...I was uncertain if I was going to be successful, but with the help of peer responses and an understanding teacher, for the first time in highschool, I am confident in my writing. The writing process is the biggest thing that helped me in Composition class. There was only one essay where I did not use the writing process and because of that, I didn’t write to my fullest potential. After that learning experience, I started each paper with an outline. My outline consisted of splitting my information into paragraphs and from there figuring out the best way to put my ideas into words. Once I had a finished outline, I checked with Mrs. Gelwicks to ensure my essay would succeed. After I received the go ahead, I began to write my body paragraphs first before even thinking about my introduction. The...
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...about my writing. I have learned that one of my best strategies with writing is getting a head start. I have learned that I will produce a better paper if I work on it periodically rather than all at once before the due date. Writing a paper periodically allows my brain to take a rest between each night. While my brain does get a rest, writing periodically also allows me to think of new thoughts and ideas that I want to incorporate into my paper. Along with this idea, a strategy that doesn’t work as well for me is trying to do too much at once. For the Paradise Lost Analysis and British Literature Analysis, I tried to do everything in one night so I wouldn’t have to worry about it any more. This technique put even more stress on me and made me overwhelmed. Although my literary analyses seemed strong in my...
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...Luke Martino Writing 102 12/9/15 Writing 102 Portfolio Throughout this semester of Writing 102, I have been assigned to write four essays that have stressed the course competencies of subject matter knowledge, writing process knowledge, rhetorical knowledge, genre knowledge, discourse community knowledge, and meta-cognition. Through the process of drafting, editing, and revising three out of the four papers, I think I have been effectively able to absorb three of those course competencies; subject matter knowledge, rhetorical knowledge, and writing process knowledge. The first paper I was assigned to write for Writing 102 was a literacy narrative. For this paper, I was told to write about a past experience that helped influence my current writing and reading qualities. The core competencies that were involved in this essay were writing process knowledge and subject matter knowledge. I used writing process knowledge when I was told to generate ideas for my essay. I began by thinking of five possible ideas and from there I created a brainstorming web out of the two topics I thought would be the most interesting. Shortly after starting, I realized I could only build an effective brainstorming web from one idea. I decided to use the first time I forgot my lines in a play as my main idea for the essay. After I completed the brainstorming web and finished taking notes on what I remembered from the incident I started to follow the writing process that consisted of prewriting...
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...Over the past two school quarters, I have learned a lot from being in Ms.Kiyak’s AP Lang class. I’ve learned that there are things I need to work on because I am not a perfect writer and there are also things that I am good at. Two of my strengths when writing formally are I am thoughtful when creating thesis statements and I do a great job at using factual evidence. Which are seen in my synthesis essay and social justice speech. The thesis of my synthesis essay states “Sexual assault is an issue that is constantly faced in the workplace, at school, on the streets and even in the comfort of home. The society as a whole must not accept this as normal and must take actions towards fixing this problem; but, in order for this to happen, they must...
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...RATIONALE If you’re a parent or teacher whose pupil has a problem with writing skills, it can be a frustrating experience. He/she may be falling behind peers in class, getting poor grades and even acting out due to negative feedback, that’s why this study was conducted. The purpose of this study is to investigate the efficiency of writing process in improving written expression skills of Grade IV pupils in Aglayan Elementary School. I. INTRODUCTION Writing is an important part of our daily lives. It is, however, a difficult skill to learn and master. By getting a head start with some simple activities, you can help your child begin to develop her writing skills at an early age. By doing so, you will be contributing to her future success as a pupil and as an adult while teaching her how to express herself. Whether pupils are writing by hand or on the computer, many assignments and exams require pupils to write short answers or longer essays as a way of assessing what they have learned. As pupils get older, they will be expected to show more sophisticated writing skills, and to complete more sophisticated tasks through their writing. In addition, many colleges and universities require students to write essays as part of their admissions application. Unlike any other skills, writing skills are important universally. They are needed in any field, or endeavor one is. And since there are only two ways (speaking and writing) by which can express one’s feelings, thoughts, desires, and intentions...
