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Kaya- Writing Center Visit
Hayley- How Have Your Priorities Changed from Middle School to High School?

Writing Center Visit

I went to the writing center last Tuesday during our English class. My writing fellow was a senior named Emma Scott. I knew her from my Spanish class, so knowing her made it a little less awkward. But overall, it was a great experience and Emma Scott really helped me.

First she asked me to read my paper aloud and I caught some typos and Emma Scott took notes. After I had finished she showed me what she thought I needed to work on, which was my introduction and quotes. She showed me why my introduction did not flow very well and we came up with a solution to fix it. We then went through my quotes, getting rid off what we thought was not needed. After that we both read it through again and worked on my introduction some more. She told me it was the one thing not working for some reason. So, we sat there until we figured it out and it turned out I was not being clear enough.

My trip to the writing center was a success and I will use it in the future for sure.

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Wyatt- Literary Analysis Project
Griff- Free Post- It Will be Different This Time

Free Post

My favorite food is pizza. I do not like all the fancy stuff on the pizza, just pepperoni. If you ask me for pizza and I say no, something is wrong. You have my permission to take me to the hospital. Honestly, I'm not completely sure why pizza is my favorite food. I think its because I never get tired of it. I enjoy steak, a baked potato, grilled chicken, quesadillas, and a lot of other stuff just the same. 

My family teases me about it. They always say, "I know what Sydney wants for dinner..." It's true. The cheese, pepperoni, and tomato sauce is a wonderful combination that is enjoyable. But I am not a big fan of cold pizza, that is not appetizing to me. I want my pizza warm not cold. The cheese does not come off as stringy and the tomato sauce doesn't run into your mouth when you take a bite. Pizza is the best.  

LOTF Literary Analysis

In general the easiest part of this essay is the draft. I put in a lot of work while doing my outline which is what has made this draft somewhat easy. Another easy component to this essay is the transitions from text to quote. I find this easy, but I know it can be hard for some people. Overall if you are confident in your writing and really understand Lord of the Flies this part of the essay should be easy.

The hardest part of this essay is the grammar and remembering to keep everything in present tense. I have read over my draft multiple times and each time I catch a tense error. This mistake is probably happening because in my head, the book is over, so it should be in past tense, but obviously that is incorrect. The grammar part is mainly focused in the quotes. The slashes, long quotes, and citations on top of regular grammar is kind of stressful. But overall I think this analysis is going to turn out well.