#300 If you get frustrated take a break

When writing a paper if you have been writing for a long time and start to get frustrated it is fine to take a fifteen minute break. Taking a fifteen minute break is good for you to take because then you can clear your head and have a fresh start to writing. It’s a good idea to take a fifteen minute break ever hour when you are writing a paper so you don’t get frustrated and then just get mad about what you’re supposed to be writing. Getting frustrated when writing a paper doesn’t help you get the paper done any faster it just makes you more irritated and not wants to do the paper anymore. When you take breaks ever so often it helps you concentrate so you don’t get frustrated and so you will want to finish writing your paper. If you start to get mad about writing walk away from your computer for fifteen to twenty minutes get something small to eat or get a drink and cool down. Once you have taken a short break go back and sit down and start writing again.

Katie Betsworth

#401 Have someone read your paper for you!

After you write a paper it is best to have someone read it for you before you turn it in. After working on a paper for so long you don’t notice the small mistakes you could make. A lot of people don’t have anyone read their paper before they hand it in and once they get it back they realize how many mistakes they made. So it is best to just let someone read it before handing it in that can fix the mistakes for you. Or have more than one person look over your paper and make sure it sounds good and that you have used the right grammar. So it is better to have fresh eyes look at it and catch what you could have missed or spelled wrong. When you have someone read your paper for you make sure it is someone that you can rely on that knows what they are looking for and isn’t just going to tell you that you did a good job. Having someone read your paper as you write it is also good because then you can fix the paper as you write it and make sure that it is up to your standards and that it is going to be an A paper. So remember as you write your paper to have someone read your paper before you hand it in. If it helps have more than one person read your paper for you because then you know what can be fixed before handing in the paper.

Katie Betsworth

#400

When it comes to writing a paper it’s a good idea to make an outline first. After the outline is done then it will help to write the paper and make it have a better flow. When writing an outline you can then decide what the main points are going to be and be able to have other points that will all tie together. Outlines help in many ways because of the fact that some points have better luck writing an outline before they write the paper. Writing an outline can help when you’re not really sure what you want to write about because you can always change and add more into the paper if your outline isn’t exactly what you want it to be. When making an outline you should make at least 3 main points for your 3 main paragraphs you should have a main point on your outline for every main paragraph you are going to have. Outlines are the best way to write your paper because then you don’t get as frustrated if you don’t have it wrote out already. Outlines can also be useful because it will then be easy for you to write your paper since all you really have to then do is write out the paper and add more words. When writing an outline for a paper it is better to use several smaller points and use key words so that you know exactly what you want to say in your paper.

Katie Betsworth

#6969 How to save money

As we all know, if you don't have money you won't be able to do much in this world. So start saving your money at a young age. It will add up quick.

There is plenty of ways to save money. First, you need to open a savings account at your local bank. Every pay check you should put at least 20 to 30 percent of it in the savings account and the rest into your checking account. Doing so allows you to build money up just in case you need money to fall back on. Like if you get sick one week and have to miss work. Well then you have money to fall back on, or you could be saving for a down payment on a car or house.

Now lets talk about food. Always go shopping for food when your in a hurry or when your full. It will save you a bunch of money. Also watch for expiration dates. Sometimes the food may go bad in two days. When eating you should try and eat at home, not going out every night. Pack a lunch 4 days out of the week, on the fifth day give yourself a present and go out to eat for lunch with some co-workers.

We all know that debt is a bad thing. When in debt always try and pay off your loan as quickly as possible. Make your payments on time and avoid late fees. I have a room mate that overdrafts his bank account like 3 times a week. Each time he over drafts it cost him 30 bucks. He is a complete dumb ass! That is exactly the opposite of what you should do to save money.

Here is a website to help you save money ONCE AGAIN IT WONT LET ME HIGHLIGHT!!!http://www.dumblittleman.com/2008/01/30-easy-ways-to-save-money-and-no-you.html


By Jason Schuttler

#567 Always Have an Outline

The purpose of an outline is to put your ideas about the topic on paper, in a organized layout. This doesnt mean you have to have put the ideas in the order of the outline, you can always change your order.

The first part of making an outline is writing your topic down. After that the put roman numerals down the left side of the paper I, II, III ect. Next to each number put your main ideas about your topic. If you have more information on the subtopic then tab over and but a lower case a, then write your information.

The reason why outlines were created is to keep the writer from going all over the place during writing. Otherwise your paper might come out and be on big peace of pizza dough.

