Morgan King
8/25/2014 12:34:14 pm
My First Life Line
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Mikayla Kricfalusi
8/25/2014 12:54:11 pm
The author's purpose was to present her ideas of and approach to religion. The author was not trying to persuade the audience one way or another, she was simply stating how she felt, what she believed, and why she believed what that. She started by presenting the problem: deciding on a faith with her doubting mind. She proceeded to give examples of her search through different churches to find a fit. The author also presented morals that are stretch across faiths, and ended by admitting she didn't know all the answers. Overall, the piece had a feeling of open minded searching and was a picture into the author's mind.
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George Downey
8/25/2014 01:08:07 pm
I made a Powtoons account and read Essay Number 2 "My First Life Line"
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Jenna Welsh
8/25/2014 01:51:01 pm
I read "My First Life Line." I could be completely off base, but I think the author's focused purpose was to show how much even a minor experience (in this case, an essay assignment from the 6th grade) can affect a person. He refers to the experience as his first "life line" and his teacher as his "rescuer" who "taught me to swim on my own." He describes the overwhelming confidence he feels after his teacher said she was "impressed." He ends his piece by recounting how good it felt to know that someone cared about him enough to take the time to work with and guide him. Just by investing an hour or two in the author, this teacher was able to give him a creative outlet that he can utilize for the rest of his life, and I think that's what the author was trying to express in this piece.
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Jonathan Richeson
8/25/2014 02:04:59 pm
A Doubting, Questioning Mind
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Noah Parr
8/25/2014 02:05:25 pm
I read "A Doubting, Questioning Mind"
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Kaeli Leoni
8/25/2014 02:13:00 pm
A Doubting, Questioning Mind
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Dillon Prescott
8/25/2014 02:21:56 pm
I read "A Doubting, Questioning Mind", the Author presented their approach to picking a religion, without pushing you toward one religion. The Supporting points were going from church to church and exploring each religion. She also presented a few morals that stretch across multiple religions even ones that don't exactly respect each other.
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Rena Dillenbeck
8/25/2014 02:28:29 pm
I read "A Doubting, Questioning Mind"
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Kane McGrath
8/25/2014 02:33:18 pm
I read "My First Life Line"
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Abby Elliott
8/25/2014 02:39:23 pm
The essay I read was My Pal, Robert. I believe the main purpose of the essay was to show that we, as humans, judge others on their looks, behaviors, and so on. Even though those people might be the total opposite of what you initially thought. Main details that contributed to my thoughts of the purpose were that she menrtioned his clothing (filthy), his dirty face/teeth, and his sudden interest in her. She took him as being creepy while he might have been just trying to be polite by starting a conversation with her.
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Kayla Feather
8/25/2014 02:52:09 pm
"A Doubting, Questioning Mind"
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Ryan Cormack
8/25/2014 03:14:32 pm
In this essay, the author explains the way she feels about religion, the ways she explored it, and what she found and learned from it. She finds that many of her friends are lead by their families religions, but she is still experimenting. She picks up philosophies while searching for a religion that fits her, and she feels the need to explore different religions as much as she can. She tries out as many ideas she can and learns a lot and feels like all of the religions she's tried have left a mark on her. She understands she's young and still will adopt new ideas as she grows up but still keeps a good attitude.
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Grant Gagnard
8/25/2014 03:19:23 pm
My First Life Line
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Sarah Lockhart
8/25/2014 03:28:06 pm
I read My Pal, Robert.
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Justin Reyes
8/25/2014 04:09:53 pm
"My first life line"
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Dylan Lucia
8/25/2014 04:14:07 pm
I read "A Doubting, Questioning Mind"
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Lucas LeVieux
8/25/2014 04:15:33 pm
I read "My Pal, Robert".
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Eli Murguia
8/25/2014 04:20:44 pm
I too had also read My Pal, Robert.
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8/26/2014 12:18:14 am
The title of the essay that I read was “I Am Evolution” The author's purpose was to present her belief of evolution and why she believes in it. The essay was not formed persuadably she was explaning what she believed and how easy it was for her to believe in it. As the essay progressed, she explained how she was a paleoanthropologist and had built a career on finding out where humans had come from. She says that from her work seeing has become believing and she has spent weeks on end searching the ground “one bucket of dirt at a time” for answers and has seen some.
