Assignment #10- Thinking About Peer Review

I think the peer review we do in class was effective by that it gave us a chance to see what other people had to say about the same subject. It gave different viewpoints which were helpful in strengthening our papers. The only way it can be improved is by having more time in the groups. What I think are my strengths as a peer reviewer is that I give good feedback as to how to clarify confusing sentences or paragraphs. My weaknesses as a peer reviewer are that I can be too honest in my reviews. And that I am not specific enough. My ideal peer review process is small group discussions. I feel most comfortable in a small group. Ideas and thoughtful conversations are easy to all. It would be in the early stages of the writing process to make sure that everyone is on the same page. The time could be a little longer.

Assignment #9

1) In my writing, I tend to repeat information or facts that I have already mentioned. This affects my paper by that is shows repetitiveness, and that is not a good thing. I makes my paper look sloppy and unorganized. How I plan to correct this error is by organizing my thoughts better. I plan to avoid this by having more in depth reviews and have many drafts.

2)   Another pattern is that I am not specific in my writing. I do not put enough details and facts in my writing to support my topic. This makes my paper look every short and incomplete. I plan to fix this error is by writing a couple of drafts of my paper to make sure that all topics are covered. Also by showing and not  telling, using more details will help structure my paper.

3) My third error is that I need to use citations more to back up my thesis. Without citations in my paper all my arguments are not as strong as they would be. My paper again would look unorganized and will not get the readers attention. How I plan to correct this is by doing research on my topic. This brings back-ground information, and thus strengthens my paper.

Assignment #7

I do feel that I am making some progress towards my goals for this class. Even thought it might be slow, it will only progress from here. I started off slow, but I’m working towards speeding things up. There have been aspects of the class that I feel like have been helpful for me as a writer because it has given me for insight on how to write a paper. By this I mean that it takes a great deal of time and effort to create a good paper. And that all papers don't start off perfect. One thing I would like changed in class would be, more exercises. For example; worksheets to help understand topics better. My writing process has changed since the beginning of the semester. It has changed by that I know how to organize my thoughts better to make my argument stronger.

#5

Purpose: The purpose of this ad is clear. To deter people from smoking. With the minium text, it shows that they dont need to tell people that smoking is bad, because people already know this. However, the text offers a different side to stop smoking ads. It uses to word cancer to strengthen the meaning. 

Audience: The audience to of is ad is everyone and anyone. People all over the world and of all ages smoke.

Genre: This is a stop smoking ad. But this one is different from the other ones. The one sentence says all they need to express the seriousness of smoking.

Tone: Im not sure of what the tone would be, but if I were to take a guess. It would be friendly because of the orange background, but almost serious because of the text.

#4

How my final paper looks different from my first draft is that it looks how a paper should look. What I mean by this is that in my first draft my ideas and thoughts were unorganized and did not make sense at times. However, in my final draft, my paper flows more evenly. My major revisions were in sentence structure. This was because, what made sense to me, did not make sense to others. I know that as a writer, i tend to repeat information a lot. Peer review is what helped strengthen my paper the most. the strongest part of my paper is the overall story, it is an interesting and relatable story. The weakest part of my paper would be the sentence structure.

assignment #3

What I believe to be the difference between an effective paper from a mediocre one is the order of thoughts, sentence structure and sequence of events. What I mean by order of thoughts is that all the ideas and thoughts happen in order and happen smoothly. Sentence structure is extremely important in paper.it helps make the ideas, thoughts, and topic make sense. Lastly, the sequence if events helps strengthen a paper. And it will help all the ideas to flow together.

What i find the most difficult is the order of thoughts. In my writing I tend to have my ideas spread out and all over the place in my writing. but, what I find to be easy for me is the sentence structure. In my writing my sentences are well thought out, but usually all over the place.

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What I think is the purpose of taking english 101 is to review and go over how to write formally and to help us to understand what we are reading. There are many different ways to write, and to fully understanding all these different forms of writing takes a lot of review and practice. And in this class, that is what we are trying to accomplish. However, that is just the general idea. My personal opinion of english 101 is that I dislike writing and english because it is not one of my strengths.What I would like to get out of this class is how to cite sources in my writing and how to back-up my topic my evidence. Also to help me understand texts that I am reading. However, I will give this class my best and make the most of it.