I’ve written and graded a fair number of college entrance essays in my time, and I just think this one is terribly clever. I think it asks the student to put forth a little effort. They have to think about where they want to see themself, and then construct this imaginary world around it. I have actually seen a question similar to this in use for one of the local universities, but it asks the student to construct a diary entry on their sixtieth birthday.
I find this biography one far more interesting because it asks the student to write for an audience larger than themself, something not typically encouraged by college entrance committees.
I may actually give this one a try on my own as part of a goal-setting exercise.
Posted by Rebecca as Writing Prompts at 5:55 PM EST
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I guess we all like to blog, except Ashlyn because she’s just weird. I’m probably the most prolific of the three of us with roughly six blogs of my own (and I can’t wait to drop that to five!) Of the five, one is personal and covers everything from my work life to my animation obsession (or what Ceara would tell you is specifically my 4Kids obsession). The others all are meant to be more topical and relate to my varied interests- education, design, making jewelry, and doing career-related things like starting your own business or tweaking your resume.
There are many different reasons people blog: to record their own opinions on a topic, to express themselves, to keep track of interesting links (the orginal use of web logging). There are just as many styles to accompany all the various uses of blogging. I recently found a number of good, brief articles on several types at the Writer’s Resource Center.
He has articles covering numerous other types of blogs, but these four just struck a chord with me since they tend to be the formats I work with on a daily basis.
Posted by Rebecca as Uncategorized at 4:29 PM EST
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