In addition, Mr. Smith assigned a Reading Process Project, which consisted of six page sets with four assignments each: TIEDIED paragraphs which centered around certain aspects of the story (particularly the theme); journal entries about a list of topics Mr. Smith assigned (the novel was written in diary form); different types of poems, such as free verse, ballads, senryus, and African praise poems; and drawings related to the story. The drawings seemed irrelevant to me; after all, I thought, this was world literature class and not visual art class. Afterwards, I began outlining my essay and composing my first draft during a timed writing session; all the while, I made countless revisions using a dictionary and thesaurus so I would not use the same word or phrase many times. After typing my first draft, I checked for grammar mistakes and improvements on GrammarBase.com and GrammarCheck.net,
In addition, Mr. Smith assigned a Reading Process Project, which consisted of six page sets with four assignments each: TIEDIED paragraphs which centered around certain aspects of the story (particularly the theme); journal entries about a list of topics Mr. Smith assigned (the novel was written in diary form); different types of poems, such as free verse, ballads, senryus, and African praise poems; and drawings related to the story. The drawings seemed irrelevant to me; after all, I thought, this was world literature class and not visual art class. Afterwards, I began outlining my essay and composing my first draft during a timed writing session; all the while, I made countless revisions using a dictionary and thesaurus so I would not use the same word or phrase many times. After typing my first draft, I checked for grammar mistakes and improvements on GrammarBase.com and GrammarCheck.net,