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Throughout E.E. Cummings lifetime, “In Cummings lifetime career he wrote about 2,900 poems.” His most famous poem is, “I Carry Your Heart With Me.” The poem, “I Carry Your Heart With Me” is about the love E.E. Cummings has for the anonymous girl he based his poem about, and how he could not let her go. Biography.org states he was very smart and went to Harvard. E.E. Cummings didn’t really write in a certain style. He had a hard time finding a publisher so he decided to self publish his poems. E.E. Cummings was born on October 14, 1894 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He lived in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He lived up to be a prominent. “E.E. Cummings wanted to be a poet when he was a kid and he was strongly supported by his mother.” He went to Harvard University. “E. E. Cummings had and unknown and romantic outlook on life”, and he had a hard time finding a publisher.

E.E. Cummings began writing poems when he was 10 years old.” E.E. Cummings wrote about 2,900 poems lifetime. Some people that E.E. Cummings was influenced by were; Robert Frost, Ezra Pound, Pablo Picasso, Amy Lowell, and Gertrude Stein. He wrote about random things like tulips and chimneys and romantic feelings etc. Since he could not find a publisher he started self-publishing for much of his career. He eventually found wide recognition. E.E. Cummings is not only a poet but a playwright, and visual artist as well. Along with capitalization, E.E. Cummings uses punctuation to add emphasis. His punctuation is used to find key concepts in his poetry, He didn’t really have a type of writing style. E.E. Cummings got awards such as Bollinger Prize and Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts for the US and Canada.

“I Carry Your Heart With Me” is considered one of the most prominent love poems of modern time. The subject of, “I Carry Your Heart With Me” is about somebody he has strong feelings for. He feels strongly for the characters in his life. The Format of this poem is a Sonnet. E.E. Cummings uses sonnets and free poetry. E.E. Cumings poem is trying to persuade the anonymous girl to stay with him a bit longer. E.E. Cummings might have had a romantic relationship and he doesn’t want her to leave him. He just expressed his feelings to the person who he likes. “here is the deepest secret nobody knows (here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud and the sky of the sky of a tree called life which grows higher than soul can hope or mind can hide) and this is the wonder that’s keeping the stars apart i carry your heart (i carry it in my heart)” In this part of the poem by E.E. Cummings he expresses his love for the Anonymous girl that he wrote to. Even though E.E. Cummings wrote about 2,900 he still never had a style of writing. The poem. “I Carry Your Heart With Me” was known as one of the most romantic poems ever published up to this day. He really had love and affection for the anonymous person he was writing about. He never had a style of writing and when he wrote, he had his own way of writing with bad punctuation. Since he had bad punctuation he had to become a publisher and self-publish his own poems.

Presentation Starting with the ideas, these are the main message, the focus of the piece. The idea will be the main theme that comes to together with all of the supporting details that help develop the theme. When writing is clear and concise, the message is strong. The writer should choose details that are important, informative, and interesting. At times, the writer should also try to include details that the reader would not predict. The organization of writing is how a piece of writing is structured. Organization can be developed and structured in many ways, for example: compare and contrast, point-by-point analysis, deductive logic, and many other patterns. When the organization of writing is strong, it is more meaningful and grabs the reader’s attention. Events should proceed in a logical fashion and connections selection, borders, or a balance or visuals and text. Presentation is a key piece that a writing may be ready for publishing. Summary of Report This report is based off of one specific writing sample from one session Katie During this session, half of the hour I spent with Katie was ocused on writing. Katie would start by writing a story with a given within detail should be strong.

