Midtern Portfolio (paragraph)

      The English 045 class I am taking this semester helped me to improve my writing on how to create a paragraph. I´ve learned rules and steps to follow to write a paragraph. Before I´ve took English 045 I was very insecure about writing. Firstable because English is not my first language and secondable I was going back to school after more then ten years. This class gave a great help on how to write a paragraph. My first   paragraph was just a bunch of sentence that were not connected on a main idea as in http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3161225152482525209#editor/target=post;postID=5464683614312822014. Now I´ve learned that before writing I need to brainstorm all my ideas and they need to be connected on a same subject as inhttp://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3161225152482525209#editor/target=post;postID=3869491371035240252. Also I´ve learned how to write a journal. When I was asked to write a journal about Evergreen from pages 2-18 http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3161225152482525209#editor/target=post;postID=30331755718038760 I did a summary instead.I had corrected on http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3161225152482525209#editor/target=post;postID=30331755718038760. I´ve learned that a journal is a way to practice our writing, it´s private and give us a little freedom on the style and technique we decide to use. Another example of my improvement is the essay about Restaurants. It took me a lot of time and thinking, over and over checking all my ideas, organizing all the information that I would use. After revising I noticed that on the body of the essay I've written no much about the services of the restaurants had to offer to their costumers since that was the category I've chosen.http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3161225152482525209#editor/target=post;postID=8578936745932992602 . As we were tough on the first day of class writing take time and a lot of thinking organizing ideas and overall practice.

Port Chester (essay)

Carmen Mendivil                                                                                                        

Kylie Olean

Paragraph to Essay

9 March, 2012

Port Chester Village of Restaurants

Port Chester is located in New York’s Westchester County, which is an hour drive North from New York City. It is known as the “Restaurant Capital of Westchester.” Most of the restaurants are located on a strip of the downtown area. Residents and visitors enjoy a wide selection of dining options such as informal, casual, and formal restaurants.

          You can find the informal restaurants like Pat’s Hubba Hubba, which is known for their chilly and hot dogs as well as their steak sandwiches, it is also open twenty-four hours, every day of the week, the restaurant is a tiny hallway with a bar style seating that crosses from one entry to the other. The decoration is a unique wallpaper that is covered with one dollar bills that were left as tips at one point. This restaurant is well known by college students for its affordable prices. Another restaurant similar at Pat’s Hubba Hubba is Misti’s Restaurant. They are well known for their Peruvian cuisine. Some of their specialty dishes are Pollo a la Brasa, which is a roasted chicken marinated the Peruvian style, and the Lomo Saltado, which is a steak cut in fine strips cooked with onions and tomatoes and served with white rice. There is no reservation requirement to dine in this restaurant, making it a favorite place to eat for families. Next door is Q Restaurant, an authentic barbecue place, where you can order slow cooked ribs, chicken, or pork, all served with a special sauce made on site. All meals will include corn bread and two side dishes. They also have a variety of desserts such as home-made pie and banana pudding, which are given free to children on certain days.     

           If you prefer to have better quality of food and service but still in a casual environment, you should try Edo Japanese Steak House. The chef will cook at your table where multiple parties share the seating. First, you will be served an appetizer of soup and salad. Second, the dish that you previously ordered will be cook in front of you. The dishes you can choose from are fillet mignon, chicken or shrimp. Finally, you will be given Fried Green Tea Ice Cream, which is a scoop of ice cream that the chef lights on fire.  On special occasions, such as birthdays, the staff will sing a song in Japanese to celebrate it. It is usually a loud place where people enjoy watching the show. A few blocks north is The Coyote Flaco, which is one of the seven Mexican Restaurants of this chain in New York. It has a menu of dishes including Tamales, Quesadilla, and Nacho Deluxe. Coyote Flaco serves three different kinds of Enchiladas and offers a selection of Fajitas that could be prepared with steak, shrimps, chicken, vegetables, or salmon. The dishes are served with Combos with rice, beans, guacamole, and meats of your choice. The Restaurant has an outdoor seating area that gets really crowded. Another casual place to enjoy good food and service is Copacabana Churrascaria a Brazilian Steak House, that serves fourteen kinds of meat cuts that are slow roasted and perfectly seasoned. The meat cuts include beef, pork, lamb, chicken, and Brazilian sausage, which are presented on skewers and carved at your table at your request. They also have a big salad and dessert buffet.

