In the situation of repentance don't ask what you should do but what you should be. "what manner of men should ye be."

Steps to making a great paragraph.

My mom is the greatest women who ever lived.

1. claim, point (is you)

2. evidence, support, illustrations, examples (other sources)

• tie my shoes
• great pancakes
• homework
• Drove me to seminary every morning

3. reasoning, conclusion, explanation (is you)

Don't end a paragraph with source material.

Categories of Invention.

History

Pop Culture

Military

Economics

Religion

Fine Arts

Law/Legal

Technology

Education

Liberty/Freedom

Rights

Social Structure (family, community, nation)

Science

Medicine

Language

Newspaper: Gettysburg Times. (August 9th!- August 14th)

1. Japan gets new cabinet: Prime minister targets corruption

Promising to clean up the streets Morihori Hosokawa appoints a new cabinet to help that promise come true. The cabinet exists of "avowed reformers, non-politicians, and a record number of women." (August 9, 1993, my birthday.)

2. Clinton seeks GOP support on health, welfare, crime

"To appeal to Republicans Clinton on healthcare, welfare reform and anti-crime legislation later this year." The article talks about all the budget cuts that the president and congress has made. (August 10, 1993)

3. NATO ready to bomb Bosnian Serbs if U.N. approves

They planned that Monday they would bomb Bosnian Serbs. But the allies agreed that it first needed to approved by the U.N. "Now it is up to the Serbs whether the air attacks will take place. The final operational details of air strikes could be ready within 24 to 48 hours."

(August 10, 1993)

4. White House Lawyer's note is revealed

The White House attorney Vincent Foster wrote a suicide note just before he died. They found the note torn up in his suitcase. The note was full of criticism and accusations to others. He criticized the media and accused the FBI and Republicans for lying about an investigation.

(August 11, 2011)

5. O's win streak ends; Red Sox beat Yanks

Baltimores eight streak win was smashed when they played the Detroit Tigers. Red Sox 5, Yankees 0. (August 11, 2011)

6. Stull shooting accepted by 'Americans Most Wanted'

After a shooting of a souvenir shop clerk the show Americans Most Wanted wants to take up the story and put it into the show. Big deal for Gettysburg. The story of this Store Clerk will be told and why a man would want to shoot her. (August 12, 2o11)

7. Grazing fees: Who gets milk?

"The Clinton Administration announces plans to double cattle grazing fees for ranchers. Inasmuch the rest of us are also getting milked, its only fair." (August 12, 2011.)

8. Times offers $5,000 reward for Stull's attacker

They really wanted to find any information about Stull's attacker. They were promising $5,000 dollar reward for any person who could give any source of information. Stull was in serious condition at the York hospital. (August 13, 2011)

9. Satellite dishes bring sex and controversy to Egypt

"Egyptians, used to conservative, sate-owned television where kisses and love scenes are ruthlessly censored, have become passionate for satellite dishes that deliver racier fare."

(August 13, 2011)

10. U.S., Mexico bow to Canada in deal for free-trade zone

"Negotiators for the United States and Mexico bowed to Canada's opposition to trade sanctions as enforcement tools, removing a major obstacle to creation of the world's largest free-trade zone." (August 14, 2011)

Change.

Have the opportunity to ask more people about my subject. I think that the more information that you have on the subject the more you have to write about them. I also wish I understood what way I wanted to write the profile essay. I kept switching and at one point I thought I was writing a personal essay again. I just need to work on not having my mind everywhere and focus on the one thing that I want to write about.

The other thing is that I wish I would have written about someone else. Don't get me wrong I love what I wrote about and who but I wish I could have wrote about a person. Someone I didn't know too much about. I did discover that I didn't know the person as well as I thought and that is why I am grateful for the opportunity to write about my dad and the opportunity to search deep in his soul and in mine.