The Voice of a piece is when you can hear the writer speaking to you through their writings. This trait is seen in the words that are used. Word choice Is the use of rich, colorful, precise language that communicates the story to the reader. Word choice can and will be very different depending on the type of writing you are reading. Sentence fluency is how the words and sentences low together. Fluent writing has cadence, power, rhythm, and movement. It does not have awkward word patterns that slow the reader down. Sentences will vary in length, structure, and style Conventions are the mechanical aspect of the writing which encompasses five elements: spelling, punctuation, capitalization grammar, and paragraphing. Writing u usually be proofread and edited. The last trait of the writing model is Presentation. This combines how the writing is seen visually as well as the textual elements. This could include: neatness, handwriting or font prompt or making one up on her own and then we would do some type of writing instruction. I offered Katie two options for her writing prompt: she could write about whatever she wanted or I could give her a prompt. For this particular writing, she chose to free write. Writing Trait Analysis Ideas In writing sample A, I gave Katie time to free write, where she could write about anything she wanted. She chose to write about a character from a game she plays named Angelo. She decided that Angelo had run out of food in her house and then went to the store. Originally, that is where Katie stopped writing her story and those are the only two ideas that her writing contained. Katie’s original sentences were very basic and did not include a lot of detail. But after we talked about he story, I started asking her questions about what Angelo was going to do since she ran out of food and how she was going to get food, where she was going to get it from, what was she going to get, etc. After that, Katie wanted to go back and add to her writing. During this time, Katie added about three more sentences to her writing.

Organization: This piece of writing was organized. Katie seems to have a logical understanding of how writings should progress and be sequenced. sample A, all of her events made sense in the order that she wrote them.

Voice: As mentioned before, Katie’s sentences are very basic right now. She is still developing her voice at this time.

Word Choice: Uses words that she is familiar with in her everyday Katie continuously uses words that y. That makes her word choice very repetitive at times and does not add variety to her writings.

Sentence Fluency: Katie does a great job making sure that her sentences flow correctly. She uses a self-monitoring technique where she will talk out what she make sure it sounds correct. I was very impressed is about to write to m with how most of her sentences seemed to flow throughout her writing.

Conventions: Katie has basic knowledge of capital letters and periods. For her age, I do not expect much more in this area. She could use some work on spacing her words out when writing; sometimes her words will run into one another making it difficult to read. Presentation This piece of writing would be a great rough draft to start various instruction ie. The presentation of this writing was not bad at cal hand writing for a young student but the paper was free of any other distractions. As I said before, Katie could use some work on spacing her words out which would help the presentation of the paper as well.

Instructional Plan for Writing

I think that Katie has a lot of potential when it comes to writing. She is very imaginative which means she has endless possibilities to write about. I would like to start having Katie use different graphic organizers to organize her ideas before she started writing. Since she still likes to write everything in sentences, this could serve as a type of rough draft for Katie. To bring Katie’s voice into writing, I wou riting, I would start by having he tell me a story in her own words and I would scribe it. Then, when ask her if she heard read it back to her From there, I would ask Katie to take the story from her graphic organizer and write it down like she was telling it to someone in a conversation . During this same session that Katie created writing sample A, Katie and did a lesson on Word Choice. I started with a simple sentence, “IT WENT TO THE STORE.” Then I would start asking Katie questions about who is IT? How did IT get to the store? Why did IT go to the store? What store did IT go to? What did IT buy at the store? Each time w added something new to the sentence, Katie would rewrite the new sentence. She was able to see the progression from the first to the final had a discussion about the difference where she sentence and then we demonstrated she liked the final sentence and would rather use that sentence in a story than the first one. After we completed that activity we went back to her writing sample and completed the same activity using her sentences.

Both adverts, the British Red Cross appeal and the Amnesty International appeal are written for the same reason… to get sympathy from the readers and to persuade them to financially support the charity. The reader needs to be convinced there is a strong reason to commit to the charity if they are to hand over part of their income.

Although the two appeals are both very, very affective, they are both laid out in totally different ways.

The writer’s of both appeals have created highly persuasive appeals using emotive and intensely personal language. It is very carefully and cleverly constructed and a logical reason to donate to the charity is developed throughout both.

The Amnesty International appeal is set out in columns which makes it look like a newspaper advertisement, it is very attention grabbing and this style really breaks up the content, this makes the readers want to read it as it’s not just a bunch of words all together.

The British Red Cross appeal is set out in a letter format which makes the plea more personal to the reader, this makes the reader want to read it as it’s addressing them.

In the British Red Cross appeal, they contain a logo in the top corner which makes the appeal creditable, the readers know it’s an official company and the money will be going to a good cause.

Both the British Red Cross and the Amnesty International appeals contain images which give a sense of reality. The British Red Cross appeal has an image of an old woman who the case study is based upon. She looks very fragile and vulnerable, and is wearing rag type clothing and it looks like she has most of her belongings in a little sack which is thrown over her shoulder, this tells the reader that she doesn’t own many belongings and shows her poor status in life. The Amnesty International appeal has two boxes, one filled with black and one filled with white, these colours totally contrast each other. This appeal also has a cartoon drawing of a man hanging from the word “you’ll” , this suggests that it will be you hanging unless you agree.

