2014年9月25日星期四

Essay 2


   I want to share my writing process and my questions about essay 2. My article is “Has Privacy Become a Luxury Good”. At first, I finished my summary. And then, I was thinking that which pattern was more suitable for me. After compared the three different pattern, I decided to choose the first one. Then I used many ways like brainstorm and freewriting to explore my ideas of the response. Later, I started to write my first draft. But after I finished it, I thought my essay had a lot of problems. First, some sentences were really confusing. Secondly, I thought my essay was a mess because I lack of the clear topic sentence. Thirdly, my transitional link with my thesis was too simple. So, I made some changes in my draft two. I changed my pattern to express some sentences. I used more condensed words in my topic sentence. I added more information between the summary and the response relatively. But I still have some questions about essay two. I wonder know what I should do to make my transitional link more nature. At the same time, I want to know which conclusion is a good conclusion. Do I need to summarize every important points of my precious paragraphs? And do I need to write a topic sentence for each different paragraphs? Is it ok to write one topic sentence in front of all my examples? Besides, what should I do to make my essay become more interesting?

2014年9月11日星期四

Summary Of "My Favorite Teacher"




In the essay "My Favorite Teacher", Thomas L. Friedman wrote his journalism teacher who had the greatest influence on his life. Her name is Hattie. Thomas was taught by her when he was a high school student in 10th grade. She harbored the view that getting the fundamentals right was the key of success. Precisely, she wanted her students to do things more professional and efficient. In addition to this, Hattie was so strict with her students. Thomas couldn’t fulfill the requirements of writing so she just let him to be a business manage and finished one story in his 11th grade. She was also strict in supervising the yearbook. Although she wasn’t cool at all, her students still liked her very much. She treated her students very well. Meantime, she was not only a teacher but a good friend of her students. Besides, Hattie thought reading the New York Time was the fundamentals of being a real journalist. Her lessons still play an important role in current society. History proves that no matter a single individual or a country all need the fundamentals including reading, writing, arithmetic, church, synagogue and mosque, the rule of law and good governance. And  we need learn these fundamentals through the traditional way instead of just using the Internet.