I have lived in Lincoln all my life and sometimes it’s easy to just get stuck in the flow of the community rather than picking apart the pieces that make up it’s center. Reading through Hamlet and looking at the elements present at the character’s centers has helped me make connections in my own community. In taking a more in-depth look at Lincoln Nebraska, there seems to be a need for approval that blankets the community. This need for approval…
Kayla Ernstmeyer Narrative Essay English 4 November 16, 2017 From Moments to Memories Everyone says to take the time to appreciate the moment that you are living in because before you know it, those moments will be gone and they will only be memories. The time you have left with the people around you is one of the most important values in life. As I have gone through my senior year, I have taken this to heart more and more…
Authors Note: Dear reader, At this point in my writing I continued with the topic idea from my previous draft and when I added more writing, I tried to focus on specifying the difference between the styles of writing. I am looking for a way to find some kind of flow to have better organization in my writing because right now it is still just me trying to get my ideas down on the page. Everyone says to take the…
Authors Note: Dear reader, This is a very rough first draft of my personal essay. At this point I was just concerned with making sure I had the ideas I wanted to talk about somewhere on a page. There really isn’t any flow or true connections, I tend to just repeat myself a lot. There are a lot of technical changes I will be making before this is a final piece. Everyone says to take the time to appreciate…
Kayla Ernstmeyer Mrs. Jank English 4 31 October 2017 Truth Uncovered High school is a time and place that gives teens the chance to share their true identity. Emma Mills wrote the novel, “first & then” to show readers how individuals can slowly start to reveal their true selves. She introduces a character named Devon Tennyson, a senior in high school, and through her eyes the reader sees how much Ezra Lynley, a fellow senior, develops in the story. Through…
In Multimedia Apps, we are making websites and the topic that I chose was stargazing. This is something that I enjoy doing, so I want to be able to share it with others around me. On this website you will be able to find information about the stars above you and where to go to have the best viewing sites. For those who know a little bit more about stargazing, I will add in some information about the different kinds…
Reading deeper into “The Last Song” the character development keeps progressing. Nicholas Sparks continues to show how teenagers often are portrayed through the actions and comments of Ronnie, “‘Fine.’ she hissed, digging through her pockets. She passed over a crumpled bill and Jonah pocketed the money. Glancing over her shoulder, she saw her father moving in her direction, his head still going from side to side, and she ducked around the booth” (pg 34). Here it’s obvious that Ronnie’s younger…
Author’s Note: Dear Mrs. Jank, Through this writing I have gone through quite a major process. I initially started with this piece being a creative essay, but I simply couldn’t find a good way to express all the information that I wanted to get across so I changed it to a journal article. A journal article allows me to bring forward the facts about JDRF, while sharing specific details that I noticed along the way of the walk, and I…
The book “The Last Song” has a lot of unique characters and the author, Nicholas Sparks does a good job introducing them in the first few pages. He gives us a portrayal of a typical teenage daughter. She’s only concerned with her very own life, not giving any sort of effort to make sure that others know she cares about them. “Ronnie snapped her gum. Her mom hated that, which was the main reason she’d done it pretty much non-stop…
The book, “first & then” by Emma Mills is an intriguing representation of teenage life. It is about a senior in high school who is trying to figure out what she wants to do with her life. She isn’t involved in many extracurricular activities and sticks to what is comfortable for her. In the early chapters, the author is working on just showing the reader her daily routine. Emma Mills goes through and makes sure that her readers can feel…