Overall outlines are one of the most important part of writing a paper. Why? Because of the reasons stated above. Its the skeleton of the paper. If you don't have the skeleton then it will just but a big blob of pizza dough. Speaking of pizza here is the best recipe pizza.. and once again it wont let me highlight the word so here is the link. http://www.101cookbooks.com/archives/001199.html

By, Jason Schuttler

#787878 Peer Reviews

By: Garrett Mengler
One of the more important things that help me in my writing
process is having one of my peers review my paper. It is nice to get other
peoples feedback on how I am doing when I am in the middle of writing one of my
papers. I do not always think that a paper is as good as it really is until I have
someone read it and tell me if it really is good or not. It is very satisfying
and good knowing that I have someone who will review my paper and to pick out
all of the flaws in it. I am not very good at putting commas in the right spot
so it is reassuring to have someone else look through my paper and point out
all of the spots where I messed up. I enjoy getting my papers back with a ton
of red marks so I actually know they tried and looked at the paper to great lengths
and “hopefully” did a good job at correcting all of my mistakes. If I had the
choice of getting my papers reviewed by a certain person it would always be the
teachers because not only do they have the most experience but they also know
exactly what they want in the papers and what they do not want in them. These are
all great examples of why having people read over your papers is a great idea. Not
only do they give you a different option but they can also catch some simple
mistakes.

#-402 Annotated Bibliography

My least favorite part about writing is bibliographies. I remember when I was in high school and whenever the teacher said that we needed to do a works cited page (bibliography page) I thought of nothing nice in my head. As with all things academically, it got worse in college. I was then required to write an ANNOTATED bibliography!? What the heck is that?!

Well, we all have a very good idea of what a bibliography is: author's last name, first name. Book title. etc... Most of us have been doing those since we started writing any sort of significant research paper, as it is the law to cite your source (don't want to get in trouble for plagiarism! That's just no fun...)

So, what is an annotated bibliography, and why do we use them? An annotated bibliography is simply a bibliography with additional description of the source. They are used to help assist the reader with whether the source is relevant, or even to assist the writer with what he wants to use.

Do not get an annotation confused with an abstract, as they are not the same thing. Let me rephrase that: abstracts are not annotations, but annotations can be abstracts. Does that make sense? If not, read on.

An abstract is a short statement summarizing the original work, not including an evaluation of the work. An annotation could summarize the original work or evaluate it. Annotations could also do both summarizing and evaluating.

If you would like to read any more about annotated bibliographies, please visit this site.

Written by:

Michael Wilson

4-26-12

#227 Wikipedia is free

Wikipedia is free, so why not use it when is needed. How to search popular people or authors for MLA Format on Wikipedia has been a challenge. First step what I will do is to get on Google and search for any article on Wikipedia, and use Google cache; I don’t know why I always make that first steps. Must people will go straight to Wikipedia web. Then I click on Wikipedia remember fill free to choose your languages you wish to use. Click on Wikipedia home page on the right hand, you will see Arts, Biography, Geography, History, etc.


Wikipedia articles generally have many authors, different dates. For this reason, it is recommended that citations of Wikipedia give the author as "Wikipedia contributors".Always use your judgment when deciding whether to use any source. Wikipedia sometimes can change date so be careful.


At the top of the article is a tab that says "history". Click on it and you will see all the revisions of the article over time, along with who did them or write your author’s name you wish to fine on Wikipedia search box or type the book name along. There you will find background information on the subject of your paper. Have hyperlinks in the text, so you can find it out about related subjects. Many articles have cited references that you can follow for more information. While Wikipedia may not be reliable, the sources that editors cite are often reliable. For most assignments, your instructor will want you to use sources for your citation.
Than you will look on your right hand you will see the picture of your author, name, or book cover.

1 author(s) or editor(s)
2 the complete title
3 editions, if indicated
4 place of publication
5 the shortened name of the publisher
6 date of publication
7 pages

Wikipedia has helped me a lot over school assignments. I will always use it, because it makes it easy for me.

By: Monika A

#226 Hip-Hop Dance

Hip-Hop dance

Dancing is the poetry of the foot and art of our body, hip’s, head, hands, or anything you can move on your body just like what they are doing in Crump dance. In the hip-hop community, it's about how real you are, or how strong you can be. Usually when people are sitting down and they play hip hop music. People saintly put their hands on the air. Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change. Some people are forever learning and that's why they always able to create new styles and new dimensions of hip-hop. Hip-hop dance is a rhythm and poetry by watching them dancing you will see how they communicate by dancing.

Dancing is been around for millions of years than come’s the Hip Hop dance that started since 1970's or if you want to know more about hip hop dance.

As we all know Hip- Hop dance has been everywhere at the clubs, weddings parties, fitness classes to loss weight. People get crazy by getting their “group on” means don’t worry about anything just dance, be out of yourself larger, more beautiful, and powerful, yes there might be angriest, injuries, but who cares if you’re learning something.

