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What is something that you liked or found effective in the feature articles that you would like to include in your own writing or see in someone else's writing? Please include an example.
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Talia Cross
11/30/2015 02:38:06 pm
I found some useful tips in the nonfiction texts. One tip I discovered was that you have to include both sides of the issue in order to maintain a hooking read. If it has an opinion in it that is. That way you are not just showing the reader one side and making them wonder about the other. One article I read called "Seaworld, Enough is Enough" just focused on how Seaworld mistreats orcas by small habitats for them and not about how they rescue them. Another tip is that when informing the reader is to add humor in it and not make it a flat, boring, over descriptive piece. If you do, no one will read it in there right mind. It then just becomes very daunting. You need to ask questions and answer them, include funny facts and short stories, and the sad parts are crucial.
Ms. Rogstad
11/30/2015 03:15:27 pm
I'm glad you got carried away. It helps me to focus on some of the things I should highlight as I teach!
Bella
11/30/2015 03:46:50 pm
I noticed a few things about the articles that I really liked and that I think that I should include when I write nonfiction informational pieces, which included bits of figurative language and things that could help me relate back to real life. In pretty much all of the articles that I've come across, I see things like "carrying an untold sadness on my face" and hyperboles like "my mother dragged me and my siblings to a Christmas party". It helps me to visualize it a lot better and it definitely engages me. This is a small detail, but when I come across articles that including things like size, they'd say their teeth were as big as bananas or the frogs are no bigger than a dime. I can doubtlessly say that I can imagine a tooth the size of a banana or a frog about the size of a dime. They may say other things that may help like, "It was a perfectly normal day when BLANK woke up" I can imagine a normal day with ease and I find it a lot more helpful and engaging if I can relate back to life.
Theron/ is happy:)
11/30/2015 03:53:36 pm
What I like to see in other people's writing is, humor. I love it when there is humor in writing because if it is a serous and dull article humor would make the article happier.
Lexi
11/30/2015 03:56:04 pm
There were many details you could take away from our mentor texts. First they all showed a form of humor. For example in the How to Survive a Night of Babysitting it used exaggeration to express the not only humor to intrigue the readers but also to prove the authors point. Additionally, they had strong evidence and details like statistics. Thirdly, they were honest and didn't leave out the facts that may hurt. For example in the text, A Perfect Family? it stated "My Sister, my Mom, and I were all ripped away from what we had known for so long". This painful fact was not only created a deeper connection between the reader and Author by providing personal information it made a deeper impact! The mentor texts helped me a ton because I could find what made me love them so I can imply to my own text!
Noah Dolan
11/30/2015 05:08:25 pm
You're Welcome. Great thinking!
Noah Dolan
11/30/2015 04:34:07 pm
Most articles that I read had the great strategy of telling their personal experiences. Some people just list the facts, maybe put in a little detail, but what actually makes an article interesting and fun to read is if the author tries to connect with you. In the article "Not Just One, but 151", the author describes what she saw and what she knows, and it landed her the #2 nonfiction article. I don't know if my classmates already do this, but I personally think it would help a lot.
Mahnoor
11/30/2015 04:48:32 pm
One of the things I liked in these articals was that some authors had retoricle questions like in the artical, "The Modern Zoo" It asks questions like,"What do you think zoo's do with them?" or "Are these fit conditions for an almost extinct animal?" but they don't really expect an answer. Another trait I liked was that some artical I read exaggerated, which actually made the artical more interesting for me. For example, in the artical "How to Survive a Night of Babysitting" the text states,"The babysitter-to-be must prepare for the daunting task they face and compile a bag of survival equipment." This hooks me and I want to keep reading.
Ruby
11/30/2015 04:49:48 pm
I like when the articles have an interesting and creative title. I like this because initially why I choose to read an article is because of the title. When the title makes it sound interesting I read the story; when the title sounds boring I usually don't read it. For example if I had a paper about butterfly's going extincted. I might want to call it Butterfly's.Will they be no more? rather than Butterfly's are going extincted.
Mariah
11/30/2015 04:57:43 pm
What I saw in a few of the nonfiction pieces that I liked was how the author could see both sides of the subject he or she was writing about. I thought it gave the writing a more rounded point. Also I liked it when the author got straight to the point without stalling.
Rebecca
11/30/2015 06:29:05 pm
I liked the spunky titles. Some of my favorite titles are A Perfect Family?, Still Me Inside, and Breakup letter. A Perfect Family? is cool because it's asking a question. Still Me Inside is cool because it summarizes the whole thing in 3 words. I love Breakup Letter because she never says Breakup Letter in her writing.
Nilson Tibbits
11/30/2015 07:06:56 pm
I noticed many effective literary tricks when reading the mentor texts that I feel that I should integrate into my own writing style. One of the most outstanding techniques I observed was a bizarre convergence between two of my favorites: using a combination of both humor/honesty. For instance, let's say that you're reading a really enthralling article about the Chinese carbon emission disasters, imagining the malevolent tragedy faced by the naive citizens of China. The very structure of the text is raw with horrible statistics, so it's that jovial spice of humor that brightens up the paper. This ensures that the article is not too somber, but not too sunny either. A really rich statement I found that jumped off the screen was from the text, "Tolerance Is Not Acceptance". The author is a proud lesbian who confronts the monstrous prejudice of homophobia that runs rampant even today. While homophobia is a very cruel and severe topic, the author manages to find that comical pizzazz in her introduction, where she states, "My first crush was the pink Power Ranger, a brunette at least ten years older than eight-year-old me." This not only allows the reader to connect and understand the topic much better, but it gives a nice chuckle, a masterful addition to any piece of writing, in my opinion. But the author is not only capable of delving into the funnyman realm, because she addresses cruelty of tolerance. She says,
Ms. Rogstad
11/30/2015 07:58:51 pm
I'm glad you liked it, Nilson!
Aurora
11/30/2015 07:38:51 pm
I read only about bulling today, so sorry if you can't relate. One of the things that I liked was that they opened up to their true feelings, and that they seemed to know to give advice mixed in with their story, because they knew that probably anyone who went to that area wanted tips on how to deal with bullying. For instance, in one I was reading, called "My Notebook", the author tips that you can write all your feelings in your notebook, because you can always tell it things and it will not tell anyone. The author also says that when she was feeling friendless, she turned to her notebook, because it was the only true friend she had. Comments are closed.
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