           On the other hand, you have the option of a formal diner like Pasquale, a fine upscale Italian cuisine. The menu offers homemade dishes such as Parppadelle, Lasagna, Agnolotti, many desserts, and a list of wines. Pasquale also provides valet parking for their costumers and advanced reservation is recommended. Another fine restaurant is the recent renovated Tarry Lodge, located in a historical one-hundred year-old building with comfortable atmosphere and exceptional Italian modern cuisine. They serve light meals such as Vittello Tonnato and Quartino of Chianti. Also, on their main dish menu, they have Osso Buco or Lamb Chops. Tarry Lodge has private dining staff to assist you to have an intimate dinning if some privacy is need it. Another excellent formal restaurant is The Willet House, which is a traditional American steak house serving a plenty variety of cuts and meats accompanied by house salads and vegetables prepared on premises. The Willet House has a long list of exquisite wines to choose from. Good attire is also required.

          Finally, your visit to Port Chester will be worth it. There is a variety of restaurants to choose from, if you are looking for a restaurant to just grab a quick meal and not expend much money, definitely will be an informal restaurant there. To share with friends and family where you can be loud and bring your children to have fun and entertainment you have the casual restaurants. When you need some privacy for a business dinner or to share with that special person you will find the formal restaurants with all their extra services to make your visit unforgettable. From the ones that you help yourself to the ones you will be served, depending on the occasion you have. In other words, it doesn’t matter what you are craving or celebrating Port Chester will definitely have the restaurant you are looking for.                                                                      

Journaling about Evergreen Pag 2-18

Journaling about Evergreen

Reading trough pages 2-18 of the Evergreen book I´ve learned that the writing skills are very important to know since the work force is looking for excellent writers and communicators. The goal of the author is to help us to became confident writers.  Chapter one shows the basic steps of the writing process which
 is dived in three phases, the pre-writing, the writing, and revising. All of these keeping in mind the subject, audience, and purpose of our work.
Chapter 2 has techniques to use on the pre-writing like writing, brainstorming, clustering or mapping, asking questions and keeping a journal.
These two chapters were very helpful. I´ve learned the very basic on how to write a paragraph.

Introduction (Paragraph) Jan 22 2012

      My name is Carmen and I´m 30 years old. I´m a mother of a very busy 2 year old boy and stepmother of a kind charming 10 year old boy. I live in Bridgeport CT with my husband and children since 2004. I enjoy going with my family to the beach during the summer and also gardening in our back yard. During the winter I like to take my children to NYC to the Rockefeller Plaza and see the Christmas Tree and the Fifth Avenue decorations. I like all kind of music and make new friends. I enjoy trying new food and watch a good movie with my husband. I work during the week as a nanny in Fairfield and Greenwich for two different families. I like kids and enjoy been around them. That´s why I choose the Early Childhood Carreer so one day I will be a teacher.

Restaurants (brain storming) week 4

Orientals

1) New China
    very convenient
    close home
    fast delivery
    not expensive

2) Tombo
    special occasions
    all family has to go
    expensive
    have a show
    after show smelly smoky clothes


Fast Food

1) Canteen
    informal
    kids love it
    junk food
    perfect for Sundays

2) Ihop
    good for lazy mornings
    a lot of people
    waiting time

3) Super Duper Weenie
    best hot dogs
    close early
    hard to find table
    full parking lot

Latin Food

1) Coyote Flaco
    very close home

2) Pio Pio
    to remember home
    I know the menu
    small place
    no parking
    better pick up and eat at home

3) Mi Pueblo
    cheap but serve a lot of food
    good for soup when they have it on the menu
    small restaurant, no parking
    good service by owners


   

Front Door week 4

Front Door

     Every day when I open my front door to go to work the first thing that I see is my neighbors two story white house across the street. Next to it is a gigantic old pine tree and the electric pole. The family car is park in the front of their house. To the right is the rest of my neighbors homes and cars parked on their driveways. Farther out I can see Park Avenue, which is a very busy street with a bus stop on the corner where people stand beside it. To the left of my front door I can see more of my neighbors homes. The house that is next to mine has a big front yard where used to be four big trees that before the last hurricane, which knocked them over.    

Holidays (final draft)

     Holidays are special or more important  then other days because are designated dates to remember some specific mayor historical event that it took place in the past. Most holidays are observe and usually are official pay vacation from work for most of us. Holidays means different things for different people. Some holidays maybe viewed as a social, religious or secular affair. For some is a time of reflexion and for others is a time for celebration. Such days are sometimes use as occasion for family or community festivities. Parents and children are on vacation during this time, so it is usually and ideal time for families to spend together.           

Holidays (first draft)

                                                      HOLIDAYS

What make a holiday more important or more special then other days?

Narrowing Ideas   Special or Important then other day.
Controlling Idea    Designated  dates to remember something.
Topic Sentence     Holidays are more important then other days.

 

     Holidays are more important or more special then other days because are designated dates to remember some specific event that it took place in the past. A mayor historical event. Most holidays are observe and usually an official pay vacation from work for most of us. Holidays means different things for different people. For some is a time of reflexion and for others is a time for celebration. There is a lot emotions involve on every of them and in most holidays it is ideal to gather families together because the free time. Both parent and children are on vacation during this time.       

