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back to personal pages **//My name is Jessica Geisel and i'm from the Poconos. I've been a dancer since I was four years old and I plan to keep dancing throughout college. I have a twin sister who is my best friend and also attends Bloomsburg.//**   --about your topic? what surprised you? --about writing? what steps of this process were especially difficult or rewarding for you? --about teaching? do you see yourself using multigenre with your future students? why or why not? **//The one thing that surprised me about my topic is how little research I had to do, because I got a lot of my information from a Marine.//** **//Revising all my genres, and making sure all the little errors were fixed was difficult for me, even though it sounds like something so simple.//** **//I most likely won't use this actual project since I plan on working with mostly younger kids that won't understand this.//**   __[|process journal jessica geiselll.rtf]__ __[|Genre revisiions.docx]__ __Genre 1- letter__ [|scan0001.jpg] [|scan0002.jpg] __Characteristics & Criteria__ introduction- dear "whoever" date body- factual info, opinions, feelings closing-"thank you" "love you" "miss you" see you soon" "-whoever" Genre 2-application for enlistment [|genre 2.-jgdocx.docx] Genre 3-photo with descriptive paragraph [|genre 3-jg.docx] Genre 4-diary entry [|scan0003.jpg] [|scan0004.jpg]

Topic-Marine Corps Diary Entry Outline __Characteristics__ __Criteria__ revelence informative, factual/opinion text bold, italics, underlined. adj., adv. format dated, dear diary?, organization language tone, mood, emotion, word choise Topic-Marine Corps Sample letters __Characteristics__ __Criteria__ introduction Dear "person" "person", date date on top of letter from which is was written or sent body paragraphs, proper sentence structure/spelling/puncuation depending on type of letter closing Sincerley/Love "person", "person", Example Essay The Marine Corps boot camp is made up of three different phases. The first phase concentrates on orientation meeting the drill instructors, the study of the military subjects, and physical training. The second phase includes marksmanship training, combat exercise, and long humps. And the third and final phase consist of service week, the final polishing, and the long and finally here, the graduation. The end result of the 12 weeks of hell is being able to call yourself a United States Marine, and receiving, the eagle, globe, and anchor is the best gift anyone could give you. And it begins phase One starts at O dark hundred of the morning. As I the former happy go lucky civilian, steps off the bus into a world of chaos. My mind is snapped in total shock, cardiac arrest is a distinct possibility. As I and the other civilians file off the bus, and on to the famous yellow foot prints, I can smell the fear in the air. We are no longer civilians we are known as recruits. __Characteristics__ __Criteria__ introduction introuduces the topic body valuable information about the topic closing summarizes the topic sentence structure in right order proper spelling/puncuations Example Diary Entry __Diary Of A Last and Final Flight Home__

__February 17, 2007,__ __ 0350 __ I was at curbside at 24th and M, Washington DC. 16 Degrees with a light breeze. Going home after my second week of freezing temps to my warm home in SoCal. Take a walk on the beach, ride a horse, climb a mountain and get back to living. I'm tired of the cold.

__ 0425 __ paying the taxi fare at Dulles in front of the United Airlines counter, still cold.

__ 0450 __ engaged the self-serve ticker machine and it delivers my ticket, baggage tag and boarding pass. Hmmm, that Marine over there is all dressed up in his dress blues a bit early this morning... "Good Morning Captain, you're looking sharp." He says, "Thank you, sir."

Pass Security and to my gate for a decaf coffee and 5 hours sleep. A quick check of the flight status monitor and UA Flt 211 is on time. I'm up front, so how bad can that be? Hmmm, there's that same Marine. He must be heading to Pendleton to see his lady at LAX for the long weekend, all dressed up like that. Or maybe not. I dunno.

The speaker system announces "Attention in the boarding area, we'll begin boarding in 10 minutes, we have some additional duties to attend to this morning, but we'll have you out of here on time."

The Marine Captain has now been joined by five others. BINGO, I get it, he's not visiting his lady, he's an official escort. I remember doing that once, CACO duty. I still remember the names of the victim and family, The Bruno Family in Mojave - all of them, wows, that was 24 years ago.

