When I was deciding what conversation I was going to join, I wanted to pick a topic that I had a great deal of passion for. One of my friends suggested that I should write about something related to my major. Once he said that, a light bulb went off in my head. I am a Building Science major and have worked construction the past two summers for my summer job. I have been to many National Parks across the United States and have fallen in love with the beauty of nature. I put those two things together and decided I was going to join the conversation about Green Building.
All of the research I have completed throughout this semester has been about the effects that buildings have on the environment and the actions that are being taken to lessen …show more content…
I started by gathering research about global warming in order to get a solid base for my argument. If my audience doesn’t believe in global warming then there would be no point in trying to fix it. In the articles I summarized for Paper I, I used skills learned in class to pick out credible sources. In my first author’s note, I talked about how my first draft of Paper I had information scattered throughout the paper, but, after revising it I was able to make it flow in a logical order. After my first draft, I kept with me that sense of keeping things in a logical order for my audience. This was one of my strengths the remainder of the semester and something I will continue to do in my writing after this course. Looking back on Paper I, my word choice was not as strong as I would have liked it to be, so I made it a goal for me to improve. I started adding more precise adjectives into my papers and cutting them out when they were …show more content…
In the future, I want to improve my diction and use more precise words in my writing to make stronger arguments in my papers. I want my audience to read my papers and learn some new words while still understanding my arguments. I also want to improve on my revising skills of other people’s papers for when my friends ask me to read over their papers. I want to be able to put myself in their shoes and try to understand what they are trying to get across in the most effective way possible.
In the future, I see myself writing a lot in my construction career. From emails to proposals, it is important for me to possess the ability to make my points clear in all of my writing. I also want to be an advocate for green building which would require me writing long articles and speeches for conventions. When I am addressing my own company in meetings, the better a writer I am, the better speaker I will be. Having good writing skills is going to be important to my future success as the owner of my own green construction
All of the research I have completed throughout this semester has been about the effects that buildings have on the environment and the actions that are being taken to lessen …show more content…
I started by gathering research about global warming in order to get a solid base for my argument. If my audience doesn’t believe in global warming then there would be no point in trying to fix it. In the articles I summarized for Paper I, I used skills learned in class to pick out credible sources. In my first author’s note, I talked about how my first draft of Paper I had information scattered throughout the paper, but, after revising it I was able to make it flow in a logical order. After my first draft, I kept with me that sense of keeping things in a logical order for my audience. This was one of my strengths the remainder of the semester and something I will continue to do in my writing after this course. Looking back on Paper I, my word choice was not as strong as I would have liked it to be, so I made it a goal for me to improve. I started adding more precise adjectives into my papers and cutting them out when they were …show more content…
In the future, I want to improve my diction and use more precise words in my writing to make stronger arguments in my papers. I want my audience to read my papers and learn some new words while still understanding my arguments. I also want to improve on my revising skills of other people’s papers for when my friends ask me to read over their papers. I want to be able to put myself in their shoes and try to understand what they are trying to get across in the most effective way possible.
In the future, I see myself writing a lot in my construction career. From emails to proposals, it is important for me to possess the ability to make my points clear in all of my writing. I also want to be an advocate for green building which would require me writing long articles and speeches for conventions. When I am addressing my own company in meetings, the better a writer I am, the better speaker I will be. Having good writing skills is going to be important to my future success as the owner of my own green construction