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Submitted by: Christian Otty
PROFESSOR: Schmerler
DATE: 5/19/2020
COURSE: ENG 1121 Section 402
Content
UNIT 1
Section 1:Journey to writing paper
Section 2: inner out assignment
Section 3:UNIT 1 REFLECTION
UNIT 2
Section 1: Diary Expert 1&2
Section 2: Diary of a wimpy kid
Section 3:UNIT 2 REFLECTION
UNIT 3
Section 1:Your skill/interest
Section 2: pairs assignment
Section3: UNIT 3 REFLECTION
MY JOURNEY
“My Journey” – my Narrative as a Student in English Class this Semester
My journey through English has been good and stressful for me through the year. Even though I was switched to the class later in the semester I still felt this was the right class for me. In the beginning of the semester I was a little beyond but then my teacher and classmates helped me get on track. I was being a little bit lazy at first but then I picked up the paste and started doing all my writing assignments and readings. I had seen progress in my writing ever since I started putting in effort. My conclusion and my introduction has improved this year in the class. Since the corona virus pandemic started that’s when I started to struggle. My work production drop, I kept struggling to turn in work on time,and the worst of it all I plagiarized. I took a classmate’s work and used it for my own, which is unexceptionable and takes full responsibility for my actions. I hope one day you could forgive me for my bad choices.
UNIT 1
Section 1:Journey to writing paper
Section 2:inner out assignment
UNIT 1 REFLECTION
Section 1: Journey TO WRITING PAPER
I LIKE WRITING OR I LIKE TO WRITE?
When it comes to writing I like to write in a quiet space so I can concentrate. I mainly write at home when no one is there. I like to write alone because I am easily distracted. I usually write in the dark at night time cause that’s when I focus and come up with good ideas. I use my computer to write because my handwriting is terrible. When I write on my computer I like to use one hand instead of two.
My areas of difficulty when it comes to writing. When it comes to writing I mostly struggle with writing a lengthy essay. Sometimes my writing may be too short because I do not have enough to write about or to say. Another bad habit I have is my spelling. My writing would be good but I would make a few spelling errors and not know about it.
One more bad habit about my writing is it’s not interesting sometimes. Most of the time I do not explain my evidence or use different ideas in my writing.
My areas of strength when it comes to writing. When I’m writing one of my strengths is I stay on topic of my assignment. I do not fall off topic when I have to write complex text. Another strength I have when it comes to writing is I have a strong critical eye for regions. As much as I despise drafting, I adore revising and editing. I tend to be very critical and do a great job of viewing my own work through an objective lens. One more writing strength I have is organized and logical progression.
Where I like to write. I like to write in my house. I like writing in my house because it is peaceful and quiet. I like writing in the dark because it is calm and peaceful. I feel like I could concentrate more in my house and in the dark. I feel I can write so much better when I’m by myself .
People who helped me with my writing. In high school I had so much support with my writing. From 9th to 11th grade my teachers helped me improve my writing dramatically.I forgot their names but my 11th grade teacher helped me with formatting my essays. She helped me with organizing my paragraphs to be complete and for it to make sense. My 10th grade teacher helped me with reading and dissecting a text for good evidence to write a good essay. She also helped me with my analysis. Explaining why I choose the evidence to support my claim. My 9th grade teacher helped me write my claim and my thesis.
Section 2: INNER OUTER ASSIGNMENT
January 20, 2020
I’m finally up from my sleep after missing my alarm. I look at my phone and I have overslept again for the third time this week. I jump out my bed and run to the bathroom. I grab my toothbrush and brush my teeth the fastest I can because today is a psychology test. I hoped in the shower finished got dressed and left the crib. I didn’t even eat breakfast. I just wanted to catch the bus, but I didn’t and the end result of that was I had to walk to the train. The walking distance is kinda far. I got to walking to the train but when I turned around I saw another bus coming and I pursued it and hop on it. Maybe I could make it in time. That’s what I kept telling myself but I kind of knew I was going to be late. I made it to the train station and guess what the train was delayed. Well this isn’t my day. After waiting twenty minutes the train finally came and I was headed to school. I slept all the way until my stop and headed to school.
