Statistical process control

We were supposed to stop writing like robots and write without using our formula. From middle school to college we were taught to write one way. I struggle the most with the freedom we were given. Every time I write an essay I go through the same process but this class challenge me to stop doing the same thing over and over. I had…

In this essay, I will be discussing three topics that reflect the mental and physical changes that my work has gone throughout the semester. Therefore, I will be breaking these topics the down and explaining what has changed in me over the period of this course and what I wish I could have done differently. And, well, honestly it does not feel like my writing has changed that much, however, after comparing old work I did notice a few changes. One of these changes is the fact of using more…

Reflective Journal: It All Comes Together As my journey through Writing 39B comes to an end, I begin to reflect deeper on the spectacular experiences I have had. Coming in as a Computer Science major, writing was something that was not high up in my priorities in learning. Most of what I learned involved technical and literal logic that did not really apply to writing, or so I thought before taking this course. However, as time progressed and I really got a feeling for how important and…

Differ From the Traditional Approach, Concept to Classroom). Students will perform an inspectional look at a picture. After writing down their observations of the picture, the teacher will model the difference between the inspectional process and the analytic process by using a simple example. Students will then write down their analytical thoughts of the picture. They will also create a title for the picture. Students will communicate their ideas and interpretations. Students will then read a…

“If your not afraid of the voice inside you, you will not fear the critiques outside you”(Goldberg) . In the book, "Writing Down the Bones" by Natalie Goldberg, she writes a series of stories that she has experienced throughout her life. Because she a writer, she give the student and teacher tips on writing. With these stories and tips Goldberg does a really good job of pushing the reader and motivating our ideas. These both stories taught me a lot like, self appreciation,not doubting myself ,…

Portfolio Reflection Throughout the semester I personally feel as I got a lot of solid concrete information on how to enhance my writing. When I first came into this class I thought to myself “I am going to fail”. I know for a fact that I am not a strong writer and I will fully admit that. When I look back at myself as a writer in high school I think how in the world did I pass English with the grades I did. It boggles my mind from time to time. It actually makes me mad. No teacher in any…

that the first essay assignment was being discussed and explained I began to think that the assignment was going to be somewhat easy. I began to search for books that seemed interesting to research, that I could use for the assignment. The selection process was one of the most time consuming parts of the assignment. I I gathered the final four books which were “Rebel Souls”, “Walt Whitman Reconsidered”, “Walt Whitman: A Gay Life”, and “Walt Whitman”. I began to realize that this essay was not as…

Michaela Cullington authors “Does Texting Affect Writing” which addresses the primary challenge to formal writing in the form of texting. With the invention of texting many professionals and teachers feel that it negatively impacts the formal writing of the populace. Michaela Cullington goes into detail in this essay on why text speaks does not affect formal writing negatively and in some cases even affects formal writing in a positive light. The author stresses the amount of support each side…

I also don’t waste my time and have more confidence in my writing process. Depending o which essay my purpose for writing changed. When I wrote the narrative, it was communicator because I was bias, wrote about myself and how I felt about the topic. When I wrote the analysis and argumentative papers, my purpose was the…

The Literacy Narrative was sort of a trial and error project. I wrote the essay the best way I knew how and hoped for the best grade. I did though get to tackle a more creative aspect of my writing that needed much working on. Since this essay was based on our own experiences, it allowed me to be as creative as I would like rather than being confined to the requirements that something like a research paper would have. Despite this, I still realized that my Literacy Narrative was not my strongest…