Monday, April 30, 2012

wrap-up


Monty Travis
Writing wrap-up
English 1
Dr.deGravelles

            Every year in English we wright papers and they are graded.  I always feel like I get better as the year goes by but this year I felt like I have improved on my writing a lot.  This year by far has been the hardest and most writing I have done in a year I have done in my years of school.  It was hard and sometimes I did not want to do the work but in the end I am gad I did. 
            Spelling has always been hard for me, especially before I did all my papers on the computer.  Even when I type my papers I get words mixed up or wrong.  Pear editing has always helped me with this.  This year we did a lot of pear editing which helps.  Also what helps me is making a lay out of the paper before I wright it.  This helps me make my paper proportional and make more since. 
            We did several papers this year that delta with quotations.  In my comments on my paper I had a hard time with them.  I did not realize this until I looked at all my paper’s comments side by side.  This is one of the goals for next year that I want to work on.  I think this will help me a lot to spend more time on quotations when my papers require them. 
            The global issue essay was the hardest assignment this year for many reasons.  One is because it was a really long essay.  The other reasons were because we had to do research on our topic and use noodle tools.  The length of the paper was the biggest challenge for me.  This is also a small problem in my other papers.  This is another goal I would like to set for next year.  Another thing in the global issue paper has not giving enough background information.  If I had done this it would have helped the length of the essay and also gave more information. 
            Turnitin.com has helped a lot this year too because you can see all of your comment on papers and also see the papers right there on your computer at all times.  This year was a good year for improving my writing I thought.  I hope I can improve nest year even more. 

Common errors
1.              Spelling
2.              Quotations
3.              Essay length
4.              Commas
5.              Support of the topic
6.              Better titles
7.              Word choice

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