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1. Go to http://www.telesis-academy.org/
2. Hover your mouse over the menu that reads "About Telesis"- this should bring up a list of options.
3. Select the link that says "Contact Us"
4. Click on my name on the page that comes up (I'm the fifteenth name from the top.)
Thank you for your support- this will allow me to send you up to date information regarding assignments and potential problems so you don't get blindsided.
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Descriptive Writing
Students are working on descriptive papers in all of Mr. Leckrone's English classes. What characterizes descriptive writing, you ask? Simply put, it is used to describe a person, place or thing in vivid detail.
From The Writing Site.org (www.thewritingsite.org):
Goal: Descriptive writing vividly portrays a person, place, or thing in such a way that the reader can visualize the topic and enter into the writer’s experience.
Uses: Descriptive writing appears almost everywhere and is often included in other genre, such as in a descriptive introduction of a character in a narrative.
Characteristics:
- elaborate use of sensory language
- rich, vivid, and lively detail
- figurative language such as simile, hyperbole, metaphor, symbolism and personification
- showing, rather than telling through the use of active verbs and precise modifiers
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