I always have felt like I've had a natural skill for writing. I was able to just sit down and type the paper with out putting any effort into how it was constructed and organized. I would get good grades and scoring high on the reading section of the ACT only boosted my confidence. Once I reached college, I realized after a few class periods that I would need to put some more effort into my papers and that this was a new experience for developing and improving my writing skills, and also my listening skills. I opened up my eyes to all of the opportunities I have to improve my work. I came into English 101 with the mindset that I already knew all of this stuff, I went to a private high-school and english was a big part of my time there. We
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I had to pull the authors key points for how they came to their conclusion. This was a new skill I had to learn and it took some practice, something I had some experience from in the peer reviews. When I had to do peer reviews for other people, I had to understand their own style of reading and why they write the way they do and give my own suggestions with their own writing style in mind. My paper was written clearly, but I had rushed through the last paragraugh and it did not quite meet the same level of detail as the previous parts of the paper. I re wrote this part of the paper and it seemed to finally have that flow I was looking for, and I was very proud about …show more content…
She said we needed to really research the article we choose, and to have a full understanding of the main article from are book, and also a full understanding of all the other sources we use. I spend hours researching and taking notes in order that I would have all of they key points for the different articles I choose to use. The hardest part for me was how to efficiently construct my paper in order for me to logically voice every different opinion and argument in my sources, and pulling it all together and coming to a conclusion. I heavily relied on my teachers tips and ideas of how we should go about constructing this paper, and because of this I feel as if it was my most efficient and clearest paper of this
I had to pull the authors key points for how they came to their conclusion. This was a new skill I had to learn and it took some practice, something I had some experience from in the peer reviews. When I had to do peer reviews for other people, I had to understand their own style of reading and why they write the way they do and give my own suggestions with their own writing style in mind. My paper was written clearly, but I had rushed through the last paragraugh and it did not quite meet the same level of detail as the previous parts of the paper. I re wrote this part of the paper and it seemed to finally have that flow I was looking for, and I was very proud about …show more content…
She said we needed to really research the article we choose, and to have a full understanding of the main article from are book, and also a full understanding of all the other sources we use. I spend hours researching and taking notes in order that I would have all of they key points for the different articles I choose to use. The hardest part for me was how to efficiently construct my paper in order for me to logically voice every different opinion and argument in my sources, and pulling it all together and coming to a conclusion. I heavily relied on my teachers tips and ideas of how we should go about constructing this paper, and because of this I feel as if it was my most efficient and clearest paper of this