Example of a Writing Assignment: Who are you? Eugene Eukaryote! I’m Who are you? P-Dizzle Prokaryote! What do you look like? Some smaller, simpler cells like to brag about What do you look like? on their insides. NASTY! I “openness” That’s I like to keep it simple I wear everything loose on – have lot of membrane-bound organelles: A place for my inside, instead of keeping things stored in everything, and everything in its place. I respect membrane-bound organelles (parts). Some other my DNA too much to just let it all hangout. That’s cells out there like to store their DNA in a nucleus, NASTY too! I keep my DNA stored in my nucleus. much work for me. I have a but that’s too don’t right, I have a control center (brain). My That’s nucleus my DNA is out in the not lazy, – open. I’m nucleus really sets me apart from Mr. P-Dizzle efficient. I’m Prokaryote. just too so simple. It’s bad he’s Where are you found? Where are you found? found just about everywhere although you I’m – found in just about every kingdom of life I’m – might not know it, since like all my bacteria animals, plants, fungi and protists. My greatest brothers microscopic. only in organisms I’m I’m masterpieces are huge multicellular organisms like that are unicellular made of just one cell. – elephants, oak trees, and for a while… dinosaurs. Why should we vote for you? Why should we vote for you? My bacteria friends and I are helping you out every I make complex and interesting life possible. day. Sure, once in a while we make you sick, but we Without my nucleus, be able to humans wouldn’t also help make your food like cheese and yogurt, – participate in complex tasks like regulating body help your body breakdown food, and get rid of temperature. right; homeostasis is That’s waste. practically my middle name.
Example of a Writing Assignment: Who are you? P-Dizzle Prokaryote! What do you look like? I like to keep it simple – I wear everything loose on my inside, instead of keeping things stored in membrane-bound organelles (parts). Some other cells out there like to store their DNA in a nucleus, but that’s too much work for me. I don’t have a nucleus – my DNA is out in the open. I’m not lazy, I’m efficient. Where are you found? I’m found just about everywhere – although you might not know it, since like all my bacteria brothers I’m microscopic. I’m only in organisms that are unicellular – made of just one cell. Why should we vote for you? My bacteria friends and I are helping you out every day. Sure, once in a while we make you sick, but we also help make your food – like cheese and yogurt, help your body breakdown food, and get rid of waste. Who are you? I’m Eugene Eukaryote! What do you look like? Some smaller, simpler cells like to brag about “openness” on their insides. That’s NASTY! I have lot of membrane-bound organelles: A place for everything, and everything in its place. I respect my DNA too much to just let it all hangout. That’s NASTY too! I keep my DNA stored in my nucleus. That’s right, I have a control center (brain). My nucleus really sets me apart from Mr. P-Dizzle Prokaryote. It’s just too bad he’s so simple. Where are you found? I’m found in just about every kingdom of life – animals, plants, fungi and protists. My greatest masterpieces are huge multicellular organisms like elephants, oak trees, and for a while… dinosaurs. Why should we vote for you? I make complex and interesting life possible. Without my nucleus, humans wouldn’t be able to participate in complex tasks like regulating body temperature. That’s right; homeostasis is practically my middle name.
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