09/27/10 Ms. Adams AP English language How I Learned to Read For me learning to read was an extensive and boring experience; I took reading for granted and never suspected of the great knowledge that was hidden in every book‚ I thought was useless; the revelation came afterwards. It all started at home. I was about to be five years old and my mom was teaching me how to write my name. In my head I understood nothing of what I wrote but as far as I know that was my name‚ which would follow me
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Paper How I had to learn to swim. Learning something new for me can usually be somewhat of an experience that’s frightening for me at various times in my life. One of the most difficult things that I had to do was learn how to swim because I was pushed into a pool when I was around 12 or 13 years old and it scared the daylights out of me. I was afraid of deep waters‚ but after being pushed into the pool as horseplay from my friends‚ I came to the conclusion that I had to
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Olympic games. Usain Bolt has won six Olympic gold medals. What do they all have in common? It is not that they won numerous gold medals. It is they are all passionate about what they do. Since I started preschool at age four‚ my time outside of school have been piled up with never ending activities‚ first there was ballet‚ then came ice skating‚ art class‚ then swimming‚ chess‚ then piano‚ speed reading‚ and flute. Whenever I quit doing one thing‚ I picked up something new. As the years go by‚ most of
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thoughts I believe my strengths in composition have stayed the same. For example‚ from the beginning of the semester to now in the mid-semester‚ I have been working hard to complete all my assignments. I have been doing every assignment given to me and finishing it on the instructed due date. In this class‚ you can see on my Midterm grades that I have been doing my work and turning in my assignments on time. I have done every assignment and pushed myself to be better to get the grade I want to achieve
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In chapter 5 of Invitation to Public Speaking‚ Cindy L. Griffin (2015) addresses an important aspect of finding an effective supporting materials for a speech‚ and how gathering a wide‚ relevant range of supporting materials for a speech ensures that it will help the public dialogue remain responsive and healthy (Griffin‚ p. 98). The chapter‚ entitled “Gathering Supporting Materials” discussed how to make the research process as efficient and productive as possible‚ and how citing sources properly
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Although I don’t remember exactly how I learned to read‚ I guess it sort of came to me as a little child when my parents used to read me prayers and stories from the Bible. In middle school‚ reading was essential in getting a good grade for English with the "Accelerated Reader" system being implemented at our school. Basically‚ it was a online program where you would be able to take tests on books once you have read them‚ and each book had a certain amount of points based on its difficulty and length
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Everyone in our school knows Geetha as the Indian girl who can eloquently speak her mind‚ but that doesn’t mean I can’t be as good as her. Today‚ in my speech titled ‘Share The Resources Extensively N Gain The Harmony’‚ I will explain‚ why I should be on a par with Geetha. A very good morning to the wise and honourable judges‚ teachers and members of the floor. You must be still wondering why I relate the previous incident with the theme ‘Unity’ for my speech today. Now‚ listen to this one‚ my sister
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I. Introduction A. Attention Getter: How many people in this room own or have owned an IPod‚ IPhone‚ or IPad? Isn’t astounding how one man’s vision and innovation gave us all devices that have made the world today more connected than it’s ever been? Devices we NOW can’t imagine leaving behind when we walk out the front door in the morning. Whether it’s listening to music in your bedroom‚ reading the news on the train ride to work‚ checking your email at home or even sitting in a waiting room watching
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The majority of people believe life is complicated‚ but realistically‚ they just need a more simplistic mindset. In Robert Fulghum’s All I Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten‚ Fulghum takes our “complicated” lives and breaks them down to terms as basic as Kindergarten. As the title suggests‚ he explains that one of the simplest years of our lives teaches us the most important concepts. His instructions include cleaning up after your own mess‚ living a balanced life‚ and sticking together.
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When I was in high school we had a teacher that was a very creative in the ways he taught us. He was always coming up with ideas to prove points to our class. I remember one day that was like any other and I suppose that there had been several people who had not been turning in assignments for a few weeks and he had been mentioning to the class for days that we need to be turning in our homework. He always stressed good grades and said that the doing homework would help us on an exam. He decided
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