Chapter 24

     In chapter 46, the main ideas where, writing about texts. Summarizing or analyzing a text and when you write about a text, two techniques that can help you better understand the reading is to annotate while you read it with observations or questions and by underlining the main ideas or key points. Another idea was to sketch an outline of the text by outlining the authors thesis and key points. The thesis statement is usually in the first two sentences of a text/writing.
     In the future I plan to, as I read any kind of writing or text, to find the key points and the authors main ideas by annotating the text. They said it's better to use a pencil instead of highlighter so that you can make changes, so I will start doing that as well. For summarys, also, I plan on using the outline to be able to find the main ideas of the text, because as you sketch an outline and break it down by pieces and seeing how the author construced the text, you can get a better understanding of what you're reading.
    

Freewriting Exercises

           Free writing to me is all about writing non-stop for about ten minutes. I used to do it in my English class in high school; we would have to do it every day before the class would start. And I remember always writing words over and over again because I could never think of anything. Free writing develops stronger skills and it gets your brain ready for what you choose to do next. Free writing is also really important sometimes when you’re writing an essay, research paper, ect. It gives you the opportunity to just jot down whatever you think and then when you go over it, you can change whatever you’d like and make it better. I’ve noticed the more and more you go over a paper, it gets a little better every time you re write it.

            I think extremely fast and sometimes my thoughts get so hectic that I start to go crazy so I actually have no choice but to write it down, which is why I keep a journal type of thing. But it’s the same thing as free writing, every time my mind starts getting overwhelmed I just write it all down and get it out of there, and it helps your writing skills in time, you learn better methods of being able to write better.  It also makes you more comfortable with the act of writing and you begin to enjoy it more. It can help you discover even more things to write about which lead to new ideas, it can indirectly improve your formal writing and its always just fun. Then you can do what I do and go back later to what you wrote or what you were feeling at the time and make a song out of it. :)

Introductions Dialogue

             Hey! My name is Hailey Manning and I was born in St. Helena but lived in Napa my whole life and just recently moved to Santa Rosa for school. I'm 18 years old and I live on my own with my roommate, a friend from highschool. I have 2 bothers and 3 sisters who I'm all very close with. I work at Big Lots here in Santa Rosa, come say hi :). I've worked there for only a few months so far but enjoy it.
             My educational goal is to finish here at the JC first with just my AA degree and then deciding if I want to go on from there. I'm currently studying to be an EMT/Paramedic and working a little on my general ed courses on the side. I've wanted to be involved somehow in the medical field my entire life. I might eventually want to be in the ER but for right now I'm just working on EMT.
          My goal in this class is to become a better writer, I've written my whole life, every since I could remember I was always writing poems, stories, anything about life, struggles, I write it all down. I was working on a book that I wanted to publish just haven't gotten around to finishing it. I have a really hard time taking thoughts and putting them into words exactly how I feel or want to say them so I'm hoping this class can help me a little more with that. I always like to get my work done early, it takes more off my shoulders and stresses of everday life. I'm usually always in a rush its part of my ADD/ADHD but I learn to handle it better as I get older. 
         Some little things the class should know about me is, I enjoy sports. I've played my whole life. Softball and basketball were my main ones but I've been involved in soccer, tennis, volleyball, ect. Just grew up around an active family. I spend as much time with my family as I can, being that I live a few hrs away its kinda hard but I make time and drive down about once a week to visit and be in my home church. & I live life like everydays my last, not really but everyone should ;) 


Thanks for taking the time to read my autobiography! I hope you kind of enjoyed it, feel free to ask any questions if you'd like. Always down for a chat, god bless.


Hailey