February 3, 2020
six thirty am and I’m late to school as usual. At this point it has become a habit for me but it is what it is. I drag myself out of bed and slowly walk to the bathroom. Brushed my teeth, took a shower and left. I’m on the three trains on the way to school. I always hated taking the train. This train was full, I already had my seat but it’s funny watching people rush and fight over seats. I had seen a girl get pushed out the way by a man trying to get an empty seat. I thought to myself damn is it that serious. Then finally my stop was here and I walked to school.
Section 3: Unit 1 Reflection
My reflection on Unit 1 was that this English class is interesting. This Unit evolved a lot of reading, writing, and thinking. My struggles were keeping up with the readings and the writings. My success was I got all my work done and I tried. Yes I had fun.
My struggles in Unit 1 English class. I struggled with keeping up with most of the readings. I would forget to read it for homework so I would read them in class to catch up. I also struggled with writing my daily moorings to school. I would struggle with writing about that because I would have nothing interesting to write about. I would mostly be sleeping on the train and I know you don’t wanna read about how I slept on the train. I also struggled with coming to class on time because the train would be delayed.
My successes in Unit 1 English class. My success came with me doing all the work you gave me. Even though I would be behind on my homework I would still work hard and get it done. Another way I was successful in Unit 1 was by staying focused in class. I paid attention to everything my teacher was saying last year and applied it in this class and my writing. I was also successful in taking notes on others’ writing.
Unit 1 was an interesting unit for me. It was an interesting unit for me because my teacher made it kinda fun. She’s actually one of the teachers in the college to try to make class interesting. She brings energy to the class and tries to get students involved in what we’re learning in class. Another way Unit 1 was interesting was there was more free writing . Ms pearl made us write about train rides and about our day. Something that was also interesting was how we were mostly in a group talking about our writing about our morning going school. It was interesting because I would not do this in some of my other classes.
This work was similar to what I did in high school. In high school I would have to read complex texts and write essays about them. We would read texts like Internal Revision and Bird by Bird and have to write 5 paragraphs essay. Another way the work was similar is how you teach us and the work you give us. The textes you gave us were really similar to what we were reading in high school.
What I would have wanted to do more in Unit 1. I would have wanted to have more group work. I would want this to see how others in my class think and write. Another thing I would like to do more in class is free writing. I would like to have more food in the class and talk about our writing in the group. I would also want to do my homework in class.
UNIT 2
Section 1: Diary Expert 1&2
Diary of a wimpy kid
UNIT 2 REFLECTION
Section 1: Diary Expert 1&2
Dear diary, I’m up with nothing to do this early morning. I go brush to my teeth downstairs. I get cleaned up and start my day playing 2k. This is all I’ve been doing for the past month and it’s starting to get pretty boring. I barely eat anymore in the morning. I just stay up all night and sleep during the day. I’ve been chilling watching cartoons and playing video games. I’ve been watching throwbacks shows like regular shows and Naruto. I really miss those shows that bring back a lot of good childhood memories. I wish they would make new episodes because those were great TV shows. I notice that my house is no longer quiet. There’s always my two nieces running around and playing. It’s cute and all but they are really noisy. The only person who’s not always home is my mom because she has to work. But I know she would rather be home where she could be safe and resting. I miss going outside hanging out with my friends but now we only talk to each other when we play the game. I haven’t seen them in a while.
3/23/2020 Brooklyn NY
10:10am
Dear diary, I’m up with nothing to do this early morning. I go brush to my teeth downstairs. I get cleaned up and start my day playing 2k. This is all I’ve been doing for the past month and it’s starting to get pretty boring. I barely eat anymore in the morning. I just stay up all night and sleep during the day. I’ve been chilling watching cartoons and playing video games. I’ve been watching throwbacks shows like regular shows and Naruto. I really miss those shows that bring back a lot of good childhood memories. I wish they would make new episodes because those were great TV shows. I notice that my house is no longer quiet. There’s always my two nieces running around and playing. It’s cute and all but they are really noisy. The only person who’s not always home is my mom because she has to work. But I know she would rather be home where she could be safe and resting. I miss going outside hanging out with my friends but now we only talk to each other when we play the game. I haven’t seen them in a while.
