How do you write a 5 paragrah book report in 1 hr??????

Question

I have to write a bk report on Dear AMerican Voyage on the great titanic............

Answer 1

On Thursday, April 4, 1912, Margaret Ann Brady, a young teen living at St. Abernathy's Orphanage for Girls, finds daydreams of her upcoming transatlantic voyage more exciting than arithmetic or literature: "I expect to learn a great deal from my journey...America is supposed to be the land of endless opportunities, and I see no reason not to try to better myself."

Five years earlier, Margaret's older brother left her in the care of Sister Catherine at St. Abernathy's and emigrated to America. Thus, when the orphanage receives an unusual request from an American woman looking for a traveling companion, Margaret's teachers agree that she is the perfect candidate. Margaret will accompany Mrs. Carstairs on the Titanic, and from the port of New York she will be free to join her brother in Boston.

Margaret's diary entries progress from observations of indescribable luxury and excess to the terror of the ship's ultimate destiny-collision with an iceberg only five days out of port: "A very strange thing just happened. My hand seemed perfectly steady, and yet I spilled part of my hot chocolate. It was as though there was a jolt...perhaps the seas are beginning to get rough?" Within four hours, the Titanic would be at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean and 1500 of her passengers and crew would be dead.

Margaret records the unimaginable anguish only a survivor could comprehend: "After the Titanic sank, the unspeakable shrieking of hundreds of people dying filled the night. Frenzied, terrified screams...It was a horrifying, unearthly sound that would have sickened the very Devil himself." But Margaret is one of the seven hundred passengers pulled from the sea when the Carpathia arrives several hours later. Three days later, the Carpathia unloads her precious cargo onto dry land at the port of New York.

Ellen Emerson White's diary of a young survivor provides an empathetic, visceral perspective that other recent books and movies neglect. Margaret exposes the human side of a teen who feels out of place in the luxurious world of first class; who is afraid of an unknown future; and who personalizes the suffering of those not fortunate enough to be in a lifeboat.


Read this and then make an out line. I hope this is good for you.

Answer 2

I'm guessing that procrastination has something to do with this? I can't really help you on this one, but for the future...

Step 1-- Pick your topic and do your research early- the day you get the assignment, if possible.Read over all your information once or twice that first week...

Step 2-- Let that information stew and roll around in your mind for a while...

Step 3-- Then 2 or 3 days before the assignment is due, write down what you've kind of put together in your mind. Just get it all written down. Don't worry about grammar, punctuation, etc. It's ok if it's "fast and dirty," as my teacher said. This step is about getting it all in writing.

Let the rough draft sit for a day or so. Then go back and proofread it. Fix the grammar, punctuation, spelling, whatever. Refine what you wrote. Clean it up.

If you want, repeat this last step, but don't proofread more than 2x!! You'll loose the natural flow of the paper if you over-analyze it.

I recently prepared and presented a speach using this method, and it worked GREAT!!!

Answer 3

You should've started earlier! But hey- procrastination will bite you in the butt. The only suggestion I have is to make sure you know what you're going to write and just start writing. Don't edit yourself as you go along because this will slow down the writing process. When you reach the length you need, then edit your writing. This works for me with smaller papers/reports like this.

Answer 4

Easy. Don't mess around on Yahoo answers asking how to....just do it. Titanic...great subject. 5 paragraphs is nothing. 1 Hour...a life time, especially to those on Titanic.

Answer 5

Seriously, not waste your time on Yahoo! Answers. Just stick your nose in the book and dont' pull it out, even to look at the clock, until your done.

Answer 6

Why do you have to write it in an hour? I think your chances are slim to none, but I suggest writing yourself an outline, broken down into five parts, (Introduction, three part summary, and conclusion). Follow your outline point by point, and have someone proofread it.

Answer 7

easy just dont look at the clock take notes while your skimming over the book summarize the notes and exapand the sentences into paragraphs

Answer 8

it shouldnt take that long.
as long as you've read the book.
do an introduction. pick 3 points to discuss about the book then a conclusion.

Answer 9

Hopefully you've read the book. These links could be useful

http://www.spaghettibookclub.org/review.php3?review_id=7789

http://www.teachervision.fen.com/editing/writing-composition/2030.html

http://www.lkwdpl.org/study/bookrep/

Answer 10

that doesn't sound hard...it's only 5 paragraphs...maybe you should be writing it instead of being on the computer