Morehead Writing Project

Dr. Deanna Mascle's Fall 2018 Writing I Classes

Dr. Deanna Mascle's Fall 2018 Writing I Classes

More responses from Morehead Writing Project

Surprise Me

The American Dream Gives As It Receives

A short poem about how the American Dream should reflect your willingness to give it to others.

Generational Poverty in Eastern Kentucky

This is an open letter about who I am and my family's roots.

Make a stand, Change the world

Don’t settle for less, Work for more We always say we try to do better But never start doing We always say we need to be better But never start to be Nobody ever looks in the mirror Maybe it's time we do that We need change Now How could everyone

Poverty In America

Here is my American Creed project. For my project I decided to make a You Tube Video. I hope you enjoy it!

Dear America

America break up letter.

Privilege

Privilege

Inequality

My poem is about the inequality in our country. I focus on three main types of inequality in our country that affect large amounts of people. The goal of my poem is to open each person's eyes about these problems in our country and that each person deserves equality.

Opportunity; The Name of the Game

My piece is about the current mindset around opportunity in America. My goal is to point out that we should strive to create equality, but right now there is also too much to do with identifying problems without finding solutions. Change comes through action, not complaining.

My Dad's American Creed

Going through the American Creed process really had me curious about how my dad would respond the whole time. So, for my project I decided to find out how he felt in a video interview by asking the same questions.

Just another day in the mines

A man working in the mines and made sacrifices for his job just to get laid off.

Treat Others How They ALL Deserve

This letter encourages others to treat others with equality and to realize that everyone is in fact, human.

Okay, Boomer

A reflection of the world and generational divides in our country between baby boomers and millennials, as written by a millennial.

More responses from Kentucky

Surprise Me

Alisha's American Creed

Being American means you have the ability to be who you want, do what you want to do, and remake yourself as long as you work hard. You have the right to equal opportunity and to express yourself. It means to accept it's not always about you.

My American Creed

My piece is going to be about my dad raising me and my 3 siblings as a single parent.

My American Creed

Summary: This poem is about how my family has served as Americans and as members of the community and how we plan to keep serving as Americans.

What It Means to Be an American

What it means to me to be an American

The American Dream Gives As It Receives

A short poem about how the American Dream should reflect your willingness to give it to others.

My American Creed: Family and Service

It is about how my community, family, and I help the community and how we help others and how I think we can help those who are in need.

What Is My American Creed?

I made a google slide show to explain and show what my american creed is. Four words that explain my american creed are democracy, education, holidays, and religion.

AMERICAN CREED BOI

What i did was put some words that describe america and i drew 2 pictures

American Creed

Being American means you have endless choices and freedom to believe in or be whatever you want like careers, politics, sexuality, and religion. America is a land of fruitful opportunities and boundless freedom where you can be anything as long as you work towards your goals.

My American Creed

My American Creed is about how the words Difference, Struggles, and Together makes me American. Difference means that we are all different. Struggles means that sometimes people need help and struggle. Together means that we can accept people.

My Dad's American Creed

Going through the American Creed process really had me curious about how my dad would respond the whole time. So, for my project I decided to find out how he felt in a video interview by asking the same questions.

Shelby's American creed project

In this project I used words that are important to me as an American to describe what it means to be an American.

More responses about "democracy", "mass shooting", "politics", "school", and "segregation"

Surprise Me

American Creed

My version american dream is free education, justice in court, and democracy as a government.

On Letting Go Of What Once Was

This piece is a critique of the fallacies in America today and a proposal of what can be done to stop them. This nation has tried to rely on the same old values yet still pleads that progress is being made, a stagnation that goes against the rights of man, woman, and child.

The Creed and Dreams of the American People

The analysis of the quote that claims “...Powers are derived from the consent of the governed...” and how it relates to the illusive American Dream that we all share, as well as what it means to me.

Dream

My piece is about how some people never get to live their American Dream because of being killed in one of the many school shootings.

How safe is America with the prominent threats of mass shootings?

If the threat of mass shootings is a constant one, then what does that say about America itself? Is America really safe with this looming over us?

American Creed

This Article is about the American Creed and our problems in America.

My American Creed

This poster shows words that describe and make up My American Creed.

Discussion on Midterms and other subjects

7 friends have a discussion around the recent midterm elections and their effects on the US moving forward

Get Down

What are you doing to stop the running blood of schools?

Be a Friend

How my mother shaped my view of how Americans treat each other.

How Can You Express Your American Creed Through Action?

Expressing your American creed through action is showing pride and being courageous about your country.

The political divide of the United States

Being able to communicate with people you disagree with

American Creed

This is about the film American Creed.

My American Creed

This poster shows words that describe and make up My American Creed.

The World is Changing, We Need to Change With it

The older generation is the largest percent of the voter turnout but the younger voters need help. People need to be willing and able to change their views of freedom to adapt to the ever changing world we live in.

DANNY

Danny is 16 year old sophomore from Japan and moves to Chicago with his mother to get away from his abusive step father

Politics Brought Us To America

Trying to save our lives from the opposite party in Bangladesh

An Active Town is a Happy One

All students can admit to groaning after hearing the intercom drone on about a club no one knows about. But have you ever stopped to think about the importance and impact of these seemingly "unimportant" clubs on your community? I decided to learn about it, I hope you do as well!

The Continuation of the Constitution

The Constitution has been the highest law in America for 200 years, yet today, this law is not reaching far enough to continue to represent the freedoms all Americans must possess. As our society shifts, the Constitution must adapt to the people’s needs.

Everyone should be treated with the same equality and respect!

My creed is that everyone should be treated with the same equality and respect so that we all have the same possibilities to achieve our own American dream. I see this problem most in schools dealing with minorities.

Diversity in America

From segregation to melting pot: diversity in America.

America: Our Current Problems and Future Solution

The essay that I've wriiten is about the major problem America is having with gun violence and why we as Americans need to find a way to stop this in order to live up to the expectation we have set for ourselves, that everyone in America is treated equally and respectfully.

My American Creed

This piece of artwork represents some of the different cultures that make up America and how if we stand united together, people in America are one step closer to achieve their version of the American creed.

American Resilience and Progress

Americans are resilient and we know that failure is never an option, and we have known this throughout the entire history of our country.

Writing Our Future: American Creed is part of the National Writing Project’s family of youth publishing projects, all gathered under the Writing Our Future initiative.

Writing Our Future projects are designed by educators for educators and the young people they work with. Intended for use in schools, libraries, and other educational settings. All projects are COPPA compliant and educator-managed. NWP is committed to supporting young people’s writing and civic participation by providing a safe and supportive environment for youth writing, media creation, sharing, and publishing.