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...September 15, 2014 Gracie Aguilera Characteristics of Graduate Writing Writing at the graduate level is a significant part of a student's coursework when entering into a Master's program. Throughout a person's college career, they have written many papers in their undergraduate studies, but writing papers at a graduate level differs from previous styles of writing. There are very distinct characteristics in graduate writing. Following the rules of graduate writing correctly, makes for a clear and precise paper; grabbing the audience's attention, and making the point of the paper undeniable to the reader, while using facts and references to support the thesis. Critical thinking skills are a crucial part of graduate writing. Critical thinking allows the writer to see all the different sides of the debate. The writer will question any assumptions that are made all while avoiding the use of commonplaces. The writer, according to "Graduate Level Writing" (2011*2014) "develops a clear argument from the available literature on the subject. This type of writing establishes a purpose while addressing a particular audience. Often, graduate level writing also provides suggestions for further research and development beyond the limits of the course assignment." Another important part in writing at the graduate level is using an in-depth analysis, of the subject being discussed. The paper is based solely on empirical evidence therefore;...
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...Associate Program Material Appendix C Rhetorical Modes Matrix Rhetorical modes are methods for effectively communicating through language and writing. Complete the following chart to identify the purpose and structure of the various rhetorical modes used in academic writing. Provide at least 2 tips for writing each type of rhetorical device. |Rhetorical Mode |Purpose – Explain when or why |Structure – Explain what organizational |Provide 2 tips for writing in | | |each rhetorical mode is used. |method works best with each rhetorical mode. |each rhetorical mode. | |Narration |Anytime you tell what happened |The organizational method that works best |Two tips for narrative writing| | |or tell a story you use |with narrative writing is chronological |are decide if the story is | | |narration. |order. |factual or fictional, and use | | | | |transitional words and | | | | |phrases. | | |The purpose of an illustration |Order of importance is the best way to |One tip is to use transitional| |Illustration |essay is to show or demonstrate |organize an illustration...
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...My first year at Alma College has been an eye-opening experience. I have learned a lot academically, about myself, and about life in general. As I progressed though the year my viewpoints had changed. I had many new experiences that broadened my horizon. My classes opened me up to knowledge I could apply to my life, that I found interesting, and benefitted me. I learned a lot about myself, including what I want out of my college experience, and what my passion is. Despite the numerous papers, multitudes of exams, tremendous amount of course work, and athletics I believe I have done well. One of the many demanding classes this semester was English 101. In this rigorous course, students were asked to gain rhetorical knowledge, engage in critical writing, perform research writing, and improve their style and grammar. These goals are closely related to those of the WPA Outcomes published by the Council of Writing Program Administrators. The WPA...
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...On the other hand, there is no better way to further understand writing in the medical field than from a first hand credible source. A close family friend of mine, Sara Hess, is an occupational therapist at Mount Sinai Medical Center in Chicago. A short background regarding occupational therapists is to note that they are very different from physical therapists. Physical therapists deal with rehabilitating the physical well being of a patient. Occupational therapists focus their work on aiding patients in being able to do everyday tasks they are not able to do because of their impairment. Considering this, to enhance my knowledge for you and I video interviewed her to understand what writing really means in this certain field. If you are...
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...different learning outcomes: writing, reading, researching, and reflecting. The writing learning outcome included creating an effective and flexible writing process to evaluate various rhetorical situations. The reading learning outcome included reading complex sources from a variety of Medias to also evaluate rhetorical situations. The researching learning outcome included searching for print and electronic sources and imply their information to ideas and integrate them into the writing projects. The reflecting learning outcome required me to look back at previous works and decide what changes can be made and how future works will be improved. This English course successfully improved my...
