English 7A 2/22/11 Period 5 Freak the Mighty and “Ability” Extended Response Believing in one’s self is common‚ and it thrives throughout the novel‚ Freak the Mighty‚ by Rodman Philbrick‚ and the poem‚ “Ability‚” by Selina E. Matis. There are several lines in the poem‚ “Ability‚” that relate to the novel‚ Freak the Mighty. For example‚ one of the lines in the poem was‚ “Ability is to look at a blank page‚ and create a poem.” An example from Freak the Mighty that relates to that line
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Workman Mrs. Belcher 15 November 2017 Freak the Mighty writing assessment In the movie Max and Freak they just did not start as friends they met each other in after school. As Kevin being the tutor to help Max read. (Kevin is Freak). then after that day forward‚ they became friends. So they started becoming friends that’s when they played basketball together. But Kevin cannot walk at all without crutches so that’s when Maxwell had the Idea to pick him up and put Freak on his shoulders. Then one time they
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Overall the movie Freak the Mighty was a good movie. But I think the book was better than the movie because it had more detail and you could really tell what was happening in the book it was explained really well. Some of the things I liked in Freak the Mighty movie was how Max and Freak had to overcome their disorders in order to do what they wanted. And that Max and Freak were always there for eachother. The movie was inspirational because it was about two boys that are very different from one
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Sample Paragraphs If your score in the Midterm Exam is 0‚ 1‚ 2‚ or 3‚ this extra credit will earn you a passing score in the Home Works‚ and if your score in the Midterm Exam is 4 or 5‚ you will earn 10 points in the Home Works. Those who scored 6 in the Midterm Exam is exempted for this activity. This extra credit requires you to look for four (4) sample paragraphs from any textbook. These paragraphs are narration‚ description‚ exposition‚ and persuasion. Look for a sample paragraph that contains
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Paragraph Writing Source: http://www.scribd.com/doc/391505/Paragraph-Writing What is a paragraph? It is a group of sentences that introduces‚ presents and develops one main idea about the topic. And it can be divided into three major parts. A. The Topic Sentence • It is normally the first sentence of the paragraph. • It conveys the overall point of the paragraph. • It helps the writer focus on the idea written about. • It helps the reader know about what the paragraph is all
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In our school we have the popular girls‚ jocks‚ geeks‚ and loners. The popular girls are either rich or spoiled‚ they’re mean‚ and probably couldn’t live without their phone or makeup. The girls would probably die in the woods or at least have a hard time. Jocks tend to be the ones who think they run the school or think they can be mean and rude and usually get away with it. It’s actually kinda funny‚ everyone ends up hating them or unfriend them because of how mean they are. I guess you really
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Paragraphs represent the basic unit of composition: one idea‚ one paragraph. However‚ to present a clear‚ unified train of thought to your readers‚ you must make sure each paragraph follows the one before it and leads to the one after it through clear‚ logical transitions. Keep in mind that adequate transitions cannot simply be added to the essay without planning. Without a good reason for the sequence of your paragraphs‚ no transition will help you. Transitions can be made with particular words
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{Types of Paragraph} 6 The type of paragraph you use will depend on your purpose for writing. To entertain readers or express themselves‚ writers use narration or description. Exposition and narration are used to inform readers about something. Writers use persuasion to influence people. Several paragraphs written about the same subject might be very different‚ depending on why the writers wrote them. The four paragraphs that follow all talk about roller coasters‚ but in different ways.
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In Freak The Mighty by Rodman Philbrick‚ Maxwell’s mind is his biggest enemy. Maxwell lacks confidence in himself‚ is dependent on others and traumatized by his past. One way Maxwell’s mind is his biggest enemy is that he lacks confidence in himself. “Getting up in the class and saying stuff is not something I do.” All of the schools he has gone through‚ he has been placed in LD classes‚ at his house he is treated as a criminal just because of his infamous father‚ and socially he is an outcast.
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BUILDING A PARAGRAPH LOGICAL ORDER A well constructed paragraph contains sentences that are logically arranged and flow smoothly. Logical arrangement refers to the order of your sentences and ideas. There are various ways to order your sentences‚ depending on your purpose. For example‚ if you want to describe historical background to an event or something that happened in a time in the past‚ you would need to arrange your sentences according to the sequence of action‚ from beginning to end. However
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