1. Congratulations! You wrote your first play. Reflect on your experiences here in paragraph form. Be sure to including explanation for your ideas. Write at least 75 words.
I thought it was hard to express the character’s thoughts and feelings in a play because I had to work it in the dialogue. Also, explaining terms, background info, and flashbacks are hard to translate to play form through the dialogue. I thought it was convenient to write in play form for setting and for character’s actions. I thought it was a fun challenge to write a playwright than in novel form because I’m not used to writing plays.
2. Now that you have an idea about what a personal essay is and does, write down some ideas of what story you may want to relate AND what ideas you may want to express with that story. Write at least 100 words (though, the more you have, the more helpful it will be).
I was thinking of writing about a mission trip I went on last summer with my church to build a house for a Mexican family. I think it would be a good choice because the experience was memorable and because it was the first time I traveled to a developing country. I could describe how different it was being in Mexico than America and how it differed from my expectations. I could also describe the experience of building a house and being at the base camp. I could describe the various delicious foods that were served at the camp. I could also describe how sweet and thankful the Mexican family was.
3. If you could give advice to a kid who was 10 years old, what advice would you give him or her on growing up in today's world? Would you give advice based upon your own experiences? Would you give advice based upon what you see in others? Would you advice be based on their thoughts, their choices, peer issues, school? Explain your advice and why you give it. Write at least 100 words.
I would tell the 10 year old boy to remain sociable and not waste his time with videogames, although some game time is acceptable (just don’t get addicted). I would suggest that he remain active with sports although not have his whole life become them. I would tell him to make his best effort in school and do all his homework on time in order to get good grades. I’d tell him to challenge himself with higher level courses (such as AP) to get into a good college so that he could advance into graduate school and get a lucrative job/career.
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I think you should write your personal essay on your mission trip. I think it would be very fun and rewarding to reflect back on your mission trip. It would be sort of easy to write of all of the fun experiences that you had there too! I hope that you can write about your fun mission trip. That would be great!!! YAY!!! :)
I also had a hard time expressing the charaters feelings. I didn't really like play form i think it was really annoying to keep moving stuff around the page.
I agree with what you would tell the 10 year old. Espically with doing well in school because latter on in life if you did well in school it pays off in money :)
yes expressing thoughts is very hard unless it's in a monologue type thing. I did a mission trip to do basically the same thing and I didnt really stop to think about it I guess. And I'll give you credit for the 10 year old kid, he should be smart and not be stuck in his basement all the time. C'mon.
I think your trip to Mexico would make for a great topic, sharing what you learned and all that. Take us through your experiences of encountering people in such a different situation and stuff.
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