In the British Red Cross appeal the paragraphs are nice and short, therefore easy to read. This means that people won’t get bored of reading it, and will probably read the whole letter, rather than the first couple of lines. The first thing the writer does is try to earn the reader’s trust. From the very start the letter opens an intensely direct and personal contact, the writer uses direct appeal quite a lot through-out the appeal. In the opening paragraph the writer instantly mentions the vulnerable old lady, he tries to create a sympathetic mood from the reader instantly. We see this in the quote “But few of us, thankfully, will never have to endure what 74-year-old Slana Djujic is going through.” this quote tries to get the reader to think what she could be going through, it tempts us to read on to find out what she’s having to endure.

In the next paragraph he says “Slana lives with her disabled son in Javdranj” the fact that her son is disabled makes us think that although she is old an vulnerable she has her son to look after as well. The quote “they are the only ones left in this once bustling village” tells us that they are the sole survivors of the village, no one else has been able to cope with the situation.

“When 200,000 people left the Krajina in 1995, fleeing the ethnic fighting, Slana and her son were too weak to join the exodus. She said goodbye to her daughter, Nadia, knowing she might never see her again.” this quote shows the massive scale of people that left the Krajina, it also shows us that Slana is having to make sacrifices by saying goodbye to her daughter because she along with her son are too weak to leave with the crowd.

They are now stuck in a wooden shack which has probably been thrown together, it has no electricity or gas. This shows the lack of money and the poor state of life.

The quote “Slana’s story shows only too well that, in winter, people depend on the Red Cross even more.” shows us that people are desperate for help and are completely dependant on charities for help.

“With a gift of �15, a mobile Red Cross team could ensure that someone like Slana has fuel for cooking and heating. Could you give that �15?” the writer has made this quote bold so it really stands out, the writer uses a rhetorical question here to make us think ‘can we give that 15?’ , the fact that this isn’t a huge amount of money to us, but can do so much for the people like Slana makes us feel that its worth giving it to them so they can change someone’s life.

“Let me tell you about 77-year-old Percy Jones. Percy was admitted to hospital…” this quote starts off in a very conversational way, ‘let me tell you’, it sounds like the writer is having a one on one talk with you, the fact he’s 77 and has been admitted to hospital makes us feel sympathy for him. “he couldn’t even bend to light the fires in his house.” this tells us that he is too old and too un-able to do basic every day things. “with no heat in the dead of winter, this frail, elderly man could have succumbed to hypothermia” the writer uses a technical term here to show the extent of the situation.

“Thankfully, the local branch of the British Red Cross was alerted, and a volunteer was assigned to help. He made sure that the fires were kept alight and that Percy was kept warm.” this quote tells us basically exactly what the people at the British Red Cross do. We instantly feel that what their doing is great and we think back to the rhetorical question of whether or not we could give that �15 to change their lives.

“Separated by thousands of miles and two different cultures, Slana and Percy are united in one thing: their need for the Red Cross to be there in winter.” this shows us that this is a world wide problem, and that they need the Red Cross. “Just as we need you to be there for us.” this is very direct to the reader and makes us think that the Red Cross can’t help the people like Slana and Percy without us helping the Red Cross and donating some money.

“Whatever you can give today will help us deliver the extra supplies of fuel, food or blankets that people urgently need at this time of year.” this tells us that any donations at all are appreciated and welcomed.

“For the sake of people like Slana and Percy, please be as generous as you can.” this makes us feel that the Red Cross just want to help people like them out and make their lives better.

In the Amnesty International appeal the writer says “what matters is that you conform, and to make you conform the State had only one weapon. Fear.” in this quote the word ‘conform’ is repeated to make sure you hear it. The word ‘fear’ is isolated at the end to give it great impact.

“You are one of the few prepared to speak out against the State” this is direct appeal, it makes us feel as though the writers talking about us.

In the quote “Initially it’s just harassment, threats and phone calls.” the key word is ‘just’ this makes it seem like nothing, and the situation seems calm.