3/24/2020 Brooklyn NY
2:20pm
Dear diary I am finally awake. I have been asleep since seven am. Just another day of playing video games and watching TV. But this time I finally got time to catch up on my work. I finally completed my psychology test and my econ make up test. Most of the time I’ve been feeling a bit under the weather. I really haven’t been eating that much. I think it’s because I haven’t had candy in a minute. I should be feeling better tomorrow. There’s really not much to do anymore. No one goes outside any more, most of the stores are closed, and my parents always get mad when me and my brothers go outside. At least I have time to catch up on shows and new episodes that recently came out. I finally finished watching Naruto.
It only took me three weeks to watch 500 episodes. I just watched them back to back.
3/25/2020 Brooklyn NY
3:00pm
Dear diary so this has become a habit. I’ve been up since four in the morning and now I’m waking up. I got so used to staying up all day and night. When I go to bed the sun is rising. That does not help me fall asleep. So I’m still up until I finally knock out. Then I just sleep until three something. This has been happening since school was shut down. I think it’s been affecting me a little bit. I’ve been tired and sluggish most of the time. The worst part of quarantine is the barber shop is always closed. I’m looking like a caveman out here. He needs to open the shop back out cause i’m about to give myself a haircut. But I can’t cause I am just end up looking dumb. I need some indoor activities to do because staying home and doing the same thing inst working out for me.I want to work out but I don’t have any work out tools. I’m about to just do all my missing work.
4/2/2020 Brooklyn NY
4:00pm
Dear diary finally awake from staying up playing 2k all night. I don’t think staying up all day and getting little sleep is good from you. But it’s whatever there’s nothing else to do. It was really funny last night. A girl I just met came to my neighborhood to smoke at one am. I thought she was lying but when she called me and said she was outside I was amazed because it was raining. I took her to my friend’s building so she could get her Cannabis. Me and two of my friends smoked with her. It was fun and we had a good time. After we all went home. I was starving.Good thing I had pizza in the crib. When I tell you that pizza was the best thing I ever tasted in my life it was crazy.
5/4/2020
Dear Diary
It’s been like two months since I played ball. No one comes outside no more. It’s like a desert outside the only thing moving is cars. I got used to it at this point. The same thing happens every day in anime ,games, and sleep. All in that order. I watched a new anime called inuyasha. It’s about a high school girl that has magic powers. She meets a half dog demon that has been stuck to a tree for over 50 years. After she released him from the spell he saved the girl from another demon. Then from that point on they have been going on adventures looking for a jewel. Yup and that’s what I’ve been doing for the past week.
5/11/2020
Dear diary
I have finally seen my friends from college. I haven’t seen them in about four months. They came in a rented car to pick me up. We drove around Brooklyn just chilling. It was about one in the morning. No one was outside, it was just us and other cars. The street was really empty usually there would be more cars on the road but because of Corona there wasn’t. We took turns driving. My friend Mark drove first even though he had the least experience. I’m not gonna lie, I was scared because he didn’t know what he was doing. He almost hit a car about two times.
What really scared me the most was when he was doing 60 mph on a short lane I thought he was going to crash. I felt my heart jump. After we were done I drove to my house and they left.
Section 2: Diary of a wimpy kid
The Diary of a Wimpy Kid is one of my favorite books and that means something because I never read books. It was a popular book in middle school. All the kids were reading it. When I finally got my hands on I couldn’t stop reading it. I like the character’s personality, especially Rodrick. He was a punk rock star that was in a band. They were terrible though. The fat kid was an interesting character too. His name was Rowly and he was Greg’s best friend. Their friendship was interesting and unique. There were middle school students and Greg was going to the same school that his older brother went to and he was the biggest trouble maker. Now a teacher has his eye on Greg at all times. Greg wants to make a name for himself in middle school. He wants to be popular. Reading this book taught me a lot. It taught me that you should always be yourself, you shouldn’t try to push people into liking you. Greg writes in his diary about the problems that go on in his life and the positive outcomes in his life too.. He wrote about real life problems that go on in kids life and also the achievements that can be accomplished . After reading this book it has encouraged me to write my own diary about my own life.
