You are Ankit/Ankita , a student of grade VI. Your father has bee transferred to another city/country resulting in a change of school for you. You have been attending your new school for a week now. Write a diary entry in 90-100 words on your thoughts and feelings about your old school and new school

Dear Diary

It was not many days ago that my family and I moved to another city. The change was due to the work of my father, who received a very good proposal which would not be disadvantageous to do.

Although I didn't want to move, it would be very selfish of me to behave badly in relation to the move. I miss my old school and my friends. I even believe that my old school's programs are better than the new one and that the space was better organized.

In fact, I believe that my perception of the new school is being influenced by the longing for the old school. However, the new school is not that bad and it has legal programs, like a music program that I am really looking forward to starting.

My classes start tomorrow and I hope people are nice to me. I remember my first day of school at the old school and I was as nervous as I am today, but I hope that just like there, I have good memories and experiences here.

Ankita

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you also need to acknowledge the author. for example, if using mla format for your research paper, you should have in-text citations with the author’s name and page number listed at the end of each quote.

when: use quotations to provide concrete examples to support your claims. using direct quotations is a great way to build your credibility on the subject. it’s also a good idea to quote your source when the author states things in a powerful way. if you think he or she said it best, then use the exact words to share the ideas.

example: in the short story “a jury of her peers”, mrs. hale compares mrs. wright to her caged bird, saying “she—come to think of it, she was kind of like a bird herself. real sweet and pretty, but kind of timid and—fluttery. how—she—did—change” (glaspell).

paraphrasing

what: paraphrasing differs from quoting because you restate the passage in your own words. since you don’t use the author’s words, you don’t need to use quotation marks. however, you still need to acknowledge the author for his or her ideas.

when paraphrasing a text, you should communicate the full meaning of the text; don’t change the meaning. it can be a condensed version of the text, or it could end up being longer than the source it’s paraphrasing.

when: you use paraphrasing when you take notes, or explain a chart or diagram to someone. paraphrasing highlight the important parts of a larger text. it also allows you to simplify the ideas for your readers.

example:

original: “it was no ordinary thing that called her away–it was probably further from ordinary than anything that had ever happened in dickson county. but what her eye took in was that her kitchen was in no shape for leaving: her bread all ready for mixing, half the flour sifted and half unsifted” (glaspell).

paraphrase: as mrs. hales walks around mrs. wright’s home, she notices that the kitchen is in disarray as if she was in the middle of baking bread (glaspell).