Peer review was a scary and foreign concept to me, I had never done it before in high school and I felt nervous to critique another persons paper. My professor was quick to say that the best thing to do was make honest comments on our class mates paper. I focused more on the positives rather than what they could improve on and I noticed things that needed work but didnt always mention something. This quickly made writing different in…
When it came to grammatical errors I found it difficult to improve upon what I already knew. I knew to space my writing out and allow the reader to breath when taking in information, and to reread my work to ensure a smooth transition from sentence to sentence but my writing still needed work. About half way through the semester I hadnt seen much improvement on my sentence level revision so I downloaded grammerly onto my computer. One thing that…
Although using proper MLA format seems tedious and time consuming it provides a good way to show that your wrok is original while still using other sources to strengthen your writing. A works cited page is where I would reference the texts we read in class as well as any other websites that I might have used to find more information. MLA formatting also includes proper quotations of other sources I found this very difficult to get in the habit…
I was always told to incorporate other texts into my own work, in highschool I would use clunky quotes and summary to bring ideas into my papers. I would rarely incorporate the ideas of others and most of my paragraphs would be summary. I learned from class and reading “They Say, I Say” that the best way to argue a claim is to support it with evidence from the text. Barclay paragraphs were quite helpful they forced me to break…
Learning outcome 1 was very foreign to me, I rarely looked over and proofread my work before submitting it. I didn’t realize it but I was missing a crucial component of the writing process. Revising my work helped me strengthen my papers, making them flow smoother especially when it came to transitioning between paragraphs. I also reread my work to improve my word choice and build off of other ideas. Connecting the dots and finding room for personal experiences and…
