Tuesday, April 8, 2008

April 8 Journal

Welcome to writing lab. This class is going to be work, but it is also going to be the best class you have had all year.
Today I am going to go over class expectations with you as well as how to log into two of our applications.
First I am going to walk you through how to make a posting and then how to log into Study Island. I expect for you to take notes.
  1. National Soft Pretzel Month is in April. Write a silly paragraph explaining how pretzels came to be shaped the way they are.
  2. All of you have been writing since you started school. What do you think you do well at as a writer and what is something you still need to work on? Explain.

64 comments:

  1. I love writing! I love writing more than Diet Coke. Okay that might be an exaggeration, but I do love to write. One thing I need to work on as a writer is to go back into an essay and make revisions. I really don't like to do this, but know it's beneficial. One thing am good at as a writer is adding details. I like to paint pictures with my words. :-)

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  2. I think I do good on my writing. I kind of spell thinks correctly and I know how to write long paragraphs but the things that I need to improve are the way I write certain things and the way I talk in what ever I write.

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  3. The way a pretzels got there shape. There was a old man one day walking around a town called im a cookie. So he was a old man that was always happy and enjoyed everything and everybody, and as he was walking he had falling onto

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  4. Have you ever wondered how pretzels became shaped the way that they are? I have and I know how. They were put in the oven and the heat was up to high and so they just started curling together.

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  5. I THINK THAT THE PRETZELS WERE FORMED INTO YHAT SHAPE BECAUSE THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE WHO CREATED THE PRETZEL WERE TRYING TO FIND OUT A WAY TO SHAPE IT INSTEAD OF A STRAIGHT LINE. ONE THOUGHT OF SHAPPING IT IN A BALL. THE OTHER THOUGHT THAT WAS STUPID AND MUSHED IT UP SO THAT IS WHY ITS MADE THAT WAY.

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  6. I think that as a writer I still need some work on the way I use my punctuations. I think that I am good at using sentences togrther and coming up with things to say.

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  7. I am a very good writer. But on some things like biograpys im not that good at. I need to work on writing more of what the person is saying. But most things im very good at.

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  8. Some thing I need to improve on in writing would probably be my spelling. My handwriting is fine but I am not the best spelling. Everyone says I have 'girls' handwriting because it is pretty neat.

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  9. In school im am good at writing little storys but i need to be better at writing poems. that's what I think im good at writing poems but

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  10. I think I write essay real good about sports that I am interested in but I also think that I could improve on my handwriting skills because when I write fast my hand writing begins to get sloppy everytime I write. That is what I think I am good at and what I need to improve on.

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  11. Writing is a good way to express the way you feel about different topics, especially life experiences. As a writer, I feel that I am good at describing things; places, people, or objects. I feel that this can help me to create a story, but there are also some things that I can improve on, like beginning with a rough draft instead of just beginning.

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  12. what i think i do well as a writer is putting the question into your answers when you are answering a question.what i still need to work on is my spelling and answering in full sentances.

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  13. Something that I am good at as a writer is not making run on sentences. Something that I need to work on is being more descriptive

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  14. In writting I myself are good at some things but bad at others. One thing im good at when it comes to writting is coming up with the catchy started sentences. The thing im propbly not so good at is keeping the intrest going because I might get bored of what im talking about becasue i already went through it. Those are probly my ups and down of writting. : D

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  15. I the believe way pretezls get there shape is from somebody playing around with the dough. How ever i think when the people who make the pretezls that it very simple for them but they take the dough and cut it into small pieces and make faces with it.

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  16. I the believe way pretezls get there shape is from somebody playing around with the dough. How ever i think when the people who make the pretezls that it very simple for them but they take the dough and cut it into small pieces and make faces with it.

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  17. The thing I think I do well at is writing stories.What I need to work on is indenting.I'm very good at writing stories but when it comes to indenting I get confused but it not that i don't know how to do it

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  18. somthing i need to work on in my writting is narative stories it is hard to remember to put all the emotion and feelings in my stories because before i was in public schools i never

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  19. The things I think I do well as a writer is that I love to write and I can basicly write about anything no matter what the topic is.
    My favortie thing to write is extended responces and short stories.
    I am some what good at spelling yes I do make mistakes but everyone does, I am a fast typer so when I do get to write I do like to type instead of writing with pen and paper.
    The things I feel that I need to improve on is different types of writings I want to explore different types this way I can be better.

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  20. Since i been in school i always thought i had neat hand writig i always thought that it was never sloppy unless i made it that way. something that i dislike about writig is i get my letters mixed up and i can't spell that well i always need help on

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  21. The only thing about my writing is that I dont like they way i write because its sloppy. I dont like writing the thing I need to improve on is neatness.

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  22. there woas a guy who realy liked makeing bread , he was alwais thinking

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  23. since ive been writting i found out that iam really good at writting funny stories about my life and my past.what i need to work in is adding punctuation and periods so it is not just a big sentence.

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  24. one thing i need to work on is tenses but im very good in writing i also need to work on my reading skills and writing essays

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  25. I think the person who invented pretzels shaped them that way as a symbol of love. The pretzel kind of looks like a heart with compartments. Each compartment can hold the love of someone or something.

