The third peer review was a little bit different than the other two that we had done earlier on in the semester. It was still effective and helpful but I’m not totally sure if it was better or worse than previous times. I say this because we had to come up with our own guidelines … [Read more…]
One of my favorite classes that I am enrolled in right now is problems of philosophy. This class actually overlaps with English 110, as I often use my active reading skills to help me complete my philosophy assignments. Our assignments mostly consist of having to read a philosophical article and then writing a response to … [Read more…]
Document their work using appropriate conventions (MLA). Control sentence-level error (grammar, punctuation, and spelling). Learning Outcomes 5 and 6: MLA/Surface Level Learning Outcome 5 states that students should document their work using appropriate conventions, while Learning Outcome 6 states that students should control sentence-level error. MLA format is the format that I was taught to … [Read more…]
Be able to integrate their ideas with those of others using summary, paraphrase, quotation, analysis, and synthesis of relevant sources. Learning Outcome 2: Integration of Sources Learning Outcome 2 states that students should be able to integrate their ideas with those of others using summary, paraphrase, quotation, analysis, and synthesis of relevant sources. In my … [Read more…]
As a writer, I have always had the habit of using run-on sentences or putting commas where they don’t belong. After reading The Little Seagull‘s tips on comma splices and fused sentences, I got some really helpful advice. For example, I didn’t realize that comma splices, which I use a lot, are often seen as … [Read more…]
Be able to critique their own and others’ work by emphasizing global revision early in the writing process and local revision later in the process. Learning Outcome 4: Peer Review Learning Outcome 4 states that students should be able to critique their own and others’ work by emphasizing global revision early in the writing process … [Read more…]
After re-reading Sherman Alexie’s article Superman and Me, I picked up on some of his narrative elements that he used in his writing in order to keep his readers locked in and also to make his writing better. One of the methods I noticed was that he uses imagery. When talking about how he was … [Read more…]
As part of my brainstorming for my literary narrative, I had to do two pre-writing activities. These activities were used to try and pinpoint a moment in my learning career that I either had a fixed or growth mindset. I chose to do a couple webs and a timeline. I really liked the webbing because … [Read more…]
We had to watch a TED talk about the power in believing that you can improve. In the TED talk, Dweck mentioned using the phrase “Not Yet” in replacement of a failed class grade, in attempts to show that the student did not fail, but is not quite ready to pass yet. As I annotated … [Read more…]
