Things I’ve Learned from Writing 12
Did you know that I have learned a lot from Writing 12? It is an interesting subject, so enroll now and go to Pearson Adult Learning Centre.
Mr. Brad Hyde is our teacher in this subject. As I have said in my other essays, he is lively and encourages us to write on as many topics as are under the sun. First, I have learned that you will constantly use English comprehension in listening, writing, reading, and vivid thinking.
Second, I discovered and learned how to make a book review, limerick writing, and other poetic devices where we could see our writing errors or avoid what not to write in our written essays. I am happy to know that the techniques in writing an essays and poems could not be erased from my mind anymore.
Third, I have learned to face challenges while my teacher or my classmates correcting my writing assignments. I also discovered that the more you read, the more you think vividly and the more you could express yourself on any topics. Additionally, I have learned to talk to myself by monologue or by dialogue and I can put them in writing including how to post our written essays in the computer blog where you can see your various essays as well as your classmates and teacher’s participations.
I would like to thank my classmates and my teacher Brad for being fair and just in correcting our essays. Surely, all of us would be benefited of having this talent of writing creatively wherever we go.
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Three Things I've Learnt in Writing 12
Writing in English is actually not easy for me. But, writing seems not really distinct in different languages since it reveals the feeling of human being. After the full year writing 12 course attendance, I've learnt not only how to plan a story, revising, also got the opportunity to think about the problem of writing in second language.
From step-by-step practices of describing a character, varying the narrative voice, setting, dialogue to plots, I get a whole outline of writing fiction. I've also tried to torture the characters. Probably I did it better to tortured myself that shows on "Ms Accident-Proneness" for the story of a scar assignment. Using dialogue also make my writing more vivid. How to design the conflict and connect to the character's personality is still a big study for me. Without observation, experience, imitation and practice when I'm learning to write, I would not succeed in being a good writer.
The most challenging for me should be revising. I used to confuse the revision with editing. Probably the work I used to do probably is editing. Although we reviewed and revised our writings each class helping by our instructor, Brad. Do it by myself seems very difficult. I'll need to examine all the detail in each aspect, and then strictly criticize my own work. How many parents can be so strictly to their children? When I first write I must put all the images in my mind. All the words are my babies! However, revising can help me to delete the unnecessary or less logical parts, to emphasize certain of plots or the main idea to make my writing more publishable. Although it's a tough work, and I'm still trying to do it well, I believe without this step, I won't have a good writing.
I also often conflict with writing about my old experience in English. Since they almost happened in Taiwan, some expressions are hard to translate. So, the problems will be: "Do I need to explain the thing I'm talkie about? Or should I just leave it out and use a general word instead? Should I introduce the Taiwanese yuegin or just say it as musical instrument? Could I write a Chinese word or Japanese word in an English writing and explain it? Does the local unfamiliar thing interest readers? Would the extra explanation in the bracket ruin the reading mood or interrupt the flow?" I probably need to ask myself, "Who will be my readers? Whom do I want to write for?" And that is what I learn in this term: Consider your readers.
Although I've learnt a lot in writing 12 and I can write more and better than before, I'm still a learner, an amateur. Full year course seems a long term, but after taking it, I feel one year is not enough. I'm unable to be a good professional writer in only one year training.However, all I've learn is pushing me to be.
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