Yvonne+Ogrodzinski

Yvonne Ogrodzinski [|Thornapple Kellogg High School] Mrs. Baxter, Honors English 10

Reader's Profile Yvonne loves reading. It takes her to another world where she can be whoever she wants. She started reading in the first grade and was pretending to read before education. Yvonne loves all genres and she tries not to stick to one subject too much. To pick a book, Yvonne judges by it’s cover. Usually she looks at all sides and the overview before she starts reading. What makes her a better reader is reading all the time, asking questions and reading between the lines. Yvonne gains from books she has read the characters emotions, happiness, sadness, anger, and every other illustrious feeling. Yvonne is always looking up new words and phrases to widen her vocabulary. She loves getting lost in a good book until someone revives her out of her trance. Yvonne reads all the time 24/7 “If I could, I would read every second of the day.” Yvonne believe the hard part about reading is if the book becomes dull and slow, it’s almost impossible to finish! She also finds it difficult deciphering phrasing found in old English. Her favorite type of books are from the author Shannon Hale, who writes fantasy books, and Yvonne believes that everything is true and alive. She believes that if everyone read as much as herself, the world would be a very calm place. It would have less violence and find diplomatic solutions to problems. And morals would be given to people who would otherwise would never have had the chance to learn right from wrong. Writer's Profile Yvonne as well as being a reader is also a writer. Creator of worlds, opinions, ideas and weaver of tales, which fellow reader’s find as they roam the page’s surface. Gazing into the window created for them, to glimpse at a surreal realm. She finds that she is indeed a well crafted writer. Using her diction, grammatical expertise, and her experiences. Yvonne is inspired by fellow artists of literature, world issues, and most importantly her home, family, and friends. Her home in fact is where she channels her voice through her tools making a statement. A statement that when read will release her views, visions, and opinions, allowing them to fly into the open reader’s mind. Forever influencing the reader’s own views. In fact, persuasive papers are her favorite to write about. To fight for her own beliefs. This directly relates to what she believes makes a good writer. Being able to place your own voice into your work even if it isn’t an essay. She thinks it to be true in all works. This young lady also thinks in order to capture a reader’s attention, or at least hers, the author needs to start with a BANG! Anything less probably won’t do it for her and many others of her opinion are common. Yvonne is a scholar, learning to read and write around first grade. She claims to have disliked learning to write but now fairly enjoys it. Although, she mainly writes because it is required of her, like most people. However she occasionally does dabble in the creation of a story. Starting with the setting, then the characters, but she never has a clear plot in mind. No sir, she allows the story to grow however it does. She does notice though, that they end up coming murder mysteries. Yes, she is no doubt a talented writer and knows what it takes to be a great one.

Assignments
 * Good Night and Good Luck, Mini Paper
 * [|A Horse is Poetry in Motion]