Essay on Article

I read the article "Terrible twisters" I think that this article shows that it is important to listen to the instructions and not take warnings seriously. In the article it showed that many people that didn't listen died and that they should take warnings seriously even if they get tornadoes often. many people think that because they live in an area with a lot of tornadoes they don't have to take warnings seriously but the people who did listen and didn't take the situation lightly are still alive today.

I remember hearing on the radio that a man who was near a tornado didn't do anything to protect himself because he thought that the tornado wasn't a big threat and thankfully he is still alive today. He had a hard time getting in contact with anyone and he had a hard time finding his way to safety but he lived and that is an example of one of the good situations where someone actually survived. It also makes me think about people here in New York because since we don't get a lot of tornadoes we take a warning very seriously even though they probably will not hit us that hard  where as people in places where they get a lot of them take them less seriously.


In the article it showed me that listening is important. In the article it said "The storm killed six people." This shows the importance of listening because maybe if they were more careful they would still be alive. Even though only one of the three tornadoes was deadly they should still be more careful with their lives because it is a big gamble and if you lose you will die.

I think that this article will help people down in the places they have lots of tornadoes because it will help put things in perspective for them. It will show them that they are dangerous and it is not good to gamble they might think that it isn't a big deal but when they see all the devastation it causes they might think twice about not listening and be more cautious. 

 



  

Plagiarizing

Q#1: The student could have said i found an interesting piece of writing about the discription of the painting by Van Gough then he could have stated the information about who wrote it and what website it was from and then put quotes around the entire piece of writing instead of plagiarizing.

Q#2: "There is a peaceful essence flowing from the structures." (no author "http://www.vangoghgallery.com/painting/starryindex.html")

Q#3: One way to avoid plagiarizing is to learn how to cite sources if you get your information from a website. Another way is to never copy something you read word for word always paraphrase. Finally you can avoid plagiarizing by writing based on your own thoughts.   

Favorite blogs

I liked Joyce and Anthony's blogs because I liked their writing styles. I liked how in Joyce's blog had a nice comparison about Gale and Peeta and I liked how she was very descriptive about describing each character and then comparing and contrasting them. She wrote very clearly and she used good language to write. In Anthony's blog i liked how he clearly retold what happened in the book and I like how he made that his entire blog post with little thoughts he had mixed in. I think that he wrote very descriptively.

Reading these 2 blogs will help me with my own blogs because it will help me be more descriptive and I can use Joyce's technique of comparing and contrasting to compare 2 characters in a book. Also like in Anthony's blog I could do a recap of the part of the book I want to write about with my thoughts mixed in with it.