Hip-Hop dance steps require skill and experience to perfect. Hip-Hop dancers practice a lot in order to master basic steps and movements that appear simple when performed. Dancers with a good sense of rhythm find it easier to learn Hip -Hop steps, otherwise some people while dance, they can make their own steps. Unfortunately you can take Hip-Hop dance classes or schools around your area.

Dancing is like choosing a topic for your essay papers, so Hip-Hop dance might be your topic. Just remembers Black/ White it don’t matter. Young/ old we just want to have fun once in our lives time.


    By:  Monika A

Do Not Procrastinate

#12 Time Management

Time management is a very important skill you will need for your entire life. People will recognize you for being able to manage your responsibilities well and in a timely fashion. It is important to get enough sleep, do enough exercise, eat the right foods, have enough fun time, all while making sure you stay on top of school. Everyone should make it a priority to distribute their time accordingly to be the most efficient.


Do you remember when you are younger and there is just so many math problems that you can't figure out, so your parent tells you to work on something else to get your juice flowing again. It always helped calm me down and get my confidence back to finish all my assignments. While in middle school, I tried this strategy again, but failed in returning to the work once I moved past it onto something else.


Don't let yourself just put off assignments and just forget about doing them because you feel less guilty by doing something else. It is easy to start working on accounting, then move on to business once accounting starts to get tedious. The next thing you know, you are finishing your composition paper that isn't due until next week, and your accounting homework that is due tomorrow isn't even done yet!

I also found it easy to put all my effort into doing research and finding different sources, but failed to put time and effort into the actual paper's organization and specific point that I wanted to make. If I would have put as much time into the organization of the paper as I did for the research, my essay would have been pristine.

It would probably benefit everyone if we all took a lesson in time management. Finding time for work, homework, friends, family, exercise, sleep, fun and alone time is extremely hard but will help you in the long run. You might have to set a bed time for yourself to be able to accomplish everything in one day, or even just set aside specific time for composition and a specific time for accounting. Just remember, you cannot recycle wasted time.


Kelsey Porter

#202 write about things your interested in

By: Jake Kruse

mustang :)


There is nothing worse than writing about something you don’t like or just absolutely hate. The key to writing is to write about something you are interested in if you don’t do this then you will dread writing your essay counting down the seconds until you are don’t if you finish at all. I know that when I do an essay I don’t like ill put it off till the very last second then do it dreading it the whole time I am writing it.

Another type to writing an essay is to make it your idea if a teacher tells you to do something even if you love doing the thing that is asked of you to do. You end up hating or dread doing it just because the teacher asked you to do it. This happens almost every time. So if at all possible never let your teacher pic your topic but if you have no other choice find a way to embrace it into your own kind of essay and make it into something you enjoy writing about.

I am personably a gear head so I love talking about cars and working on cars so with all chance I try to write about something that resembles cars or working on cars. Once I find a way to do this I can write about this stuff for years. I sometimes lose track of all time and once I start writing I just won’t quite but usually when I do I am finished with the essay with more than enough words completed.

#201 spellcheck is overrated

By: Jake Kruse



spellcheck is oberratted i dont see why teachers alwsya tell the students that the spelling
and grammer paret of the essay is one of the most importantparts inthe essay i
dont buy it. the essay in my eyes would nbe alot easier and less mine blowing
if this didnt have any part in your essay.

Suposibly on someones resomay if you have a lot of bag
grammer and spelling that they wont hire you. What if the job uour applying for
has nothing to do with writing like if your going to drive a taxi you font need
to no how ro spell . I personably am a terrible speller and my grammer is
horendes because of this I am always stressed out and don’t do as good at I want
to I thin the essay should be not graded but ranked bu the contact not how many
errors there is.

My advise to you would be just to forget about the spelling
and tell your teacher to shove it up there pie whole and if they don’t like it
then acrew them you pay there salory who are they to tell you what to do and
not to do its your choice not theres if you don’t want to show ip for a week
then you shouldn’t get pentalize for it they should embrace it.
Never let your teacher punk you if they have a problem with
your spelling then sneak into there house at night and put a bunch of mouse
hairs in there bed while they sleep at nigt. mae them suffor for being a douche

#8675309 Annotated Bibliography

An annotated bibliography is kind of like a works cited page that gives a summary of each of entries on the works cited page. The reason for these annotations is to provide a summary of the source. The summaries should show the main points of the source and give the reader and idea of what the source is about.

