Wednesday, February 10, 2010
biography on Jon Krakauer
Jon was born in 1954 in Carvallis, Oregon. His father got him interested in mountain climbing at around age 8. After he graduated college in 1976 he worked as a carpenter and commercial salmon fisherman while he spent ,ost of his free time i nthe mountains. In 1977 he traveled to southeast alaska and created a new trail on a peak called devils thumb, he has also climbed Mt.Everest but on the descent a storm hit, killing 4 of the 5 team mates that were u there with him. He wrote a book about this tragedy that became a new york times best seller and has been translated into 24 languages. Jon Krakauer has written many books including one on vulcanology which received the 1997 Walter Sullivan Award for Excellence in Science Journalism
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Great start to your blog project. Your character traits blog is excellent. There are a few improvements that you need to make before I check the project again at the end of the book. You need to proofread for comma errors, and you need to capitalize "I's" in formal writing. Also, book titles need to be capitalized and italicized. Lastly, your blogs are out of order. Follow my order.
ReplyDeleteFirst blog check grade is 84%.