“To continue to speak out against the State at this stage takes enormous courage.” this quote uses emotive language and tells us that the State is very strong and it will take something with a lot of guts to stand up to the State and speak their mind.

“You’re simply ‘lifted’ from the street in full public view” this suggests that you are just an object, humiliated in front of the public. “It serves as a useful warning to anyone else who may be thinking the same dangerous thoughts.” this quote suggests that it’s showing others what happens if you talk you mind and stand up against the State.

Overall both of the charities are very effective, however I think that the British Red Cross appeal is more persuasive and shows how genuine the charity actually is, where as the Amnesty International appeal is more like a law book and doesn’t look very good. If I was to choose a charity to donate to I would choose the British Red Cross advert because you’ve seen two different examples of people it’s helping.

I peered down at the lush shrubbery surrounding the hotel and the bright blue pool. The look of pleasure plastered over people’s faces was a joy to see, the tall elegant building towered over me…

Then I lowered the brochure. I had been promised one of the top notch hotels in the whole of Benidorm yet here I was, greeted by a musky smell. It made the air misty and filled my nostrils with I smell that I can only describe as making me want to retch. A dingy looking council flat towered over me, literally. It seemed as though it was swaying to one side and about to fall flat on my face. So much for ‘The perfect place to stay’.

My eyes stung and my gaze swayed down towards my feet as I tried to heal my eyes of pain. I was welcomed by the smell again when I realised it was appearing from the floor. Black liquid oozed from under the sole of my sandals.

After dumping my luggage in a tacky room just containing a bed, a bedside cabinet and a bathroom; don’t get me wrong this is all I asked for but it could at least be clean, I made my way out towards the town to check out the locals and see where the main attractions were. No-one was in sight. Where was everyone? I paced down through a cut in the trees and followed a greyish looking cat; they were all over the place. I found everyone. There was a market on today.

I strolled down the first aisle and took in my surroundings; it smelt of dusty rugs and plastic. I looked on the hand made walls and saw copy’s of all the latest fashion labels; they looked very fake but I couldn’t go away from Benidorm without something like that. I chuckled to myself. I was being shouted at by a local, “Please Miss, come buy – amazing bag – very cheap…” I waved my arm and dismissed the idea. Was it really that obvious that I was British?

I scrunched my eyes tight and fought against the sun, squinting at the brightness of it; I made out the outline my hotel. I had walked around in a colossal circle. I came here for one main reason, the sun. I could mainly get that at the beach. Off I wandered.

I arrived at my destination. I walked along the paved edge of the sand. Taking in the smell of the salty water being rose by the hot sun. I looked around and people on scooters were appearing to have a death wish as they swerved in and out of the busy traffic taking silly little risks to get only about two cars in front. I looked back down towards the beach, here it was winter yet it was still warm, local people were walking alongside me tutting at the thought of the British being in their swimwear at such a ‘cold’ time of year.

As I got nearer reaching the edge of the beach I was gazing upon a huge crowd gathered around a certain part of the sand. I edged closer and saw umbrellas towering over me; I squeezed through the mass of people to be taken away by the art in front of my eyes. A sculpture, made of only sand, of two mermaids sitting on stones was draped across the Spanish beach. The man who had obviously made the amazing model was standing proudly next to it with a proud smile on his face. I made eye contact with him.

He looked as though he was about to have a heart attack. “Please Miss,” He looked desperate, “I have no money, please,” He pointed to the mounds of buckets piled in front of the sculpture with a look on his face that only the most devilish of people would resist. I looked at the measly amount of coins in the buckets and pulled out my purse. I was shocked at the decent looking people who all instantly sat on the ground beneath them and turned into beggars. I was gob smacked.

I turned and ran I was followed by some but then they gave up. I ran and ran. I headed for the hotel. It was dingy and council-flat looking but I didn’t care. It would keep me safe… from this… this… mayhem.

I got to my room and locked the door behind me, leaning on it for support. I panted and grew very hot with all the running in the hot climate. I shrunk to the floor and sat for a few minutes getting my breathing back to normal. I ran the shower hot and jumped in it. It was nice and refreshing on my skin after the day’s events. I laughed at the thought of the people all sinking to the floor and instantly becoming beggars as they saw a British Traveller with money.

