On Writing

Everyone hated 3rd grade when we would have to get out those worksheets with cursive writing. We never liked having to trace over those dotted cursive lines. Sometimes we would even try to skip class during that time, but we never knew all the good benefits we would get from writing for those 20 to 30 minutes. For example, cursive helps us develop fine motor skills and it reinforces learning. It can also help for signing legal documents. More importantly, it’s a cognitive exercise to keep our…

out of class to try and work with it, they’d give me hundreds of lettering packets up through fourth grade. All it did was distract me, make me feel insecure about my own writing, and take time out of my class work. All along, the issue was just that I struggled to focus due to ADHD, and when I wasn’t focused on what I was writing, it got very sloppy. Now, I work extra hard when I write to focus, make sure it’s legible to not only…

the MLA learning process much easier. Writing in these documentations has opened my horizons and has educated me to speak about a project with more of a choice. I am majoring in Pre-Nursing and I know that nurses (especially RNs) use documentations like these to write any changes to any official letter or health care for patients; it is not very common to do that but it definitely exists in the field more-or-less depending on what one does. I see myself writing mostly in APA because…

I can also recall watching “Wheel a Fortune” at night with my grandmother. This also helped to reinforce the concepts of reading and writing, which encouraged me to learn how to read and write. The high-dollar prizes given away to participants for solving puzzles were definitely a motivator. With that being said, my reading and writing skills have tremendously contributed to my life. I am now able to independently follow and read instructions in written form, think logically about the…

there are multiple reasons why this skill is still valuable for today’s students. For example, knowing cursive allows people to read historical documents, stimulates brain activity, and is essential for signing legal documents. Therefore, cursive writing skills pose benefits for public school students and should be included in the elementary school curriculum. One reason cursive handwriting…

Scholarly writing is considered to be a much more advanced and intense style of writing. This style of writing is utilized to assist the writer in trying to convince the reader of his beliefs through his analysis and findings of a certain research versus using just his words. Scholarly writing involves several components. These components include research and analysis, a formalized writing style, and a bibliography or reference list. Scholarly writing is the foundation for most journal articles…

many different genres of writing. Each genre represents a different writing style. When researching topics and writing essays it is important to follow the required format. There are three most common genres in English. The first one is Arts and Humanities and it follows the Modern Language Association (MLA) format. The next one is the Social Sciences and it uses American Psychological Association (APA) format. The last one is the Council of Science Editors (CSE) writing style and it is used for…

Writing about my daily log about how much writing and reading I do was an interesting experience. I learned about how I am managing my time and if I used electronic or physical format to accomplish my reading and writing. Throughout this daily log I had some difficulties but also some easier moments. During the writing experience about my daily log I was able to improve my writing through several drafts and in class peer response. I also had the help of my roommate and my sister in reviewing and…

in college. I feel like I can say my writing has improved because of this class. For one I now know how to correctly do MLA format. I have also learned that the spelling and grammar check is your best friend while writing a paper. Not only have I learned how to improve the content of my papers but I have also learned how to lengthen my papers. Before this class I could barely write a page, but now I go beyond that. I have never understood the purpose in writing essays before but because of this…

Writing for an audience was not my strong suit before coming to UMass. My writing always focused on speaking to whoever stumbled upon it. To me, literature, in any form, was always meant for the masses. I composed my words in a manner anyone could understand. That my ideas were understood was always more important than impressing my audience. Why place your ideas on top of a tower of words built from the depths of your lexicon? People only do it to build the tower so high its onlookers…