For our composition classes first paper, we were asked to create an annotated bibliography before we wrote our papers. I believe this was a huge help in writing my paper. I first found all of the sources i was going to use for my paper that were related to my topic and wrote a summary for each one of the sources. At first I was confused to why Mr. N had us write an annotated bibliography because I've had to do them always after the paper, never before. Once I had all of my sources summary written, I just put them in and order that would work well for a three thousand word paper. I know that in the future when I have to write ridiculously large paper I will use this technique because it made the writing of the actual paper not seem so bad. Also using this technique i learned much more about my topic than i already knew because I had to research so many sources just in case I didn't meet the three thousand word mark. I would recommend this technique of paper writing to anyone who has a massive paper to compose.

By: Trey Lovell

#3.14159 Choosing a Side in an Argument

By: Riley Spitzig

Choosing a side in an argument can be a challenge.

First, your topic must be debatable.

Can people argue against you?

And make sure your argument is specific.

Broad topics generally don't yield strong argumentative papers.

Make you take a firm stance on your issue.

This does not mean that you can't believe a balance of both sides, but for an argumentative paper you cannot be wishy-washy.

This means, stick to one side of the argument, but do not forget to acknowledge the other side of the issue.

In the paper, do not be afraid to tell others exactly what you think and how things should be because that is what an argument paper is all about.

Make sure you use appropriate language, evidence to support your stance, and cite your sources!

You also need to know what your argument is based on and choose a side according to your beliefs, what is logical, or what can easily be supported.

Arguments are usually based on evidence, religion, cultural standards, and moral ethical codes people have.

choosing a side in an argument is not as hard as it sounds.

Usually its as simple as "I agree with the issue," or "I disagree."

Just remember that in an argument paper you have to pick a side and support it.

You do not totally have to agree with your position, but an argument needs to be debatable.

It needs to be able to be argued.

This is an easy way to help you choose a clear side of an argument for a paper.

#70 Have Others Read Your Paper

By: Riley Spitzig

Not sure how to get feedback from someone about your writing? Have him or her read your paper.

It is a good idea to have others read your paper because they can catch mistakes that you did not see.

This will make your writing better and writing will become a less stressful process.

You can have someone read your paper at any stage in the writing process, not just at the end.

A person could read it after the introduction or in the middle to see your thoughts and and writing thus far.

Asking for feedback can only help you!

Having no one read your paper will usually hurt you and your grade.

When you ask for feedback you can escape the boring hold and rut that writing sometimes involves.

Other people may offer a new perspective or a way of looking at something that you may not have even considered before.

Don't worry about feedback being negative.

Ask someone that you trust will give you constructive advice and not just say, "it sucks."

People may not know who to ask as well.

Basically, ask anyone you can trust to help you and wants you to succeed.

Having someone read your paper is worthwhile.

It can help you see mistakes in logic and reasoning, and it can help you catch grammatical errors.

Getting feedback makes your writing better because it is part of the revision and writing process.

Having others read your paper will ultimately make that paper better and you a better writer as a result.

#200 Find your personal stress

By: Jake Kruse

Sometimes when you are writing
about something you become stressed. I sure no I do, but when stuff like this
happens what do you do? I’ll tell you what to do you need to find a way to
relieve stress I am notorious for becoming stressed but I have found numerous
ways to relieve my stress.

I have some personal ways I relieve stress depending on the level of my stress. If I’m
a little stress I’ll take a break and watch some TV. If I’m really stressed I’ll
do at least one of these things I will go in the back yard and shoot stuff Or go for a ride on my dirt bike and ride like a Goon-rider

shooting

gooning

Whatever your stress reliever is just find out what is most
comfortable for you and embrace it me personably I’m a “redneck type” so I love
to shoot stuff and get down and dirty which brings me to my final stress
reliever which would be mudding. There is nothing like mudding it calms me down
just like shooting does.

shooting

all of these work for me but it might be different stress
relievers help my papers run smoothly because if I don’t do any of these I’ll
get really frustrated and will end up just giving up on the paper as a hole and
will end up with a shity grade. This is tactic is one of which no teacher will
tell you but it is one of the most efficient ways to get a paper done.

#49 Find an Old Man: Find an Expert on Your Topic

When doing the research for a research paper it is helpful to find someone who is already and expert on your topic. You need someone who has already done what you’re doing to help guide you where to go on your paper. You need a guide like the old man Gandalf from The Lord of The Rings. Someone has already researched most topics that you will choose to write about. When you find someone that is an expert on your topic you should read the things they have written. You should try to find someone whose area of focus is the same as yours. When you do find this person you should then began to look at where they get their information from and use it to guide your paper. A good way to find your expert or old man’s information is to look at the works they have written and look at the works they cited and referenced in their works. When you find your old man you should try to read what they read. You can look at things they have written, look at their web pages, or even look at their Twitter accounts. Finding an old man is a great way to also get a number of sources for your paper. When you find your old man you have a good large source for your paper, but you also have a number of other sources that support your ideas. Finding an old man is a great way to collect sources for your paper and give you direction when writing it.