I settled to bed looking forward to a peaceful sleep. I was just drifting off went there was an almighty crash and bang on the door to my room. I could here mumbled voices and saw a yellowy liquid with bits in it oozing through the crack between the bottom of the door and the floor. I tiptoed backwards and opened the door at arms length. There was something heavy against it. I dared open it more. A man who looked like he had passed out was laying half in my room and half out. Was he from this hotel? I called the office downstairs and someone said they would be up as soon as possible. The man started to move. I asked him his name and age. He was only 18 and called Pete on a lad’s holiday and got lost. I was on the 4th floor; how did he get here? A man shouting in Spanish ran up towards me and took the man away. The cleaner cleaned what turned out to be vomit from under the door.

I lay back down on the bed and looked at the ceiling. Another 9 days of this? I cried myself to sleep that night.

The three extracts I am comparing are written by three different authors. The first extract I am going to tell you about is written by a famous author called ‘Terry Pratchett’. The second extract is written by a children’s author ‘Charles Dickens’. And finally, the third extract I am going to explain, is written by another well-known author, ‘Eoin Colfer’. With these three extracts, I am going to inform and describe how the characters and settings are developed.

In the first extract the characters are well described using many adjectives. For example ‘Mr Horsefry’ was described as a ‘youngish man, not simply running to fat but vaulting, leaping and driving towards obesity. He had acquired at thirty and impressive selection of chins, and now they wobbled with angry pride. ‘ I can picture this man with so many chains and not being able to speak properly. This is a funny description and makes the reader want to read on and see what else the reader writes about Mr Horsefry. Terry Pratchett’ also writes that Mr Horsefry is: ‘Despite his expression, which was that of a piglet having a bright idea, and his mode of speech, which might put you in mind of a small, breathless, neurotic but ridiculously expensive dog, Mr Horsefry might have been a kind, generous and pious man.

In the same way, the man climbing out of your window in a stripy jumper, a mask and a great hurry might merely be lost on the way to a fancy-dress party, and the man in a wig and robes at the focus of the courtroom might only be a transvestite who wondered in out of the rain. When I read this description I was laughing, and I could imagine a man dressed up as a woman who has god knows how many chains and seeing him wondering in the rain.

Also listening to him when he speaks, it would be difficult to understand him because his chins would get in the way. This is a very good and clear description of ‘Mr Horsefry’ and enjoyable to read and if someone reads this description they would know what ‘Mr Horsefry’ looks like and what his personality is like. Also in this extract, it is a shame that ‘Terry Pratchett’ didn’t describe the settings as much as he describes ‘Mr Horsefry’.

For example the quote, “Ah, this would be . . . what is it now . . . the glass ceiling? ” said lord Vetinari brightly. “No, my lord. That is something else. I believe you may be thinking about the ‘Agatean Wall”. This quote tells me what the ceilings and the walls may look like, but it doesn’t tell me what else the place looks like. The writer could have described what the canary looked like or what time of year it was, for example was it in the middle of winter, or was it in late summer.

But I don’t know because this wasn’t explained in the extract. However ‘Terry Pratchett’ could have explained this in the beginning of the story or later on in the story, I’m not to sure. Describing the setting would make the story a lot better and when the reader reads this extract they would be able to picture what is going on and where the characters are, as that is what happening now, I am confused where the characters are and I am thinking of a completely different place to what the writer is thinking of when he wrote this book.

In the second extract ‘Charles Dickens’ describes the character, ‘The Ghost of Christmas Past’ as: ‘It’s hair, which hung about its neck and down its back, was white, and if with age; and not yet the face had not a wrinkle in it, and the tenderest bloom was on the skin. The arms were very long and muscular; the hands the same, as if it hold were of uncommon strength. Its legs and feet, most delicately formed, were, like those upper members, bare. It wore a tunic of the purest white; and round its waist was a lustrous belt, the sheen of which was beautiful.

It had its dress trimmed with summer flowers. But the strangest thing about it was, that from the crown of its head there sprang a bright clear jet of light, by which all this was visible; and which was doubtless the occasion of its using, in its duller moments, a great extinguisher for a cap, which it now held under its arm. ‘ This is a brilliant description of the sprit and I can picture what ‘The Ghost of Christmas Past’ looks like. I know exactly what her hair, skin, feet, legs and what she was wearing.

