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Sunday, April 26, 2020

My Career as an ESL Teacher - A Hypertext Narrative

My Career as an ESL Teacher.

A hypertext narrative by

Nicholas Walker

Created with

The Virtual Writing Tutor Grammar Checker

Word count: 304

Choice count: 2

Section count: 3

Image count: 3

Error count: 1

Field Related Analysis:

Education : 13 matches (choice, class, college, exam, games, goal, homework, management, semester, student, students, teacher, teachers)

Archaeology : 7 matches (class, college, here, plan, Re, study, tell)

Sociology : 4 matches (class, goal, homework, management)

Target Structure:

cursory (2 matches)

put aside (1 match)

straight A's (1 match)

time management (2 matches)

The beginning of college.

It was the beginning of college. I started thinking about my program. I had to make an important choice.

Choice 1 : Do my homework every week.

Choice 2 : Play more video games.

Do my homework every week.

It was the second week of the semester and my teachers had already begun piling on the homework. After dinner, I gave my English homework a cursory glance and made a snap decision about my time management. I will not put aside my homework, I will do it the night it is assigned, and I will be thorough. This way, I will always be ready, and I can spend more time on homework instead of rushing all of the time. If I have a lot of exams coming up, I will plan which class to study for each day. I will feel confident and have the best chances of pulling off the exam. My goal is to get straight A's all year long.

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Play more video games.

It was the second week of the semester and my teachers had already begun piling on the homework. After dinner, I gave my English homework a cursory glance and made a snap decision about my time management. Homework can wait. Video games are more fun. If there is something important that I need to do, I am sure my teacher will tell me. The next week, my teacher asked the students in class to share their homework with the person sitting next them. My partner was the most attractive student in class. After my partner shared, I said that I didn’t do my homework. My partner turned to me and said, “You’re a lazy jerk, and I never want to talk to you again.”.

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Sunday, April 19, 2020

The Career of a Police Officer - iframe

Saturday, February 15, 2020

Food Glossary

This is an example of a glossary. It contains food terms, parts of speech, definitions in sentence case from Google Search, text-to-speech pronunciation models, images from Wikimedia Commons, automatic translations to French, and authentic example sentences from the Lextutor Concordancer. I found my definitions on Google.

apple: noun; The round fruit of a tree of the rose family, which typically has thin red or green skin and crisp flesh.; Example: They may occur to the discoverer in a flash of inspiration, as in the mythical story of Newton's discovery of the law of gravitation being triggered by his seeing an APPLE fall from a tree.; fr: pomme
bagel: noun; A dense bread roll in the shape of a ring, made by boiling dough and then baking it.; Example: In many regions around the country, the BAGEL, a ring-shaped bread product, is a common breakfast item. A BAGEL is often topped with seeds, such as sesame or poppy, or other spiced toppings, and is often served sliced in half, toasted, and spread with butter or cream cheese or other toppings.; fr: beignet
curry: noun; A dish of meat, vegetables, etc., cooked in an Indian-style sauce of strong spices and typically served with rice.; Example: And he came and he had a massive full plate of rice and CURRY and then he had custard and gooseberry pie.; fr: curry
fajita: noun; A dish of Mexican origin consisting of strips of spiced beef or chicken, chopped vegetables, and grated cheese, wrapped in a soft tortilla and often served with sour cream.; Example: Fry for one minute, then tip in the black beans and fajita seasoning.; fr: fajita
gulab jamun: noun; A milk-solid-based sweet from the Indian subcontinent, popular in India.; Example: He ordered gulab jamun for everybody.; fr: gulab jamun
hamburger: noun; A round patty of ground beef, fried or grilled and typically served on a bun or roll and garnished with various condiments.; Example: She finished her HAMBURGER and drank her coffee and paid her check.; fr: l'hamburger
kimchi: noun; Spicy pickled cabbage, the national dish of Korea.; Example: Like all Korean meals, breakfast is usually served with banchan, or side dishes consisting of KIMCHI , steamed eggs and tofu.; fr: kimchi
maple syrup: noun; Syrup produced from the sap of certain maples, especially the sugar maple.; Example: I like to cook without recipes, freely mixing Marsala wine, mustard, artichoke hearts, candied ginger, MAPLE SYRUP , and plums, hoping something capable of being digested will emerge.; fr: sirop d'érable
pizza: noun; A dish of Italian origin consisting of a flat, round base of dough baked with a topping of tomato sauce and cheese, added meat or vegetables.; Example: What about having a PIZZA with me tonight after work?"; fr: pizza
salmon: noun; A large edible fish that is a popular game fish, much prized for its orange flesh that turns pink when cooked.; Example: Our church held a wonderful candlelit SALMON supper.; fr: saumon.
shepherd's pie: noun; A dish of ground meat under a layer of mashed potato.; Example: The meat was melt-in-the-mouth gorgeous and the shepherd's pie had fluffy mashed potato and flavoursome meat.; fr: tarte du berger
shrimp: noun; A small free-swimming crustacean with an elongated body, typically marine and frequently harvested for food.; Example: She said sharks have no bones and SHRIMP swim backwards.; fr: crevette
smoked salmon: noun; A orange fleshed fish flavored using smoldering wood at low temperatures during a curing process and sliced.; fr: saumon fumé froid tranché
spaghetti: noun; Pasta made in long, slender, solid strings.; Example: Do you want SPAGHETTI tonight? Suits me. SPAGHETTI David? Got some of that lovely oatmeal bread?; fr: spaghetti
zucchini: noun; A green variety of smooth-skinned summer squash.; Example: Top them with your favorite red sauce and some stir-fried mushrooms, ZUCCHINI , and peppers.; fr: courgette