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...Writing is the ability to transfer your thoughts, feelings and oral language on a surface using specific symbols. The ability to convey your thoughts clearly in written form to the audience calls an effective writing skills. In addition to this an effective writer must have an extensive vocabulary to be able express yourself. To be an effective writer means the reader will understand thoroughly everything you are writing on the paper. My personal experience in writing was challenging and valuable at the same time. This semester I took an Academic Writing and Argument course with professor Missy Watson. During this semester, I learned how to analyze arguments, write rhetorical analysis essay, work with researched and visual arguments, effectively...
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...success I will talk to you about how your goals can lead you to success, and in doing so I will give you an example of one of my educational goals and career goals. I will also talk to you about how the writing process can help you to advance you education and career, give you an example of how your ELI can help you make better decisions. I will also talk to you about what steps I will be taking in helping me improve my critical thinking , what resources that I will be using from the university, the pros and cons of working with outside sources and other lessons that I have learn from being in this class. Academic Success When you are first starting out at a new school your first thought is that you want to be successful. Well it’s not the easy all the time for some people and in being successful there are some guidelines that you will have to follow in order to have success in school and that’s what I am going to talk about to you today and the way you can do that the first thing I will talk to you about is how goal setting can lead you to success and in doing so I will give you an example of a goal I have set for my education and my career, the second is how the writing process can help you with your academic career and your professional career and how the information form my ELI will help me in making better decisions. What steps I will take to improve my critical thinking, the resources that I will use from the university. I will also talk to you about the pros and cons of...
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...Before watching the introductory video to professional writing class (like ENGL394), I thought that sort of writing skills can be developed in a real workplace situation. Maybe because I am a mathematics major student, I never knew like readable proposals and professional analysis mean that much in a successful project. I am sure this professional writing class will provide a very good platform for applying what we’ve learnt into workplace. As a college-level writer, I’m driven by my purposes when writing. As what I’ve learnt a lot about argument, thesis statement and position paper from ENGL101 last semester, the most important thing for a writer to do is present enough evidence to audience in a logical structure. I didn’t do very well in it because I constantly failed to focus on my main thesis, which made my paper seem less convincing. To solve this problem, I tried my best to write down a structure of my paper and kept that script with me. It helped me to check out how far I got. According to Lamott’s First Shitty Draft, despite that such process may take a very long while, a writer should spend time on rewriting his/her own work. In my experiences of writing every single piece of assignment, only after reading my works over and over again could I be able to debug them. Another thing I learnt from Debunking the Genius Myth is that the essential way to success in writing is by practicing. Through enough practicing, one can automatically respond to a certain problem...
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...VARK ANALYSIS VARK ANALYSIS BINDU PAUL Grand Canyon University: INSTRUCTOR: Cherryl Llanos 11/20/2011 VARK ANALYSIS There are several methods used to determine learning styles. A learning style is rather a description of process or preferences. One of the most commonly used learning style is Fleming VARK model. VARK stands for visual, auditory, reading, writing, and kinesthetic learners. This model focuses on the best way a student can learn and retain new information. When a student learns, his/her learning style preferences can be able to learn more effectively, store, and recall information being taught. As an author, my learning style was identified to ask modules of auditory, reading, and writing preferences. In the past, reading and writing was mainly the way to learn. According to VARK analysis, people have to incorporate auditory learning in order to effectively and efficiently learn that new things are better. Learning Style: Having an aural, reading, and writing categories as my strong points mean multi model. Aural means information being spoken from the internet, phone, group discussion ,lectures, and talking things through. My strongest point of learning is reading and writing. This means information being relayed as words. I read a lot in student period and write the notes that my teacher was teaching. I concentrate more in writing notes than listening to my teacher. I was more frustrated if I miss one note to write...
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...to a gentle, complex, and creative response to a paper that helps you create a better writing, provided by a caring and helpful teacher. When I state “bad feedback” I refer to a harsh and non-productive response that only drags you down making you feel that your work isn’t good enough and will never be. My purpose is to encourage teachers to give away a productive and helpful feedback in order to secure the writing development of the student as well as making sure he knows his paper is much...
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