My Difficulties while blogging

when i was blogging, there some point where I instantly blank and then i forgot to write about something.Then, I remember one time i got sick and unable to do blogging properly and i stop doing it for a while.With short semester we been given many task to the extent that i almost left the blogging. But, with some help and guidance from my friends, i can finish it very well.

Global Warming

Global warming is the major difficulty that human in this world have to face. If We don't act fast to prevent this matter, the earth will be damaged and the ozone layer on the earth's surface will become thin and thinner from years to years. The causes of the global warming happens from the people itself such as the carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels and smoke from the power plants. Today cities keeps growing and growing and many people used their transportation such as cars to schools,offices and so on. smokes from cars produces carbon dioxide which can cause the ozone layer to become thin. And another cause that made global warming is deforestation. Deforestation can lead to global warming because it releases large amounts of carbon dioxide to the air and reduces carbon capture on earth. Deforestation happens when industries who hunger for woods and paper products. For the common good for both human and earth, it is good if 70% of people in this world uses Eco-friendly products in their livings. and use vehicles that generate organic fuels and reduces power plants and industrial buildings.

Techniques in Skimming, Scanning and Summarizing

SKIMMING


Skimming means reading quickly for general meaning. You skim reading material to find out about topic, the main idea, and generic structure of passage. For this kind of reading, you only want to find out something and don’t want to know and memorize everything you read. In fact, you should leave out everything except a few important words. There are the words that tell you the general idea.


SCANNING


Scanning means knowing what information you need to find before you read. You have something in your mind, your eyes, then, move quickly to find that particular information. You scan when you are looking for a fact or a detail or a particular vocabulary word. When you are scanning, you don’t have to read every word to answer the questions and don’t have understand every word.


SUMMARIZING


Summarization is the restating of the main ideas of the text in as few words as possible.  It can be done in writing, orally, through drama, through art and music, in groups and individually.  There is extensive research that shows that summarization is among the top nine most effective teaching strategies in the history of education

Techniques in Editing and Revising a Paragraph

EDITING

Editing means rewriting the paper so that the language is more effective--focus on effective paragraphs, sentences, and words.

As writers, we have to develop our "writing voice," a voice slightly more formal than our "conversational voice," a voice that is slightly self-conscious, aware of the rhythms of language in the same way that our "singing voice" is aware. When editing, we let loose the demon critic inside us, but we keep him focused on our writing and not focused on browbeating us, keep him working on fixing our writing and not complaining about what bad writers we are. The truth is every writer makes mistakes. Anyone who claims otherwise is deluding himself or herself. The secret is not in not making errors.


REVISING



Revision means re-seeing. Once a paper has been written so that it makes sense to a reader, it has to be re-visioned and re-written so that it makes sense to the reader. It is not enough to write so that the reader knows what you mean. You must write so that the reader sees the way you see.
Writers find it difficult to see their writing through someone else's eyes. In order to revise (re-see), writers need to create some space between themselves and their writing.

Topic, supporting, concluding sentence

 In a paragraph, generally the first sentence is the topic sentence. There is a strict connection between the main idea and the topic sentence. Topic Sentence is shaped by the controlling idea. Controlling idea is the focus and is placed in a topic sentence.
  
Example:

Education mirrors the society.
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SUPPORTING SENTENCE

      The supporting sentence is the developing part which improves major ideas. While writing supporting sentence, controlling idea must be fully explained, discussed and exemplified.

Example:

      Nature has a perfect system for recycling water. That is, water is used again and again. It falls as rain. Then it goes one of the three places, it may seep slowly into the thick soil as it soaks through into the natural reservoirs quickly. It might run off into streams to rivers to the oceans. In short, the chain of changes goes on and on systematically. 

Demirezen, Mehmet. From Sentence to Paragraph Structure


CONCLUDING SENTENCE

      Generally, a concluding sentence is a restatement of the topic sentence, it gives the same information as the topic sentence but it is expressed in a different way. While writing concluding sentence, we can use adverbs such as “all in all, consequently, in conclusion, in short, in summary”.

Example:

      My special treasure is a picture of my mother on her fifteenth birthday. This picture is always in my house when I was growing up. Years later when I got married and moved to Montreal, my mother gave it to me so that I would always remember her. Now, it sits on my table next to my bed. I look at it and, imagine my mother’s life on that day. I think she was excited because her eyes are shining with happiness. Her smile is shy as if she were thinking about a secret. She is standing next to rose bush, and the roses are taller than she is. She is wearing a beautiful white lace dress and black shoes. Her hair is long and curly. She looks lovely in this peaceful place, and I feel calm when I gaze into her eyes at the end of my busy day. This picture of my mother is my most valuable possession.


STAGES OF WRITING PROCESS


These are the stages of writing process. First, you need to gathering some details to provide better results for your writing. Second, you have to discovering a purpose that is you'll have to understand your purpose of writing some topics. Third, you need to select and order details to fit a purpose. you must have a working thesis or ideas on what are you trying to explain. After that, you must at least do some revision or check your writing make sure it make sense. Next step is editing. Editing means to re-write your paper and make it even more effective. The last step is do a proofreading meaning to read every word on your paper make sure there's nothing mistake or word misspelled.

Stage of Writing process

Break the writing process up into manageable chunks; this helps you to excel at each stage and plan your time so that you hit your deadline. Follow these 7 stages to achieve optimal results from your writing:

1. Analyse the title: Work out properly in advance what the question is asking for. Note keywords and function words (for example ‘compare’, ‘analyse’ or ‘discuss’).
2. Make a timetable: Remember the 80:20 rule – 80 per cent on preparation (Stages 1–4) and 20 per cent on writing up and finishing (Stages 5–7). Make your essay timetable fit in realistically with your other commitments and put a copy up at your desk.
3. Gathering data: Keep in mind what do you need to know and where are you going to get this information from. Highlight key info in your notes and use online resources carefully and wisely.
4. Planning: Get your data down in the most helpful way you can and plan out the structure of your essay in detail before you start it.
5. Write the first draft: Remember to write for your reader, and guide them through your argument. Assume and maintain an academic voice and style.
6. Revise your draft: Print your draft out and read it through. Mark up any changes you need to make on the paper, then, back on computer make these changes to a copy of your original version and rename it.
7. Check and polish: Tidy up the finished version, paying attention to the main areas: content and presentation. Proofread your work carefully before submitting.

Listing, Bubbling and Brainstorming

LISTING

A discovery strategy in which the writer develops an unordered list of ideas and images.

Listing can help overcome and lead to the discovery and focusing of a topic or sentence.

BUBBLING

1. [adj]  covered with or resembling small bubbles as from being agitated by beating or heating; "the bubbling candy mixture"; "a cup of foaming cocoa"; "frothy milkshakes"; "frothy waves"; "spumy surf"
2. [adj]  marked by high spirits or excitement; "his fertile effervescent mind"; "scintillating personality"; "sparkling conversation"; "a row of sparkly cheerleaders"
3. [adj]  emitting or filled with bubbles as from carbonation or fermentation; "bubbling champagne"; "foamy (or frothy) beer"

BRAINSTORMING

An invention to a strategy in which the writer collaborates with others to explore topics, develop ideas, and/or propose solutions to a problem.

The purpose of a brainstorming session is to work as a group to define a problem and find a plan of action to solve it.