Paragraph from page 43

Give advise to busy working parents

     

     To have a good and stress free week we need to plan and organized ahead. First we should purchase a big calendar where we can see each member of the family's activities and appointment for the month if we prefer  we can assign a different ink color to every member for easy finding. That way we won't double schedule anything and we'll avoid trying to be in two places at the same time or running late because there wasn't enough time between them. Also is a good idea to set up a time to call and make all the routine medical appointments for the whole family like dental cleaning, yearly physical check ups, vaccinations, optometrist etc. at one time if possible even the pets and write down all on the calendar. Depending on the use that we give to our vehicles it is important to program though the year the services that may need like oil change, check on tires pressure, batteries etc. and make a note on the respective month on the calendar to remind us. Second it is good  to create a weekly or even better monthly menu for the family for breakfast, lunch to take to school or work and diner so we can see all the ingredients that every recipe will need for each meal that way will have a comprehensive shopping list. We should make two separate shopping lists. The first one will be made weekly with all the perishable food that we want to have fresh like diaries, fruits, vegetables, species, bread, cold cuts, meats etc. The second one should be for the month with the no perishable foods like pasta, snacks, canned food, drinks, and also the cleaning supplies and items that can be storage like towel paper, toilet paper, shampoo, plastics bags etc. The shopping lists should be stick on the calendar, pantry door, refrigerator or any visible place accessible to all the older family members to write down what we'll need to buy in our next trip to the super market. Trying to following this tips will help us oversee the week and month ahead of us to not to overthinking over and over everyday on the same daily issues.          

Free Writing and Paragraph from the Quotation

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

-Mignon McLaughlin

Free writing

Everubody knows that marriage is not a simple commitment. Marriage is more then two adults living and sharing everithing 

it is true the keeping space is healthy for the relantionship 

it is important to always remember the way when we felt in love the first time. The way we look at each other the first time we met and keep all the details we have with to each other.

Paragraph

      

     To keep that special person next to us we always have to remember the way we felt in love. All the details that we had to each other when we met. That way we looked at each other and the first feelings for the other one. Remembering and celebrating anniversaries and important dates to bring up and refresh the love that we felt back on the special time. Taking time to share on mutual activities to keep us close doing something that we both enjoy. Marriage is not a simple commitment we have to talk care and feed it with love everyday to last forever.   

     

Journaling about Evergreen Pag. 2-18

Chapter 1

Exploring the Writing Process

The goal of the book is to help us to became a confident writers since the work force is looking foe excellent writing and communications skills.

A. The writing Process
    Is divide in Three phases
1. Pre-writing
2  Writing
3  Revising

B. Subject, Audience and Purpose
    When we write try to choose something we know and care about it. Thinking on the audience that will  read it and the purpose.


Chapter 2

Pre-writng to generate ideas
Will show us five pre-writing techniques that will hep us to overcame with "blank-page jitters". Doesn't matter if we use hand writing or computer.

A Free Writing
    Help to warm up and generate ideas. The guidelines is to write for five, ten or fifteen minutes with no stopping. The point is to write quick with out listening our inner critic.

B  Brainstorming
    Help to generated ideas about a topic to have something to work with and choose from like word, phrases, ideas, details, examples.

C Clustering or Mapping
    Is a method to help our ideas to put them on paper.  First we write an idea or topic in the center of the paper and all the associations of ideas will be branching out from the center.

D  Asking Questions
     Another technique is to ask questions, there is two ways of doing this.
 1 The reporter's six questions. Who? What? Where? When? Why? How?
 2 Ask your own questions. If the reporter's six questions seem too confining.

E Keep a Journal
   A journal is private so we don't worry about grammar. The purpose is to write a least for fifteen minutes every morning or night or several times a week to help us record experiences of our everyday life on writing. Experience in detail of what was the most angered or amused moment of the day.


 

Introduction

My name is Carmen. I'm 30 years old. I've been living in Bridgeport for the past 8 years since my husband and I bought our house.

I am a mother of a very busy 2 year old boy and stepmother of a kind charming 10 year old boy. We also have a pet, a not too stranger friendly 5 year old Yorkshire Terrier dog named Pulga that means flea in Spanish.

I enjoy taking my children to the beach during the hot months and also gardening in our back yard or just BBQ with friends.

During the winter I like to go to NYC to the Rockefeller Plaza and check the Christmas Tree and Fifth Avenue decorations also I help to prepare all our seeds that will be plant indoors until April or May that may go outside.

I like all kind of music and make new friends. I enjoy trying new food and to watch a good movie with my husband. I  love to be the last one going to bed and be the first one waking up.

I work during the week as a nanny in Fairfield and Greenwich for two different families. I like kids and enjoy been around them. That's why I choose the Early Childhood Career so one day I will be a teacher.