TwO tRoPicAls CiTiEs

Assignment #4 a WEEK 4 Compare and contrast paragraph
Jorge Jimenez,
5/11/2010
Point of contrast A.Miami B.Cartagena

1.Climate: Tropical climate -Tropical wet and dry
2.Tourist: Bayside -Boca grande
South Beach -Playa Blanca
3.Music: Latin -Valleanto
Hip-Hop- salsa

Topic sentence:Although Miami and Cartagena both are tropical cities,they offer a great variety of fun . 1.climate Miami has a very nice weather during the whole year the winter is very warm and but not that hot as in the summer, but pretty much all the entire year is good to go to the beach. However, Cartagena has a very different climate from Miami is hotter in the summers and the winter is just a couple of degrees low is hard to find cold days in Cartagena . 2.tourists Bayside is a festival marketplace in Downtown Miami. The center attracts an average of fifteen million people annually. On the other hand, in Cartagena Bocagrande (Bigmouth) is a much sought after area with hotels, shops, restaurants, nightclubs and art galleries. While South Beach has an active club and bar scene. Playa blanca (White Beach) this is a remote area with restaurants, beaches but no hotels. Playa Blanca offers white sand and waters of white , green and blue. 3.music Hip-Hop is very popular at the clubs in Miami this type of sound is define by elements such as rapping, DJing, sampling and scratching. Although latin music is very popular at night in Miami and is one of the best types of music that attracts many people to go clubbing like in "Bongos Cuban Cafe" a popular latin club at Biscayne bay .Unlike in Cartegena is not usual to hear this type music "hip-hop" but the latin music is very popular like salsa, merengue and vallenato. Vallenato is currently a popular folk music of Colombia vallenato literally means " born in the valley". In Cartagena like in Bocagrande you could be at the beach relaxing and people will pass by playing this kind of music. Both cities Miami and Cartegena when it comes to have fun it does not matter which city you pick you will enjoy with all the variety that these two cities have to offer.

1. What is the purpose of your paragraph ?

The purpose of my paragraph is to put contrast the city of Miami (USA) and the city of Cartagena (Colombia).

2. What is the product?

The product of my paper is that although Miami and Cartagena both are tropical cities, they offer variety of fun.

3. What is your pre-writing strategy?

My pre-writing strategy is a brainstorming because I capture all my thought,ideas and fragments into my head and writing down on the blog.

4. Have you spell checked your work?

My work is double spell checked my friends at class checked for me and I revised again. I used grammar checker on my word possessing program.

5. Have you used one inch margins and double spaced text?

I have not used one inch margins and double spaced on my text because since we are doing it on a blog you do not have those options like on Microsoft word.

An ArTiFaCt that describes my PeRsOnAliTy

Assigment #2 WEEK 2 Illustration paragraph


J.J/April 20 ,2010

What is the artifact? The Bible

Movie:The passion of christ

The topic sentence: The Bible is a book that represents strength and makes me be part of it.

conclusion: A strong person do anything in life to reach the top of the mountain when you have the strength of God.

The Bible is a book that represents strength and makes me be part of it. The movie "The Passion of the Christ (2004)"created a major impact around the world. The Bible describes me in many ways. It shows us why we are here, the way life seems now, and that sometimes we do not understand the negative concerns of life. The Bible is passion, peace, useful, instructional and positive. Since my childhood, my parents taught me the meaning of the Bible. My personality ties me to the Bible when I show love. Now that I am a father, I want my son to know the meaning of love and to feel what is the love of a father; the same way how in "The Passion of Christ" Jesus taught us what love is. I am the head of the household, I pass on a lot of positives thoughts towards my son and wife. The world is colorless with forceful values that not many people understand why negative things happen to them or why the world has become what it seems today. Jesus is a strong man he lives in our hearts, he wants us to live in peace, to give and to share love. My personality is packed with beautiful blessings from God; I am giving my family the same love that Jesus has given us in our hearts just as my parents have showed me their love since my childhood. Life is enlightening everyone to learn from their mistakes. While some mistakes are unimportant, some may take time to correct. Life is a gift from God, everyone`s life is printed in a book, you decide how you want your life to begin and end. "Anything is possible through the Strength of God"Philippians 4:13 NIV, strong people do anything in life to reach the top of the mountain when you have the strength of God. Remember, all you need is a little faith. With faith as little as a grain of mustard, you could move mountains.

He will never let you down

• What have you learned about illustration in the last four weeks?

Illustration is one of my favorite activities that I have learned during the past couple of weeks because it helps me identify myself with an object. Next, I came up with new ideas to describe my personality that help my vocabulary grow to with new words.

• How does this help you in school? work? Personal life?

With my friends in class we share ideas and comments on our classwork. When it comes to doing a draft paper, before completing a final paper, we compare and share constructive comments to improve our work. Every illustrates something different that helps us meet that person and learn about them. At work, I deal with my co-workers every day and by learning about illustration I have the concept of what type of personality my co-workers have. I share my paper about illustration paragraph to my family and they were shocked when I compare myself to the Bible. Illustration makes a good point in my life. I have learned that I can push myself to the limits my family are very proud of the type of personality that I have.

• Set three writing goals for the remainder of the term. State each goal, explain how you will accomplish the goal, and note any resources you will need

Three writing goals for the term will be to revise the illustration paragraph, correct my grammar and spelling and a guide for writing. My illustration paragraph has a couple of mistakes that I have to correct. For example, I can use different words so my paper looks nice and neat. I would like to write a new illustration paragraph to practice more my spelling and grammar that way I can strengthen my vocabulary.