All my major academic writing assignments from 10th grade.
An essay analyzing the tone and strategies used in T.S. Eliot's writing
An essay on the difference in tone between Nathaniel Hawthorne's short story, "The Golden Touch," and Howard Moss' collection of poems, "King Midas."
An essay on how words can be catalysts for global change, citing authors like Martin Espada, Margaret Walker, Rachel Carson, and Cesar Chavez.
A retelling of Raul Leis' Señor Noboa from the perspective of a different character, the town's curandero.
A narrative essay writing my prediction for the ending to Tananarive Due's short story, Patient Zero, prior to finishing reading it.
A short science fiction narrative essay surrounding the meeting of an architect and businessman as they discuss a potential solution to the strange supernatural pandemic that has ravaged the world with chaos, uncovering dark memories and heated opinions along the way.
An argumentative essay on the benefits of technology in the lives of teenagers written as practice for the Florida Assessment of Student Thinking (FAST) English exam.
A collaborative essay on Martin Luther King, Jr.'s use of pathos and logos to appeal to readers in his famous Letter From a Birmingham Jail [my work is in red text].