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Benjamin Rose
8/26/2014 12:26:06 am
I read "A Doubting, Questioning Mind"
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8/26/2014 01:32:02 am
I read "My First Life Line." I believe that the focus of the essay was to explore how minor experienes can change a person. The author describes the incredible confidence he experiences after his teacher portrayed her appreciation for his work/essay. He concludes this piece with nostalgia to the past and how it felt when someone cared about him enough to take the time to work on this with him. As a teacher, investing your time with an individual person can go a long way for both the student as well as the teacher. I believe this is the lesson his essay was portraying.
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Emily Dingman
8/26/2014 09:27:20 am
I read "My First Life Line" Essay 2
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8/26/2014 09:32:57 am
I read the "My First Life Line" essay and I have to say that I personally really felt for her. As someone who is always self conscious of his work and strives for praise to it I relate completely that feeling she encountered when Mrs. Smith finally giving her praise as a sort of confirmation that their effort was not in vain. In a more tangible analysis of the paper I found that the writing style, deliberate or not, had a certain suspenseful air to it that really brought closure and a nice ending to his essay. As for the emotion portrayed throughout the essay, I really felt that the author was striving to get that confirmation received at the end, even before it was stated that was what the students wanted. I especially liked it when he compared himself to other famous writers for they did not have the "Mrs. Smith seal of approval" that was made out to be extremely coveted. Overall I felt this was a nice essay that clearly had a lot of passion put into it by the author.
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Jake Feess
8/26/2014 09:34:19 am
I read "My First Life Line". I struck me that thinking of the bad things in your future causes you to have more fear. Like the teacher expecting 6th grade essays to be bad and she has to read all of them. She does read them and she was actually surprised at some of the essays and I though that really pointed out in this essay. I think the authors focus was to get the reader to understand that expecting the bad things in something only increases the fear in that situation. Some of the details that showed this was the fact that first she was anxious to read all of the stories. After reading them, she then was relaxed and happy and joyful.
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Chandler Gaines
8/26/2014 10:00:47 am
I read "My First Life Line". What the author was trying to say or get across was that no matter what happens if you try and try again someday someone will notice your efforts. He had a tough time throughout the "first 6 years" of his education. But in those failures he had grown to be an admirable writer that even the harshest of critiques was in awe and amazed. Some details were just like the other kids who had always just done average work. They put an average amount of work into it and got an average grade. He failed and failed and worked his hardest and rose above all the average people and was then admired for doing what he did. So in reading this it just motivates the reader to get and and persist at something that they often have failed at or something they never got good at.
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Piper Tompkins
8/26/2014 12:25:50 pm
I read "My Pal, Robert" I think the actions that the author conveyed were very realistic to how many girls alone at night would act in that situation. I understand how the author would feel guilty for being blunt and seeming un-interested in Robert and what he was saying, but the fact is when you are approached late in the night by a man who is intoxicated you reserve the right to do what ever may be safest. In this case this was not engaging in a conversation. The authors ability to describe the encounter so clearly made it easy to insert your self in the idea of this situation. I think any reader would get extremely nervous while reading this essay, and they can feel a sense of relief when the mothers car arrived.
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Eddie Herrera
8/26/2014 01:44:05 pm
"A Doubting, Questioning Mind"
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8/26/2014 01:59:51 pm
I read "My First Life Line" The young author, William, has lived his first six years of school in a struggle to find his way and really define who he really was. Until when he met his 6th grade teacher, Mrs.Smith, who helps him by providing motivation and structure. By the way he defines her, I can tell that he has a lot of respect for her, as well as intimidation. The essay tells us how he wants to impress Mrs. Smith and do well in her class. As she was grading papers and evaluating students he was ecstatic to hear her praise him for his improvement and following her direction. With the motivation that Mrs. Smith has provided William he was able to overcome obstacles that he has struggled with in the past.
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Alex de Villiers
8/26/2014 03:26:06 pm
My First Life Line
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Alexis Miranda
8/26/2014 03:32:53 pm
I read "My First Life Line" the authors purpose in the essay was to give hope and motivate students to try to do their best at whatever they want to succeed on. This student has had a difficult time in all six years of his education. But the message that was given in this essay was that it doesnt matter if you make mistakes all the time because you can always learn from them which can give you the courage to keep on moving forward. In the essay the student ends up getting very good feedback on his essay, and suprises the teacher. I think the author is trying to tell us that anyones effort can be noticed if you believe in yourself.
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