A) I have chosen the bond I developed with my catcher by the end of the season as the focal event for my essay because it tells a good story on why you should be open minded when forced to do new things.
B) This focal event demonstrates why it is good to ride out situations that you are uneasy about because good things can come from it. how (my topic) changed my world view & this focal event has changed my worldview in the following ways: I have gained a long lasting relationship with my catcher. Even though we disliked each other. It has giving me courage and opened my eyes to meeting new friends. It as developed communication skills that I will use for the rest of my life.
C) This focal event is an example of creative literacy because I not only had to develop a strong bond with my catcher but I had to develop relationships with my whole team. This helped me pitch a lot better because I had confidence in my whole team which help gave us the ability to win the division playoffs.
D) My thesis will be: After gaining the trust of your teammates and vice versa with them I developed a confidence that helped me play to the best of my abilities.
E) I will demonstrate my thesis by telling the audience how I felt inside after going through my ordeal and describing the actions other people took towards me.
F)Three things I need to paint for my audience are how I felt in the beginning, what kind of things intimated at first, and how I have changed after the season.
G) The first practice, my time starting at pitcher, the final championship game.

One event that changed my life was when my little league baseball team won the championship. This event stands out in my mind the most. It was my first season in the bronco league and I was one of the younger kids on the team. I was surrounded by kids who were two even three years older than I was. This made me very uncomfortable at such a young age.
I started the season with a bad attitude thinking I wasn't going to get any playing time. At first I maybe got an inning at the end of the game when we were slaughtering teams. But as the season progressed I proved myself in practice and started to gain the older players approval. I started to like going to baseball games instead of dreading them. I started to make friends and baseball ended up becoming a escape away from my other friends.

My teams was very talented and we started to climb the division leader boards and playoffs were around the corner. By this time I worked my way up through the pitching rotation to the starting pitcher. I was the only 13 year old on the field when we started the division playoffs. We eventually made it to the championship game after 2 weeks of playoff games. We ended up winning by 3 runs in the last inning. By time i had developed a very strong bond with my other teammates. I felt like they could read my mind because we worked so well together through the playoff series.

At the beginning of my baseball season I wanted to quit so bad because I thought I wouldn't play at all. I stuck through hoping that things would get better. By the end of the season I made so many new friends. This changed me because now I am not afraid to meet new people.

1) Subtle Thesis: The author of "On Dumpster Diving" accomplishes the use of a subtle thesis by giving us the impression that he is a typical high school drop out hobo or wino. When he really is a very well educated man who just doesn't want to see anything be put to waste. The thought of someone who is very literate digging through trash sounds stupid at first but after hearing why the man digs through trash it is a very intellectual and economical though.
2) Description: The author describes what he finds in the dumpster with such great detail. He attempts to figure out every detail on why the people would throw out food,clothing, or any other thing he could deem useful. He also described his past experiences that help him pick out what is safe and what is harmful.
3) Narrative: The author tells the story about digging through trash and finding items that he can use to not let anything go to waste. Most people will never experience dumpster diving so it is hard for someone to paint a picture of what it would be like. The author wrote this narrative to describe what his wast less life is like.

My name in Andrew Vasquez. I am from Aurora Illinois in northern Illinois. I went to Marmion Military Academy, which is an all boys catholic highschool. My major here at SIU is aviation flight. I hope to one day become a pilot and own my own airplane. I chose SIU because I have a lot of friends who are go to school here and because my parents both went to SIU back when it was crazy here. I like to play xbox 360 with my buddies and go out on the weekends with them too. I am open to meeting new people and am not shy. I also like long walks on the beach and tiramisu.