Chapter 22. Essentials_Video_Sentences

22.1 Lesson 22 Essentials Video: Sentences

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Lesson 22 Essentials Video: Sentences

Watch the video below to see how students like you develop their own active, economic style.

Students in order of appearance: Yadirys, Chase, Gretchen, Nia, Matthew, Marc, Cara, Amy, Nanaissa

Exercise: Integrate the video

Question

Write a substantial paragraph or two, with a topic sentence or mini-thesis, through which you respond to the students in this video as you develop your own active, economic style. You might begin by identifying the moments that stand out to you the most. Which student videos seem to make the most sense to you? With whom do you agree? Disagree? What patterns do you find among the student sound bites? Which ideas were the most instructive or helpful to you? What surprised you? How have your own ideas about introductions and conclusions come into focus through the videos?

There is no formula for writing with an engaging personal style. Gretchen recalls the role that sentences played in developing her own style, saying, “The style of writing in high school was very boring. I look back on those papers and I read them and I’m so bored reading them. They sound awful. The sentences are either really, really long, or really, really short. There’s no variation, there’s no tone. And in college I think I developed my own voice in my writing.”

Take some time to play with your own sentences and see if you can find a style that fully showcases your thoughts and supports your authentic style.