Author Archives: denisearce

Many authors have different strengths and styles, which makes their book(s) popular. Dumas is great at creating dialogue which keeps the story going.  Dumas also does an excellent job at describing the setting and describing its mood, which makes the reader immersed. The author is also good at expressing the characters’ feelings. Dumas uses greatContinue reading “Dumas’ Exposition:Strengths”

I have always thought of what I was going to do and who I was going to be in the future. When I was little I considered becoming a police officer, a nurse or a doctor. Now that I learned a few things about the “real world,” I am now unsure of what I wantContinue reading “My Future:What I Will Be”

My theme is loss of innocence because like everybody, I was very innocent, I still am but not that much, and as I grow, I do lose that innocence as I become more aware of the world I live in. I also think that my theme can be idolatry, but not in the sense ofContinue reading “Story of my Life:My Themes”

Reading: RI. 9-10.6, I struggle with determining the purpose because I sometimes get it confused with the theme.  Writing: W. 9-10.1, When writing arguments, I tend to contradict whatever I wrote and sometimes my arguments are weak.  CCSS ELA-LITERACY.SL.9-10.3 When listening, I sometimes get lost and off track and sometimes I can’t  correlate the evidence.

I started annotating when I was in 9th grade; we read The Alchemist, I wasn’t really interested in it so I had a hard time annotating. Every time I read a word that I didn’t know or wasn’t sure about the definition, I always searched it up and put a sticky note next to it.Continue reading “Annotating:My Tips and Tricks”

I have learned that the amount of sentences in a paragraph do not matter; what matters is what you’re writing about, how you’re expressing your thoughts, and the flow of your ideas in text.The flow is the most significant factor as it is what makes the paragraphs interesting. When writing paragraphs, I need to improveContinue reading “Paragraphs:How Many Sentences do I Need?”

Santiago from The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a brave and adventurous. In the book he states “‘I’m an adventurer, looking for treasure,’ he said to himself” (Coelho, 1.239-40) . My mother has always called adventurous because of how I always dare myself to do things ever since I was little like riding on roller coastersContinue reading “Santiago and I:Our Similarities”

I have always been a fan of reading ever since I learned how to read during kindergarten. I usually had a book in my end my collection of bools never stopped growing. One of my skills is being able to read quickly. I think this is a useful skill because as we get older, weContinue reading “My Skills: Why are They Beneficial?”

“No one can ever take your memories from yup–each day is a new beginning; make good memories everyday.” Catherine Pulsifer We each have our own memories, each day is different and special; make memories with everything good happening daily. I just transferred to Eleanor Roosevelt High School which means I have to make new goalsContinue reading “Memories: New Beginnings and Goals”