Thlog #6

Zack left plenty of comments on my WP’S that I was really quite unsure about. I needed some help answering the questions he was asking. I didn’t know where to start off. He was asking me tuff ass questions lol. Starting off, being in the computer lab was very helpful. I was able to pick a question I thought was the toughest. So yeah. Once I picked my question I copied it onto the table that he had on the blogspot. I was hoping for the best feedbacks I could get. Even though zack left feedback it is still good to get feedback from classmates. This was helpful because I was being helped on my tough question. And it even allowed me to help others on tough question they may have had. This is a good technique to use, whenever we may have certain questions. Sometimes maybe the teacher can’t answer questions a student may have. So yeah I i loved that I’ve gotten this experience.

I gained so much knowledge about my topics doing the little project builders and the workshops. I got the chance to get other opinions on work that I already wrote, and I got to give my opinion on other people's work. I got to say what ideas I thought was good and what I thought was bad. I swore I knew as much about my topic as I could, but clearly I didn’t. After these workshops I’ve added more words and explanations to my WP’s. I even took words and sentences out that wasn’t so helpful. I learned that I use “fluff” to much. I think I tend to “fluff” to much because when I hear 5-6 pages I freak out lol. I do seem to write about so much on one topic and start to get off topic. It’s like I want to say so much but I get confused and start to write anything lol. That was a good tip, because now I try to watch what I’m saying and how I say it.

I have learned a lot over this 10 week course, even though it seemed longer than ten weeks lol. Many things that I’ve been taught was helpful. I’ve learned way more in this course then I expected. Examples: different writing tips, highlighting strategies and more. The course terms even made an impact on my everyday vocabulary. I can honestly say I’ve learned a lot.

Thlog #5

The one on one conference gave me a big push! This conference helped me get a better view on my paper on what I could possibly write about. I was clueless going into this conference. I mean I did have my two different sources of writing but I did not know where to start. Zack gave me different suggestions I could talk about in my paper, and even pointed out certain things in my articles I didn’t even notice. I think having one on one conferences with students is major help and all teachers should do this honestly. And thanks to that my wp2 turned out to be great!!.

I’ve came to an understanding to myself that writing notes to yourself helps a lot. It helps BIG TIME! This gives me a list of what I need to do or get down in case I forget. This also helps big time with reading/writing because it’s like little notes to yourself it helps you proofread your own writing or go over what you wrote. It can be as simple as a one sentence recap. Writing notes always helps me as a writer, and even when reading. During this class I also learned about annotating, which in my own words is writing your thoughts or your ideas in the margin of paper. You can ask questions, highlight and underline important pieces that you found in the text. This helps me when I want to go back to a text and read it, all I have to do is skim my annotations. I doubt and disagree when I make annotations. Annotating also helps I put heady and complicated texts/sentences in my own words. This technique was very helpful because it helps me make connections between the text I’m reading and what I actually already know about the text I’m reading.

I like the idea of reflecting what I wrote, it gives me something to look back from what I previously wrote and it can help me reflect on bettering in the future and present. Reflecting helps me add insight of what I learned or gained from before. It gives me some type of clarity. I can add new thoughts when I reflect on old writings. This was a good tip I learned in this English 101-108 and I will definitely use it in future classes and writings.