Writing Remix

Theodore Wisham Jr.

Dr. drGravelles

English 1

12 April, 2013

Writing Remix

ESPN Magazine Presents:

Theodore Wisham

(An interview with this star football player.)

An interview of A future football star with one of the best.

Deion Sanders: Man I’ve watched some of your highlights and you just light the field up. Plus you are only in ninth grade.

Me: Yes sir.

Deion Sanders: Tell me about you. Physical, your mindset towards the game, and how it all started.

Me: I’m 5 ft. 9 in and 185 pounds. Football has always been something I love and I take being good at it as a blessing and I work hard to succeed at doing it. It all started with playing flag football for the Baton Rouge Raiders, I used to play at home with my older brothers and my love for the game kept growing.

Deion Sanders:  What’s your favorite position to play?

Me: I can’t really decide, I like running the ball while playing running back and I like to hit people while playing defense.

Deion Sanders: How is it playing high school football?

Me: I think of it as a great opportunity, but I was sort of disappointed when I wasn’t able to play varsity because of LHSAA rules. But, I took JV football as a chance to grow and become a better player.

Deion Sanders: That’s good man. How did the season go?

Me: We ended the season with six wins and two losses. Sadly I have a setback with a sprained AC joint, but I’m ready for next season. I’ve been working hard and I’m ready to start something great at Episcopal.

Deion Sanders: Man you definitely sound like you are going to be a great player and I can’t wait to see you play.

Hits and Misses

Theodore Wisham Jr.

Dr. deGravelles

English 1

12 April, 2013

Hits and Misses

Hits:

1.       Research Paper

2.       Free Blog Post: MLK Day

Misses:

1.       Literacy Narrative

2.       Literary Analysis

Cover Letter

Theodore Wisham Jr.

Dr. deGravelles

English I

29 April, 2013

Cover Letter

Dear My Classmates,

            This project was very interesting and it helped me look back on the year and the writing I have did. The other portions of this portfolio; the Essay Revision, Writing Remix, and Hits and Misses, all helped with seeing my progress of writing this year and how I improved. The Essay Revision, was very helpful, I revised my Research Paper. It was my best paper, but I chose to revise it because I wanted to recognize any problems I had with writing before entering my sophomore school year and it was great to see hat one of my peers said about it. It was a great experience in the writing center; I learned a few things about avoiding common mistakes, and ways to put my thoughts together, because comma splices are a problem I have. The writing remix was the most enjoyable project because I transformed two blog posts together to one thing, which was an ESPN interview with one of the greatest football players ever, Deion Sanders. I imagined myself on an ESPN set actually being interviewed by him and focused it towards an audience of football critics and fans that read the ESPN Sports magazines. The project “Hits and Misses” was the easiest, I just chose two assignments that I really enjoyed writing and for misses two assignments that I thought I didn’t do so well on. 

         In the beginning of the school year, writing wasn’t my strongest subject or assignment but this school year has changed that all. I used to make many mistakes, mostly with comma splices, run-ons, and punctuation. Throughout the school year and writing three different papers, my writing has completely accelerated. Our last writing assignment was the research paper, and I did very well. I have only a few minor comma splices and small punctuation mistakes. I’ve learned that I’m a writer that has many thoughts but has to put them all together. This can be a great thing, but it can also be very hard if I don’t control them, and they can become comma splices and run on sentences. Another Strength I have is giving a lot of detail on each idea that I put into a paper. Having background information and details to back up your thoughts, all help your paper and helps the reader has a better understanding of your paper. The best part of my writing always tends to be my introduction because it’s very interesting and makes you keep reading, but I lose a lot of that energy in my paper.

         My writing has progressed a lot since the beginning of the school year, but I still have to double check on some problems I have with comma splices, punctuation, and run-ons. My main ideas on improving them are going back to the writing center because it was so helpful, and using tips that I learned this year to avoid comma splices and run on sentences. This year was a great year of writing progression wise, my first paper wasn’t very good, but I progressed and learned and did very good on my research paper.

Sincerely,

Theodore Wisham Jr

Post for 8/25

Exemption for Crank
MON. FULL COURT PRESS PG. 0;68. 1 HR. 30 MIN.
TUES. pg. 68- 200 2 hours

Nervous Conditions

      Deciding if the students next year should read this book or not is very hard. Because us as students don't want to use our opinions and that might not been the best thing. Although I believe the students next year should read Nervous Conditions becauae the book really goes with the main idea of the year, which was culture and way of survival, both in Nervous Conditions and Lord of the Flies.
      Nervous Conditions wasn't the most interesting book to me, but it worked well into the chapter.  Wr had discussions about the book and the Layer Projects. The Layer Projects were hard for me, but I got the hang of it. I thought it was hard at one point but it really fit the syllabus because Nervous Conditions resembled a different culture and way of living.
    

Thing I want..

      If I could have one thing, that one thing would be power. Not power to rule and be king, but power to make things change. Make both big, dramatic changes and changes small changes, that affect a small amount of people. Power is very hard to get, but using it properly and making positive changes is harder. I want power to change things for a family in need, to changing things that our whole planet has trouble with. Power to make a difference in people's lives and try to be as fair and helpful as I can.

       Power can be at different levels, and there are different kinds of power. In Nervous Conditions, Tambu just wanted power over herself and her family. She was willing not to get married so, her husband wouldn't have power over her. For power to change millions of people's lives, I would do anything. Martin Luther King faced death, arrest, and racism to gain power to make a change, and to be able to get power and make differences in people's lives would be a great achievement.

Reading Times
Monday: pg 0- 100, 40 minutes
Tuesday pg. 100- 300, 1 hour and 15minutes
Wednesday" 300- Endof book, 1 hr, and 45 min. 

Poem

Sports

Dribbling a Ball down the Court

Sprinting down a Track

Running free for a Touchdown

Without these things I wouldn't be me

Without these things i'll be missing part of my Soul

Through the legs crossover, to the goal

Step back jumper for Three!

These are a few things for me

Waiting for the ball

to be kicked off the tee

Down! Set! Hut!

Running through the hole before it gets shut

Pushing out the blocks

Like a bullet out a glock

Faster! Faster! Faster!

These things are all made for me 

And playing all Three is meant for me.

1. Repetition 

2. Imagery

3. Simile