Hellen Keller

Hellen Keller said; “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it.” This can be seen all around us. Many people have faced great obstacles in their lives but have found ways to overcome and actually benefit from these obstacles. For example, Greg Barton, the 1984, 1988, and 1992 U.S Olympic medalist in kayaking, was born with a serious disability. He had club feet, his toes pointed inward, and as a result, he could not walk easily. Even after a series of operations, he still had limited mobility. Even so, Greg was never defeated. First, he taught himself to walk, and even to run .Then, he competed on his high school running team. He knew, though, he would never become an Olympic runner, so he looked for other sports that he could play. Happily, he discovered kayaking, a perfect sport for him because it required minimal leg and foot muscles. Using his upper body strength, he was able to master the sport. Finally, after many years of training and perseverance, Greg made the 1984 Olympic team. He says of his accomplishments, “Each step of the road has been made easier by looking just as far as necessary – yet not beyond that.” In short, even though that road was paved with obstacles, he was able to overcome them and achieve the impossible.

DISCUSSING A 3 PART PARAGRAPH

TOPIC SENTENCE
Hellen Keller said; “Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of overcoming it.”

SUPPORTING SENTENCES
Many people have faced great obstacles in their lives but have found ways to overcome and actually benefit from these obstacles. For example, Greg Barton, the 1984, 1988, and 1992 U.S Olympic medalist in kayaking, was born with a serious disability.

Developing details

What is (was) the person famous for?
Greg Barton, the 1984, 1988, and 1992 U.S Olympic medalist in kayaking.

What did this person achieve?
He had club feet, his toes pointed inward, and as a result, he could not walk easily. Even after a series of operations, he still had limited mobility.

What personal characteristics helped this person overcome his or her obstacles?
Many years of training and perseverance.

CONCLUDING SENTENCE
In short, even though that road was paved with obstacles, he was able to overcome them and achieve the impossible.

OSCAR PISTORIUS

Oscar Pistorius a runner with no legs but with high aspirations

South African Oscar Pistorius was born on November 22, 1986. Before his first birthday he suffered the amputation of his legs because a congenital defect. First of all with effort and his preservation he made himself the winner of the gold medal for 200 meter in the 2004 Summer Paralympic Games in Athens, golds medals for 100 meters,200 meters and 400 meters in the 2008 Summer Paralympic Games in Beijin. Also he made a proposition to participate in the 2008 Summer Olympic, his proposition was studied by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), whom decided that he can`t participate because his prosthesis of latest technology brings some advantage, but later he was authorized to run in the 400 meter test in the Summer Olympic Games in Beijin, but he couldn`t get the minimum mark. In summary Oscar Pistorius is called “Blade Runner” and he is a phenomenon of Paralympic Athletes. His dreams are compete with major world sport and keep trying.

Persona-Poems

Valeria …
Intelligent, happy, understanding , funny
Friend of Andrea
Who loves her family, movies and to sleeping
Who is afraid of insects, not graduating and darkness
Who wants to see Bariloche, my nephews and a beautifull sunset
Resident of my home
… Rosales

Paragraph

BANANA

One of my favorite fruit is the Banana. In the morning when i have breakfast I usually eat a banana with coffee or in my Corn Flakes. Another way to eat it could be as a dessert, with ice cream, with chocolate or with sweetened concentrated milk. Bananas are one of the most complete foods. Its high in potassium, it has a lot of vitamins and also it brings energy. In conclusion because of their benefits and good taste it is one of my favorite fruit.

Short sentences about ....Watermelon

*Juice and sweet.
Watermelons are juice and sweet.

*Heavy and big.
Watermelons usually are heavy and big.

*Must have to cut it.
You must have to cut the watermelon to eat it.

The Writing Process Editing

Editing is check for grammar, spelling, punctuation and capitalization

*GRAMMAR: Concentrate first on verbs. For example, if you have written about a past event in your life, you will need to check that the verbs are in past tense.

*SPELLING: When you read though your writing, you may stop at words that you have spelled incorrectly, and you should check them in the dictionary or ask someone to check them for you.
If you are writing on a computer, you should run the spell check. this will help you correct most of your mistakes

*PUNCTUATION: You must check to make sure you have not written any run-on sentences or sentence fragments. In correcting these problems, you usually need to change the punctuation.

*CAPITALIZATION: Check that youe sentences all start with a capital letter. You also need capital letters for all proper nouns.