On board, 0600: "Good morning folks, this is the Captain. This morning we've been attending to some additional duties, and I apologize for being 10 minutes late for push back, but I believe we'll be early into LAX. This morning it is my sad pleasure to announce that 1st LT Jared Landaker, USMC will be flying with us to his Big Bear home in Southern California . Jared lost his life over the skies of Iraq earlier this month, and today we have the honor of returning him home along with his mother, father and brother . Please join me in making the journey comfortable for the Landaker family and their uniformed escort. Now sit back and enjoy your ride. We're not expecting any turbulence until we reach the Rocky Mountain area, but we'll do what we can to ensure a smooth ride. For those interested, you can listen in to our progress on Channel 9."

Click Channel 9: "Good morning UA 211. You are cleared to taxi, takeoff and cleared to LAX as filed."

4 hours and 35 minutes later over Big Bear MT, the AB320 makes a left roll, a steep bank and then one to the right-Nice touch. Nice tribute. Five minutes out from landing, the Captain comes on the speaker: "Ladies and Gents, after landing I'm leaving the fasten seatbelt sign on, and I ask everyone to please yield to the Landaker family. Please remain seated until all members of the family have departed the aircraft. Thank you for your patience. We are 20 minutes early."

On roll out, I notice red lights, emergency vehicles approaching. We're being escorted directly to our gate, no waiting, not even a pause. Out the left window, a dozen Marines in full dress blues. A true class act by everyone, down to a person. Way to go United Airlines for doing things RIGHT, Air Traffic Control for getting the message, and to all security personnel for your display of brotherhood.

When the family departed the aircraft everyone sat silent, then I heard a lady say,"God Bless you and your family, and thank you." Then a somber round of applause. The Captain read a prepared note from Mrs. Landaker to the effect, "Thank you all for your patience and heartfelt concern for us and our son. We sincerely appreciate the sentiment. It's good to have Jared home."

After departing the a/c I found myself along with 30 others from our flight looking out the lobby window back at the plane. Not a dry eye. It was one of the most emotional moments I've ever experienced. We all stood there silently, and watched as Jared was taken by his honor guard to an awaiting hearse. Then the motorcade slowly made it's way off the ramp.

I realized I had finally seen the silent majority. It is deep within us all. Black, Brown, White, Yellow, Red, Purple, we're all children, parents, brothers, sisters, etc - we are an American family. __ characteristics __ __criteria__  dated in order   summary of feelings/day personal feelings/experiences   Example Poem   You can keep your Army khaki, You can keep your Navy blue. I have the world’s best fighting man, to introduce to you. His uniform is different, the best you’ve ever seen. The German’s call him the “Devil dog, “ His real name is “Marine.” He was born on Parris Island. The sand is eighteen inches deep, The sun is blazing hot. He gets up every morning, before the rising sun. He’ll run a hundred miles and more, Before the day is done. He’s deadly with a rifle, A bayonet made of steel. He took the warrior’s calling card; He’s mastered how to kill. And when he gets to heaven, St. Peter he will tell, “One more Marine reporting sir, I’ve served my time in Hell.” So listen all you young girls, to what I have to say: Go find yourself a young MARINE, To love you every day. He’ll hug you and he’ll kiss you, and treat you like a queen. There is no better fighting man: THE UNITED STATES MARINE! __ characteristics __ __criteria__  rhymes catchy, all words somewhat rhyme

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I taught my step-dad how to make a facebook, and use it correctly. --To what learning styles does the lesson you were trying to teach seem to appeal (for instance, shooting baskets might appeal most to Kinesthetic and Interpersonal intelligences)? Interpersonal --In terms of multiple intelligences, what were the strengths and struggles of the person you were trying to teach? How did this help or hinder your efforts? Well my step-dad has a musical and naturalist learning style, so we bumped heads somewhat, but he got the hang of it quickly from seeing me on facebook before. --What evidence did you have that the person had learned the lesson? In terms of multiple intelligences, what form(s) did that evidence take? He goes on facebook now by himself ever since I taught him how to do it, and he doesn't ask me any questions.

I'm not surprised with the learning style that i got, which was 4. It mostly has to do with being active to learn new things, which is Bodily Kinesthetic. I'm always active and the best way for me to learn new things is to actual be a part of what i'm learning.

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