This is also a very clear description as well. It is easy to understand and easy to see what the ghost looks like. In this extract ‘Charles Dickens’ does not describe the setting as much in detail as he did with the character ‘The Ghost of Christmas Past’. For example the quote: ‘Not the curtains at his feet, nor the curtains at his back, but those to which his face was addressed. The curtain of his bed drawn aside;’ this quote tells me a little bit about Cosmos room and the curtains.

However I find this quote quite confusing as I am not to sure whether or not the curtains are in Cosmo’s room and where else are the curtains. Also I am not sure where he is, is he in his room? Or is he somewhere less? For example, is Cosmo in a huge empty mansion? Or is he in some hall way? Who knows? That is why it is important to tell the reader where the character is otherwise the reader gets lost. The finial extract is written by anther well known author ‘Eoin Colfer’. He has developed his characters in his story by using a few adjectives.

He describes a character, Cosmo who is a young boy aged fourteen years old as: ‘Cosmo receives his schooling from education software, his teeth were whiter that white and his hair was lustrous and flake-free, but his insides felt like they were being scoured with a radioactive wire brush. Eventually Cosmo realized that the orphanage was slowly killing him. It was time to get out. ‘ ‘Eoin Colfer’ didn’t use as much adjectives as the other writers did. The description of Cosmo was not that clear, as I didn’t know exactly what he looked like. However the quote: ‘… aby Cosmo was discovered swaddled in an insulated Cheery Pizza envelope on Cosmonaut Hill in Moscowtown.

The state police swabbed him for DNA, search for a match in the Satellite mainframe and came up blank. Nothing unusual about that, orphans turn up every day in the city. So the newly christened Cosmo Hill was dipped in a vaccine vat and sent on a tube to the Clarissa Frayne Institute or Parentally Challenged Boys Freight. ‘ This quote tells me that Cosmo was an orphan and was found on ‘Cosmonaut Hill in Moscowtown’. This quote many not tell me what Cosmo looks like but it does tell me about how he was found.

So this is a pretty good description of where he was found. Also in this extract ‘Eoin Colfer’ has used many descriptive words to develop the setting. For example the quote: ‘Satellite City was not part of any welfare state, so the institution had to raise funds any way they could. Clarissa Frayne’s speciality was product testing. Whenever a new modified food or untested pharmaceutical product was being developed, the orphanage volunteered its charges as guinea pigs. It made perfect financial sense.

The orphans got fed and cleaned, and the Frayne Institute got paid for the privilege. This quote tells me about the orphanage and ‘Clarisse Frayne’. This quote may not describe the settings as much as the other stories did but it tells me a lot about the orphanage, but at least that is something. So overall I have realised that it is important to describe the character in the stories, otherwise the reader would think of something else that the writer may not be thing of. Also this is the same for the settings. You have to explain but the area is like and where the characters are. This is important as well so that the reader can picture what is going on without getting confused.

In my life the most thrilling and funniest days I have spent were when I used to be in a primary school. They were also probably the scariest and most troublesome days of my life. I used to get into a lot of trouble in those days; it was mostly due to bad luck, because it was mostly my friends’ fault for doing anything bad. Despite this, I actually quite enjoyed doing troublesome things with my friends. These were my thrilling mates with whom I’ve spent, not the literally worst, but the scariest day of life. They were Imran, Rubel, Minaz and Jamie and the reliable and decent person in the crew was, Argha. And that’s me.

To start of my story I’ll talk about something normal like the games we played. I used to love playing football, tennis, pool and cricket with my friends. Nowadays, I only put my effort and concentration into cricket because I’m good at it. The only thing I couldn’t stand was racing. This was because I was a disgraceful runner. I was never able to keep up with my friends. Leaving a distance of less than five metres between my friends and me was a target I never achieved.

Even if I was the first to start I was surely the last to finish. Luckily, I was never disgraceful enough to get beaten by any girl who wanted to join us, or by any boy who play with dolls manufactured for girls. When we were a bit out of breath from playing games or had just come out of lunch with our stomachs full we chucked stones at the window of an apartment accommodated by an old lady in a flat just beside our play ground. Whenever she looked out we hid behind the walls. Once the window cracked and the lady came over to our school, luckily none of the other kids gave us away.