Section 3:UNIT 2 REFLECTION
My struggles in Unit 2 was getting my work in on time. I would always forget when the due was to turn in my assignment. My success in Unit 2 was my diary entry. I would always make time to write about my day. I would always get my work done even if it was late I would try to do it and turn it in. Unit 2 work was not all challenging but the challenging part was writing about myself everyday even when I had nothing to write about. I liked reading the Diary Of A Wimpy Kid again. The book brought back a lot of good memories. That was a fun assignment. The way I edit and revise my work was looking for grammar and spelling errors. I was checking for non important sentences and putting sentences that made sense. I was also looking for run on sentences. I learned a lot from reading my classmates’ work. I learned how to improve my own work from reading their essay. I learned what mistakes not to make when writing my essay.
This Unit I deserve a B because I haven’t really been focused through this whole quarantine and I don’t think this is my best work. I believe I could produce better work. But I have still been providing all my work to dispute the difficulty.
UNIT 3
Section 1:Your skill/interest
Section 2: pairs assignment
Section 3: UNIT 3 REFLECTION
Section 1:Your skill/interest
Christian otty
MY SKILLS/ACTIVITIES ARE…
1.video games
2.basketball
3.football
4.cooking
The skill I choose was cooking:
Before the confinement I was really active doing all types of activities. I’ve been doing the same thing I did before the confinement. Even though we’re not supposed to go outside I still play basketball sometimes with my friend at his hoop. I can’t play football because a lot of people don’t come outside. I noticed that I got really good at playing 2k and madden so I started playing for money on an app called players lounge. It’s an app where you can challenge other players for money. I also noticed that I’m a good cook. Just the other day I cooked an omelet.It was good. I have been making other dishes like lasagna and macaroni and cheese. Me playing 2k would help me improve on the court because the moves and the plays I see in the game I can practice it. When I fully have it mastered It would help me when I play competition. Since we are in confinement now I have enjoyed cooking even more than I did before. Even though I wasn’t that good at cooking when I first started I kept at it and didn’t give up. Now i’m a master chef. I mostly cook when i’m bored and have nothing to do. I mainly cook curry chicken and sandwiches. When doing this skill I feel at ease. All the stress I was feeling disappears. Spending time in the kitchen can ease stress and restlessness, and enhance mindfulness. “Not only does the process of cooking and baking improve moods, the feeling of satisfaction gained when seeing the end product naturally enhances happiness’’. I got this quote from www.mindfood.com. This quote demonstrates Cooking is so soothing because it encourages creativity. “Cooking Is a great destresser because it serves as a creative outlet’’. I got this quote from triveglobal.com. This quote shows how cooking and making something you like will decrease your stress and become something that you could use to have fun. When I cook I can get creative as I want. Cooking allows me to dig deep into my bags of tricks and show people what I can do. Something new I learned about my skill is I could cook better than any one in my house. I could make complex dishes like curry stew and oxtail. I didn’t know I was good at cooking until one day When I was hungry and decided to make an egg and cheese sandwich. It was in the top 5 of best sandwiches I ever ate. “Learning to cook helped me understand world cultures, customs and flavors’’. This quote is from http://cookingwithegg.com/ . What I learned from this quote is “you could learn many interesting world factors from cooking. “I also learned life skills like eating healthy, budgeting your money, and cleaning will help me in the future’’. This quote is also from http://cookingwithegg.com/ .This quote demonstrates how cooking will help you benefit your life and teach you real life skills you can use. I also learned that microwaving your food is not as good as actually cooking it. You don’t get the same taste and satisfaction.
My go to source for cooking is youtube and cooking.nytimes.com. I use these sources for when I don’t know what to cook or when I need help making a dish. I like using youtube because it shows me how to make the dish step by step. “https://www.youtube.com/gordonramsay” I like cooking different dishes. It’s fun and unique. In fact, this goes beyond your stress issue. Studies have shown that cooking can really be a therapeutic activity. Even just baking cupcakes or something simple has shown to improve an individual’s mindset. You should start off at a basic level of cooking and start working your way up to complex dishes.
As you do that you will see your growth in the taste and the dishes you start making. You shouldn’t be in a rush to be an excenlent chef, you should just go at your own paste and grow from there. If you just rush into it you’re just gonna hurt your own self at the end.