By Russell Obernolte

#664 Learn How to Use a Comma

Nathan Peters

What do you think the most common error is for anyone writing a paper? Another question goes with the previous question. What is the most common way to bring your grade down on a paper? Those two questions can go hand in hand. The most common errors have to do with people not understanding how to use commas. Whether it is a simple comma with a conjunction, or it is an introductory clause, many people don’t realize that they are making errors. Even people who know how to use commas can make a mistake rather easily. So would it really hurt to learn how to use them? Personally that was my high school teacher’s pet peeve so it was drilled into me. They aren’t as hard as most people make them. Now I can spot most comma errors. They can completely alter a sentences meaning. That is shown in the picture below.


Haha, do you get it? They were going to eat their grandpa in the first line versus the second line they wanted to tell him they should eat. That shows what I said earlier about changing sentence meaning. Then there are the commas that don’t necessarily change the meaning, but show that the sentence is connected to another sentence. If you don’t put commas in between a bunch if complete sentence then it is like when people in real life spit out twenty sentences without taking a breath. It is annoying right. Well that what I believe English teachers feel like when they see those kinds of errors.

#665 Pre-write

Nathan Peters


Everyone should use pre-writing on a paper. If it is assigned it is worth your time to do it well. I wasn’t one that would generally do it before I took this class, but after pre-writing about ten different articles I wrote my ten page paper rather easily. I never realized how much pre-writing would help until I was actually assigned to do it. Take ten or so articles that are about your topic and write roughly a one page summary over each article. If those articles are written to fit into your subject, then it is very easy to almost copy and paste your summary information directly into your paper. If you do that ten times then there is a ten page paper worth of material. So would you rather write ten one page papers, or would you rather write one ten page paper. Writing a one page paper can take as little as ten minutes if you read the article and you know what you are talking about. So if you did ten of those then that would come to a grand total of less than two hours of writing and a majority if not all of a ten page paper. I don’t know about you, but writing a ten page paper will take me a lot longer than two hours. The choice is up to you, but I recommend the ten shorter papers. They are much easier to do, they are less stressful to write, and they will fit more conveniently into anyone schedule.

#224 Make an Outline

Make an Outline

Making an outline before writing a paper will help you make a “blue print” for your paper. This will help by keeping your paper very organized and have a nice and even flow. This writing tip will also help with writers block. It will help the writer have a clear stance and idea of where they are going with their paper. In every paper the writer wants to make sure they are being an effective communicator. With an outline, you can effectively communicate your information as well as weaving out all the unimportant facts. This will help the writer’s paper to stick to the point and convey the best message. It is a good way to organize several looming thoughts and will help you think through the various stages of the writing process. An outline will also allow the writer to make sure they have fully covered the topic thoroughly and properly. This could be things like not repeating yourself and making sure to get all of the main points covered. This will help give the writers paper depth and allow the writer to deliver their message in the best way possible. This will also help keep your paper going so that you do not lose the reader’s attention. Another thing an outline can help with is making sure all of your facts help the reader’s knowledge. This is important because it can enhance the readers understanding of a certain subject. Another thing making an outline helps with is writing a better and faster paper. With all of your thoughts already on the paper in the outline, you can write your actual paper faster.

By: Courtney Turner

#48 Become a Nerd: Over Research Your Topic

When writing a research paper it is helpful if you gather as much information about your topic that you possibly can. The part of a research paper that should take the longest is researching before the paper. Once you have decided your topic the next step should be collecting as many sources for your topic that you can. You should know everything there is to know about your topic. When it comes time to write it will be much easier to sift through all the information you have instead of trying to stretch a little amount of info into the paper. After collecting all the info it is much easier to sit down and cut things that are not important out than it is to try and make unimportant information become the main sources in your paper. You need to become a “nerd” about your topic. You need to research it religiously. Also while you are researching you need to be taking notes on the sources. You should summarize them and add your own words and opinions to incorporate them into your paper. This process definitely should not start the night before the paper is due. The process of researching should be done weeks before you actually start writing the paper. When it comes time to write your paper all you should have to do is rearrange notes on your sources to create a final paper. The research for the paper can be the actual writing in your paper. If you take decent notes and do a great deal of researching it will be much easier to write your paper.

By Russell Obernolte