PIE

          As were getting deeper into writing and the structures and rhetorical modes we can use in class Wednesday, Professor Aronson helped us out by providing some analogies which would help us remember the structure we can write up our body paragraphs. This reminded me of an easy, quick, and fun analogy shared with me in high school and I thought it would be fun to share with you today! Give it up for PIE!

P-Point (main point)
I-Illustration (example)
E-Explanation (detail)

       When constructing an essay it is important to maintain the same pattern throughout your body paragraphs. PIE is a way to keep it well organized and make sure you are adding in everything needed to make your essay a success. Choosing your points and making sure to start off your paragraph with it informs your reader what that paragraph will be based on. By providing illustrations it is easier for the reader to understand and you are giving points as to what it really is. Finally you wrap up your paragraph by explaining all of the above making it easy for the reader to understand and back up your information. Hopefully PIE becomes helpful to you. :)

Bayan Community Project

We have been getting in groups in our English class to discuss this matter of our Bayan Community Project. What it is, is a project that will engage others on campus such as ;students, professors, high schoolers of our English 115 Bayan class and the wonderful experiences and gain they can too recieve by taking this course. Weve been organizing and structuring the way we will go about this project. Like most events you need a purpose so in class we got into our bayan groups and individually wrote out a statement  for this class. Everyone in the groups decided on the best one and we will then be choosing out final statement. We also made a map/outline of what would be needed in order for this project to be successful and many groups came up with great ideas such as, choosing a place, a time, who our audience will be, entertainment, prizes, games, music, food, posters for promotion, and the list goes on. I love working together because we no only go by what one person says in this case Aronson, but he is open to new ideas and has everyone contribute. Im sure like myself many students are very thankful and really enjoy being able to feel a part of something and knowing your part matter :)

To my best friend...My mom

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for Making me what I am today
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for Always putting me before herself
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for Reminding me who I am and where I come from
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for Inspiring me to love God with all my might
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for Beliving in me, during my roughest times
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for Every warm hug and kiss which makes my day
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 for Loving me unconditionally

I love you...

Because life is better in community

           I love spending time with big groups of people and hang out but when it comes to school and workin together with others, im not your biggest fan. In my Bayan English class we have all had the opportunity to meet one another and form groups for almost any kind of assignment. ITS AWESOME! I have really learned the we can help one another and improve our skills as individuals. Since the very first day of class we had to meet the person next to us and exchange numbers. We had an awesome breakfast gathering where we all blended with one another and learned of eachother, the fun field trip at night, a balloon game where we work together with our group members, our actual group meeting outside of class, our peer revision groups where we helped one another with our essays giving eachother "kisses" and "wishes". I can see we are growing together as a class not just I as an individual. Experiencing this in my English class has brought me to also apply these effective methods in my other classes. Working with others in my class makes me feel more connected to the class, easier to understand, and of course makes it 10 times more fun. If youre not used to working together with others you should really try it! Youll enjoy it and willl learn alot!Im excited to see the end of this semester and how much these effective skills have helped me as a student. I will keep you posted! =)

Two is better than one

This last week we worked on reviwing eachothers essays and might I say im glad we did! Things I normally wouldn't have taken notice of in my paper others were able to point out. It was very effective. We had either 4 or 5 per group. We sat together in a circle and rotated eachothers papers and pointed out our "wishes" and "kisses". Being able to help others and recieve help from others just came to show how much we can improve in life overall with the help of others. We miss many things in life due to this lack of notice, but having someone else help out can make the difference. Thank you group for the awesome critique and compliment. =)

Out and about!

           Hey again! Something Ive really enjoyed since this semester started in my English class was by far the retreat and field trip! Getting together with others and getting to know one another on a more personal level was awesome! I was able to hear different stories, experiences, and beliefs. I really appreciated that although we were all very different we were all yet very alike. The field trip was alot of fun and although it wasnt very successful, I really enjoyed being out with other students in my class. Im looking forward to come to class tomorrow knowing that I now know almost  a little bit of everyone in there. See you all tomorrow =)

Just as I am!

Hello! Welcome to my page!..This is my very first blog so bare with me...
My name is Elisa Paola Rodriguez. I was born in Sept 15. I am 21 years young! I am full Mexican. I work at the YMCA as a licensed child care teacher. I currently attend Southwestern College, majoring in Communication but eventually would like to work as an elementary teacher. What do I love? First things first, I love God for his undying and unchanging love,I love my family/friends for supporting me every step of the way, I love children for they are the reason I smile, I love the beach where I can hear the sound of the ocean, I love to dance (hip hop) for it is my escape, I love sunsets because it peacefully wraps my day, I love to laugh, sweet is always better than sour, I love to meet new people, lets hang out, the more the merrier! Green is my favorite color, strawberry ice cream is the best, romantic movies and chick flicks I cant live without, music is contageous, clothes I can never have enough of, boy? no boy for now. You can never go wrong with sushi (just dont add the wasabi). Dr. Pepper is the solution to my thirst. I could go on for days but why not meet me instead  =) Have a wonderful day!