Essay
The Human Brain
I am starting to research for a vocabulary textbook reviewing all the necessary vocabulary dealing with the subject of biological psychology. In other words why does the brain make us do what we do. The mind or should I say the mind is a terrible thing to waste is a phrase I heard on an old television commercial. It was either a Just Say No PSA or about some college fund. Anyway in researching I thought of this little drabble to explain my future writings. Get ready for neurons, glial cells and all you may want to know about synapses.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
The Lively Art of Writing
'The Lively Art of Writing' A book on composition by Lucile Vaughan Payne. This is an academic book that I have seen read by students when I was in high school who had taken either a course known back then as Advanced Communcations or Honors English. This book was published back in 1975 when I was in upper elementary school and even though it is an older text there are a lot of exercises that can still help writers today.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Just for Fun! 2
What would the world do without its greatest invention known as the safety pin? First, there will be a lot of babies back in the days before disposable diapers mothers would have to figure a way to fasten their baby's diaper well, but what a hassle that would be. I guess they could use buttons. Well, for another thing when pants happen to lose a button, or a zipper is broken there would be no way of securing it closed. Wouldn't that be a hoot if caught on the outside. Then it was a good thing that it was invented.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Reading and Writing Shorthand
This is the subject that I learned and now reviewing, so that I can offer some Shorthand lessons maybe or even write a story or even a novel using this form of writing. There was a very old magazine called 'The Shorthand Writer' I think that was what it was called, and all their stories were written in Gregg shorthand minus the advertisements.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Genograms Assessment and Interventions
'Genograms Assessment and Interventions' is a textbook for counselors, therapists and other related professions. The textbook is written by Monica McGoldrick, Randy Gerson, and Sueli Petry. This book will show you how to make a genogram while learning the terminology and the symbols that go into your project with individual and group clients. The reader will learn to listen more effectively to a person or family history to get to the nitty gritty of the issues and problems that are affecting individuals and families. Chapter 10 was my favorite for it dealt with Play therapy to do with children and parents as well as with the geriatric patients. This was a textbook that was included in the intensive one-week course entitled 'Introduction to Marriage and Family'. In that course I only read what was pertinent to my final project, but in re-reading the textbook now it was a fascinating book for it covered many famous people throughout history.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Who remembers?
Who remembers using or playing with a Viewmaster? I had the original as well as a talking one that allowed you to hear the story as well as view it. Remembering to always click the lever down to advance the little disc that had the images, and with the talking one clicking the lever down at the tone of the beep. I remember having mine and I would watch for hours for my parents always got me more little 'movies' to watch on this 'toy' and also a lot of batteries to go along with this toy. To me FUN!
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
A Boy, A Dog and a Frog
Mercer Mayer has written and illustrated a wordless children's picture book entitled 'A Boy, A Dog and a Frog'. The boy and dog are out for a walk when the spot a frog and try to catch the frog and all sorts of things begin to happen. This is a story that will teach the children how to read pictures to make a story, learn the right and wrong things to do when something bad happens and you try to the right things. The illustrations are pencil sketches that are light but still easy to read and tell a story.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Titch
'Titch' a children's story written and illustrated by Pat Hutchins that is a story of siblings working together. Titch is the baby brother to Mary and Pete. These three are out complete a project. This story will teach all about size for Pete has big things, Mary has medium things, and Titch has very small things. The moral of the story is the small things can bring things together. This is a very short story for beginning readers and could lead to children comparing themselves to others or learning more about size in many ways and being able to understand.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Gregg shorthand
There is a course that I had in high school known as Shorthand I and yes, I took a class that was all girls back in the early 1980's, but I knew or at least at the time that I wanted to be a writer, and I read that shorthand would be good to know. I wasn't the fastest, but I did achieve 60 WPM give or take a few words. It was a course that reviewed vocabulary as well as grammar. It was alway like learning to write all over again just like writing cursive and it is pretty.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
Owen
'Owen' is a children's story written and illustrated by Kevin Henkes. This is the story of a little mouse named Owen who loves his blankey very much. His parents do not seem to mind till a nosy neighbor says something about Owen and is blanket. The parents have to figure a way to help Owen. This is a good story to share with children when they need to give something up or a way. The pictures are really cute and uses colors that make you enjoy the story just like the children you could teach from this children's story now.
By Mark Grahamabout a year ago in Critique