Friday, April 6, 2018

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Friday, February 16, 2018

How to Use the Hypertext Narrative Creator on the Virtual Writing Tutor

Create hypertext narratives with the Virtual Writing Tutor, and improve your vocabulary, grammar, and digital literacy skills in the process.

Embedded Hypertext Narrative

Chemistry and Pharmacology

A hypertext narrative by

Nicholas Walker

Created with

The Virtual Writing Tutor Grammar Checker

Word count: 766

Choice count: 4

Section count: 20

Image count: 20

Error count: 0

Field Related Analysis:

Education : 16 matches (School, ability, campus, choice, college, degree, don, learn, major, project, reader, research, school, semester, test, university)

Nursing : 14 matches (cancer, test, effects, foot, fungus, mushroom, nervous, pharmacist, pharmacology, reaction, species, treatment, treat, chemistry)

Biology : 11 matches (cancer, drive, family, nervous system, pharmacology, reaction, shoot, species, spectroscopy, humans, laboratory)

Target Structure:

a foot in the door (1 match)

background check (1 match)

learn the ropes (1 match)

Start at the beginning.

I'm studying Sciences at Montmorency College to become a pharmacist. It's my final year of college, and I'm perplexed. I'm not sure which university I want to go to.

Choice 1 : Go to the University of Montreal.

Choice 2 : Go to the University of Laval.

By Université_de_Montréal.JPG: Colocho derivative work: Chicoutimi [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Go to the University of Montreal.

I am happy that I have chosen to study at the University of Montreal. I love the professors here, and I'm happy that I am close to my family and friends. After two years of study, this is my last year at university. I wonder what I can do after finishing my studies.

Choice 1 : Work for the army as a chemist.

Choice 2 : Get a foot in the door as a research laboratory chemist.

By René Bélanger [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons

Go to the University of Laval.

I decided to move to Quebec and live on the campus of the University of Laval. I have been living here for 2 months, and it's almost the end of the semester. I'm tired of all these exams and I miss my family and friends. I seriously wonder if I want to continue my studies. What should I do?

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Work for the army as a chemist.

I decided to join the army. After the mandatory background check, I receive a modest salary with benefits since I work for the Canadian Forces. The Sergeant Major has just told me that he is forming a group made up entirely of chemists to work on a top-secret project. He wants me to learn the ropes and then to synthesize a chemical that is easily diffused in the air and has the ability to attack a person's nervous system. The amount that we have been asked to synthesize is enough to kill millions of people! What have I gotten myself into?

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By User:SPat (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

Work in a research laboratory as a chemist.

I have been working for 5 years in this laboratory looking for a cure for cancer. The equipment I use allows me to produce the compounds I want, and infrared spectroscopy allows me to check the purity of these products. My data tells me that it is better to add spores of a new species of mushroom that grows in Brazil to treat cancer. I don't know if it's a good idea since I don't know the effects of this fungus on humans.

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