It was Monday. The first day of a school week. As usual, my friends and I did something to lighten up our boring day of school after the final bell rang to relieve us all. We were walking round the neighbourhood, full of narrow alleyways, where there wasn’t a chance of police patrol to be present. I was chatting with my friend Imran never expecting what would happen behind us.

We heard a small explosion. We turned around to see a blown up car tyre and Jamie with a big screw in his hand. Beside him was Rubel. Just as we finished shouting “why the hell did you guys do that?” an old lady screamed out of the window from the second floor, “you bloody hooligans, you’re gonna get it this time”. Realizing that it was the same lady whose window which we often cracked, we started running with our faces covered.

As I was obviously running like a tortoise behind all my friends I looked back. I screamed making my friends also look back to see a man chasing us with a machete and another man with a long lead pipe.

That day, my fear actually brought out the best in me, because my heart was beating so fast that it made my legs work faster, I crossed my maximum speed without feeling any pressure or pain on my legs because all I was thinking about was not getting caught by them. Plus, I needed to sprint faster because they didn’t seem like boys who play with Barbie dolls. I didn’t think that they would really crack our skulls with that lead pipe or slash us in half with that machete. They were probably trying to scare the living daylights out of us to avoid any more of their properties getting damaged, but I just couldn’t believe that a normal life like mine could be at risk of bleeding heavily to death.

With people like these after us our only hope was to get out of these narrow streets and alleyways and into the main road, where there were more people and police patrolling everywhere. Then there wouldn’t be a chance for them to wave their weapons about and chase eleven year olds. Thank God, we did make it to the main road and before we did they stopped and walked away.

My body was shaking so much; it was as if I was in the middle of a snowstorm with only a pair of shorts on. I walked back home with my friends shivering like this. They dropped me off. I got home and went straight to bed to stop myself from trembling. It’s likely my friends did the same. They sure did scare the hell out of us. Having a fight in school unarmed is one thing, getting chased by men with weapons in another. We left that matter behind our backs because even if our school is in their area, they didn’t get a glimpse of our faces.

It was ably the scariest day of my life, but my life has lots of years still to go, therefore no-one can tell, maybe this day will not be considered as the scariest, or the worst, in the future.

Crumples, and Crumples are either Bumpkins or Dumps. Based on this Information. Which of the following statements is/are true? L. II. Ill. IV A BCC A Bumpkin cannot be a Limpkin A Dumpling is always a Crumple A Limpkin can be a Rumple A Rumple can be a Dumpling I, II and Ill only I and IV only Ill and IV only Ill only Questions 2 and 3 refer to the following stimulus.

Teachers from Bentley High School are concerned that students show many signs of redness and lack of concentration during the school day, and have blamed the Introduction of TV, Backbone and Namespace as the fundamental cause. A team of researchers, led by Dry Roy Peters, came in to assess the claim of the teachers by conducting a professional study. Dry Peters compiled 80 students at random from Year 9 of the school, and he formed four groups. Group 1 consisted of 20 students who were banned from watching TV for a month.

Group 2 consisted of 20 students banned from accessing Backbone for a month. Group 3 consisted of 20 students manned from accessing Namespace for a month. Finally, Group 4 consisted of 20 students banned from watching TV, and banned from accessing Backbone and Namespace. English, Comparative, Guidelines Based on some recent emails, there seems to be a lot of confusion when it comes to approaching the comparative study essay. Understandably, it is quite hard to organism your knowledge of these texts and make it into a coherent comparative.

I felt there was no point in trying to write a sample essay, as everyone Is studying different texts. But here Is the bread and butter of It all… In essence, you will be asked to write along the following essay titles (“modes of comparison”): – cultural context – vision and viewpoint – theme or Issue as explored in 3 texts. Usually 2 of 3 come up every year. This is an artificial division in terms of essay titles. You will end up writing about similar things In each of these essay. Just taking a different angle each time.

A comparative is just that ; don’t try to impress the examiner with your in-depth knowledge of the texts – compare them, its okay to be a little superficial, but try to hit the three texts from all the different angles of comparison. To gain an understanding of the kind of organizing you need to do, have a look at my old notes: Comparative road map – my own scribbles. Click on image to enlarge. Don’t try to read the details here (this sheet was filled out on the other side too). Just note how I had my 3 texts up across and issues/visions/cultural matters down.