My [Un]changing Writing Process
There is a game called darts that is based on a point system: the closer you get to the center, bulls eye, the higher the score, with the highest score winning the game. The game is how I can describe my writing style this quarter. I tend to hit the outer edge only, without going any further to nail the bulls eye in the center. Throughout the quarter this is how I have come to judge my writing, I tried to hit all the points with all the darts in my hand. Based on what I’ve learned through exploring readings and writing assignments, my writing process has improve dramatically.
Throughout my high school years, I was taught how to write different types of papers. Teachers taught us as if there were different types …show more content…
There were moments in my writing exam where it was difficult to follow with what was being said, the errors of grammar impacted the organization and understanding of my writing. From the feedback received, I made goals to help me improve my writing and also to help me receive a good grade in the class. My goals for writing throughout the course were deleting meaningless words, avoiding repetition, not using qualifiers such as “always” and “never,” and thinking about word choice and using it effectively. With the different writing assignments I had to carefully think about the audience and take them into consideration when brainstorming and writing drafts. A focus for my assignments was to have a paper that a reader can understand and know what I am trying to say or discuss without being confused or having to re-read sentences. For some reason I tend to write my introduction and then my conclusion without having done the body paragraphs. I tried to have a conclusion that ties all the main ideas and allowed the reader to review and reflect on what was in the paper and gain an opinion of that …show more content…
A system of using “Describe, Evaluate, and Suggest” (DES) was helpful in providing comments for the peer reviews. I had not use DES in my previous classes; however, we were required to provide effective feedback to our peers because it would help them and it our comments affected our grades. Doing peer reviews required an amount of time and throughout the course I was able to improve the DES comments that I was providing to my peers. In Peer Review #3 of Rhetorical Analysis Dr. Simon feedback was “not using DES.” A few days later for the Peer Review #1 of Position Memo and Annotated Bibliography her feedback was “made 2 great marginal comments (need to use DES consistently).” For Peer Review #2 of Position Memo and Annotated Bibliography the feedback was “made 2 marginal comments that were excellent.” I found DES to be extremely useful when providing feedback to other people because I was focusing in the content, evidence, sources, and rhetorical awareness just to mention a few
There is a game called darts that is based on a point system: the closer you get to the center, bulls eye, the higher the score, with the highest score winning the game. The game is how I can describe my writing style this quarter. I tend to hit the outer edge only, without going any further to nail the bulls eye in the center. Throughout the quarter this is how I have come to judge my writing, I tried to hit all the points with all the darts in my hand. Based on what I’ve learned through exploring readings and writing assignments, my writing process has improve dramatically.
Throughout my high school years, I was taught how to write different types of papers. Teachers taught us as if there were different types …show more content…
There were moments in my writing exam where it was difficult to follow with what was being said, the errors of grammar impacted the organization and understanding of my writing. From the feedback received, I made goals to help me improve my writing and also to help me receive a good grade in the class. My goals for writing throughout the course were deleting meaningless words, avoiding repetition, not using qualifiers such as “always” and “never,” and thinking about word choice and using it effectively. With the different writing assignments I had to carefully think about the audience and take them into consideration when brainstorming and writing drafts. A focus for my assignments was to have a paper that a reader can understand and know what I am trying to say or discuss without being confused or having to re-read sentences. For some reason I tend to write my introduction and then my conclusion without having done the body paragraphs. I tried to have a conclusion that ties all the main ideas and allowed the reader to review and reflect on what was in the paper and gain an opinion of that …show more content…
A system of using “Describe, Evaluate, and Suggest” (DES) was helpful in providing comments for the peer reviews. I had not use DES in my previous classes; however, we were required to provide effective feedback to our peers because it would help them and it our comments affected our grades. Doing peer reviews required an amount of time and throughout the course I was able to improve the DES comments that I was providing to my peers. In Peer Review #3 of Rhetorical Analysis Dr. Simon feedback was “not using DES.” A few days later for the Peer Review #1 of Position Memo and Annotated Bibliography her feedback was “made 2 great marginal comments (need to use DES consistently).” For Peer Review #2 of Position Memo and Annotated Bibliography the feedback was “made 2 marginal comments that were excellent.” I found DES to be extremely useful when providing feedback to other people because I was focusing in the content, evidence, sources, and rhetorical awareness just to mention a few