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  26. Pretzles were formed by a baker's baby son or daughter, that had played with some of the dough. They had twisted it, and played with it like babies usually do. Then the baker looked at the dough, and decided that it was a cool shape. He sold some of them and they had gained populairty. Then that particular shape became the signature shape

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  27. The way pretzels got their shape is they started off as sticks.Then one day somebody tripped and their pretzel went flying.And then their bones shaped into the pretzel we know now and

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  28. I think that the pretzel got it's shape from some old guy.I think that he was tring to make a circle and somehow messed it up.

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  29. How did a pretzel became its shape.

    I thinkl the pretzel its shape by probably being so good or salty like for an example: the people

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  30. I think I'm a good writer but at points it can become hard to think of what you should write about. One thing i dont like about writing is that you have to write a lot and after a while it gets boring! One thing I like about it , is that you express yourself.

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  31. pretzelz came to be shaped like that beacause the inventor jordan pretzelz, had an idea of making something

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  32. I like salty pretzels that are soft. I think that pretzels are twisted to get the ways they are. I think that pretzels are put in a machine and get twisted. I think that kids like pretzels because they are salty.

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  33. i do not think i am a good writrer because i am slow in writing and make lots of misktakes.but ilike to write about thigs that interest me.i also write sloppy with apen.

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  34. I am good at making up storys if im given a topic. But I am a very bad speller. i am also okay at gramer which MR. Boland says will help me in the long run. Although im

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  35. I like pretzels that are soft. I think pretzels is a wonderful for little kid as, a snack to eat. pretzels are fat for kids.

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  36. for jurnal #2 im aam going to tell you what i need to improve in writing and what i dont need to improve in writing. what i need to improve is my hand writing it is not really good.one thing i would like to keep is my cursive.

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  37. Pretzles are delicius and taste great and soft. I think

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  38. i think that we should do the pretzel thing in writiing lab because it sounds more interisting than the other assigment that is giving to us

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  39. why is a pretzels shaped the way they are i dont know maybe they are because it is shaped to fit the shaped of your mouth.

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  40. I kinda like writing its not that bad (well lie about that part).I belive that trying my best and people helping I would improve my writig assigments in language arts

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  41. I hate writing. I think that writing is boring. Writing hurts my hand, that is the only reason I hate writing. If that didn't happen I probably like it more.

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  42. Well i think wrighting is alrite. But sometimes like i have my imagination flowing like i can make a book but then like when i read it because over it dosent sound right. so like then i have to respelled it over then i just get mad because it take so long so i like wrighting doe.

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  43. once upon a time thre was a strait happy pretzle .and it was just taking a walk and it got attacted by a tiger and got all twisted up.it could never get undun again.

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  44. I think that pretzels are made in a diffrent way because the people that made it wanted to be diffrent when they made it.

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  45. um i write really sloppy. everybody tells me i do.oh my gosh, but i can write alot about boys!probaly even an assay about boys. i like the way i do my name olny because evertybody tells me they like the way i write my name. mr.bobo say i write like im talking!!!!!!

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  46. What do I think I do well as a writer and or what I need to work on as a writer is.....that I am a creative writer but I could imagine my thoughts a little

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  47. I think that they made their shap by the peaple by a factory and they must of mad that in the old days.I think that they made pretcils for to eat they did and they are good and they have salt in them but they are salty i dont like them.

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  48. I need to work on spleeing when i writ some thing like a parygarf.

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  49. I love writing. I love putting words down on the blank page and filling it with images that come from my head. One thing I need to work on is editing. I dislike going back in and fixing things, but I know it would make me a better writer. One thing I do well is creating a scene and working in that moment. I can't wait to write this year!

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  50. I am very good at writing like I talk. I am not good at writing essays on things like enviorment or a book. Also I cant write without writing how I talk. I think this is because my real dad isn't well at that either. that is what i am good at in writing.

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  51. I think I do well as a writer on writing letters. I still

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  52. What I do well in writing is that I have pretty good stories.What i need help in is

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  53. Something I think I do well as a writer is that I have alot of feelings and emotions that I put into writing. I always put my feelings and thoughts into writing. Something I need to work

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  54. I love to write because then I could get used of writting all the time. Also why I love to write because then if you need to xpress your

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  55. I think i do well in writing.I make sense when i write but when it comes to answering a question I never answer it I just say what's on my mind.So I think I should work on actually answring the question not saying what's on my mind.

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  56. I like writing because it allowes people to express themselves.One thing I need to work on is my spelling and penmenship.Writing can

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  57. Marisol Campos 6B
    What I like about writing is that I get make up my own things to put in a story.

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  58. How pretzles got thier shape
    This is how pretzles got thier shape,one day a named

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  59. writing is one of the thing i love to do

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  60. What i do well at writing is writing a story.

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  61. I think writhing is great because i love to write storys about people.Its so fun to write.

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  62. you rieat wall as a rieater you wall need to wrke onriting beater

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