Cooking takes a lot of hard work and practice. When I first started I wasn’t really that good. To be honest I was bad. I kept burning the food or the food wouldn’t come out looking good. But I kept practicing and kept watching you tube videos of cooking to perfect my craft. What I learned from cooking that there are many methods of cooking. Like the dry heat method. “Dry-heat cooking methods like stir-frying, pan-frying, deep-frying, and sautéing rely on fats and oil to act as the cooking medium. Another method is moist heat cooking method. Moist-heat cooking methods use water, liquid or steam to transfer heat to food. Common moist-heat cooking methods include: poaching, simmering, boiling, braising, stewing, pot roasting, steaming and en papillae. The last one i’m going to mention is the boiling cooking method. Boiling is the method of cooking food in boiling water or other water-based liquids such as stock or milk. Simmering is gentle boiling, while in poaching the cooking liquid moves but scarcely bubbles.
Blanch is another method of cooking. A quick method of cooking food, usually green vegetables, whereby the item is basically scalded in boiling hot water for a short period of time and then refreshed in ice cold water. This ensures that the veggie retains its bright green color and a good firm texture’’. I received this quote from www.studential.com. This quote really helped me expand my horizon on the different ways to cook food. I learned important information that I can now apply to my cooking and make even greater dishes.
This dish is called curry chicken. It’s one of my favorite foods to make. It’s a dish that comes from the Caribbean island? It’s very famous in the Caribbean culture. This and oxtail is what most Caribbean people enjoy making.
Section 2
I didn’t have a partner for this part but I took it upon myself to research a skill that one of my classmates is good at. It is makeup. I went on the internet and learned many interesting things about makeup. Make up is Cosmetics comprise a range of products that are used to care for the face and body or to enhance or change the appearance of the face or body. The products include skin care, personal care, cosmetics and fragrance.
There is a vast array of cosmetics available, ranging from shampoo to moisturizer to lipstick. Each sub-category of cosmetics has its own characteristics, however the products are generally formulated using a mixture of chemical compounds derived from natural sources or created synthetically. Cosmetics can have three purposes. “They can be used to cleanse, such as shampoo, body wash and face cleanser. They can be used to replenish and protect the skin, such as toners, serums, moisturizers and body creams. Or they can be used to enhance one’s appearance, such as makeup’’. I got this quote from obyd.net. This quote demonstrates how these different makeups are a great benefit to women. It protects their skin, cleans the face and makes you look beautiful. There are many different kinds of makeup. For example there’s one called Bronze it Gives skin color by adding a golden or bronze glow. Another is called Concealer Covers any imperfections of the skin such as blemishes and marks. And then there’s face powder. Face powder is a cosmetic powder applied to the face to control shine, and set a foundation after application. It may also be used as a quick light cover-up or to cover blemishes.
Pat McGrath MBE is a British make-up artist. She has been called the most influential make-up artist in the world by Vogue magazine and other commentators. I looked her up because she is very famous for her work and she’s African american I like seeing my black people succeed in life. She has many Makeup products that are world wide you can get them at any store.
Section3: UNIT 3 REFLECTION
In this unit I enjoyed reading about my classmates’ skills and interests even though I didn’t have a partner. It showed me that my pears have some outstanding skills that I wish that I had and could do. I noticed that me and my teammates share some of the same interest and skills. For example some of my classmates like to cook, play video games, and cook. I hope to play some of them in the future so I can smoke them. Reading other people skills gave me an idea that I should try some of these skills while i’m in the house. I would like to try drawing, I think I would be a good artist. I’m already good at drawing stick figures. If I keep practicing I think I could draw full body pictures. I also saw how some of my classmates are good singers. That might be a skill I could try and pursue. I would like to get my vocals up there. After reading all my classmates’ skills and interest it somehow made me seem closer to them. I feel like I better understand my classmates now from just reading their essay.
I believe that I deserve a B for unit 3 because some of my work was late and I take responsibility for that. I work in the morning and afternoon so I really didn’t know what assignments we had or when to do but I still tried my hardest to get them done and turn them in.
