English 101 - Chapter 2 Prompt

Chapter 2 Prompt

This week I have communicated through writing in many different ways. I have written:

-Several blog posts for English 101

-An analysis essay on the elite theory for American Government

-A critical thinking essay for Psychology

-A variation of emails to family, friends, teachers, peers, and co-workers

-Several text messages

-A memo to my dad

-Many sheets of notes from classes

The three subjects I think are the most varying are my several blog posts for English 101, my analysis essay for American Government, and lastly my memo to my dad.

One way I wrote this week was through blogging for my English 101 class. I had a closed audience that was intended for my followers and my teacher. In my blogs my purpose was to accomplish an assignment or an in-class lab that I did collaboratively. The chief topic I covered in my blogs has been the differences between authors and writers. When I wrote these posts my tone was mostly formal, for my audience was looking for clear and official points.                     

Another way I wrote was by writing an analysis essay that was due for my American Government class. My audience was my professor, but possibly open to my classmates. The purpose of my paper was to analyze the elite theory and how the public views higher authority. On this paper my stance was toward the elite and not the public, for several reasons which I will not disclose. I typed my essay which included several outside resources and used a formal tone.                 

Finally, I wrote a memo to my dad. The audience was private and intended for my father only. In my memo my purpose was to remind my dad of an upcoming event that he might have forgotten. The tone I used was very casual and personal, and it was handwritten on the back of a receipt. 

Eng. 101 In-Class Lab

Holly Snider, Bela Burns, and Leah Nieman

We agree that our posts are more similar than different. All of us agree on what defines writers and authors, and we all mentioned the internet and how it affects society. But, some of us disagreed on the topic of if everyone is an author or not.

Writers:                                                  Authors:

Expresses thought	Publishes
Writes to him/herself or closed audience	Writes to an audience
Writers use images, sound, video, etc.	Researches their work
Their work is part of a larger conversation	They produce their own product

Type of Writing:                                         Why you Enjoy / Despise it:

Narrative	It’s creative, and relates to life
Poems	It’s expressive
Persuasive	It’s hard to figure out an argument

Holly: Shopping list

Shannon,

PARTY THIS WEEKEND

·         Pay for gas

·         Go to Party City and get: balloons, confetti, forks, and ribbons

·         Take them to my house at 5:00 PM

·         Buy the supplies for now, but I’ll re-inverse you when I can.

Bela: Directions

Shannon,

I need some supplies for the party this weekend. Please go to my house at 290 Holly St. in Poulsbo and on the porch will be some money for your gas. Then please turn left from there to Bela St., then right on Leah St. and keep straight till you reach Party City. Once there get balloons, confetti, forks, and ribbons. Then take the supplies to my work by 5:00 PM at 31 English St. Buy the supplies for now, and I’ll re-inverse you when I can. 

Leah: Memo

Hey Shannon,

The party this weekend is coming up, and I need your help. I can’t pay for gas at the moment, so could you drive? Please get balloons, confetti, forks, and ribbon. Then please bring them to my house and I’ll need you to purchase them at the moment as I’m low on funds.

Thank you!

Is Everyone An Author?

Is everyone an author? Yes, I believe everyone has shown through their lifetime ways that they have been authors. Every day we do things which makes us authors, whether its share a paper with a class, write an email to a group of friends, or post on Facebook a story of an event you experienced.  From the moment you were a child and had learned to write sentences, you had begun your journey into a world of publishing. In our present society we have at our finger tips the internet, which holds opportunities that no one in the past has ever been given. We have Twitter, Facebook, blogs like this one here, and emails that lets us express our thoughts through writing and then lets us publish our work so that the world can see. 

       Before the internet, the difference between an author and a writer was large. A writer was anyone who put their words on paper, but an author was someone recognized, whose work had been published. Today we can publish anything we wish to and the difference between an author and writer has little distinction. With all the opportunities we have today, let us embrace them and write to the world! 

Collaborative Writing on Writing

Collaborative Writing on Writing1.) Writing is a way to express your thoughts and feelings on paper. It can also be helpful to work out thoughts that would otherwise be harder to explain.

2.) Expository and persuasive writing are prompts formally given in high school, however we typically would agree, that it is easiest to write in the first person, about past personal experiences. Journalism and recording events on paper or on the computer are previously used forms of writing.

3.) Our tone changes depending on our audience, such as if we are writing to friends, or if we are writing a formal English 101 essay. For example, if you are reading an essay or paper to friends, you are very casual. If you are reading an essay or paper to a class or teacher, you are a bit more formal.

Holly Snider, Grace deMeurisse, Leah Nieman, Isabela Burns  :)

My Personal Biography

Hi,

My name is Leah Nieman! I have red hair and am the very average height of 5'4". I am a first year running start student and am interested in going into nursing once I have graduated with my AA. I am the third child of four girls and all of us grew up throwing footballs and building forts in the woods with our dad. I grew up loving martial arts and I've been part of Taekwondo since I was eight years old. 

:)