Back Track

Looking back into my 1st blog post I can tell that I have achieved a few things that I wrote & also that I have gained more knowledge than what I thought. One of the things that I think I did learn was how to write a paper with a purpose because before I would care less about whether I had stated a clear purpose for the audience to clearly identify.

Another thing that I have achieved was paying attention to the tone I use when I begin a paper and when I finish writing as well. I also achieved how to keep an accurate chronological order and was aware of not rephrasing the same things all over again. If I would change a goal? Perhaps not, because now I am more familiar with college writing level, than I was before.

I can't say that I have fully grown as a writer because there are still some aspects in which I still need improvement on such as grammar and punctuation as well, but after all I am more confident that I can do better on my next writings.

Preparing for Le PortFolio!!

For my portfolio I chose to revise my narrative essay simply because I feel that I did a pretty good job paying attention to the audience since it was one of my strengths. I'd say that over all the essays that I've worked on, this one was the most strongest because it helped me keep track of what I was writing about and to whom I was directing it towards to. Also because I had a a clear way to keep the tone as when I started the essay and that I find difficult to keep focus of but in this paper I'm pretty sure I kept it the same.

To effectively revise my essay I will focus on more on my grammatical errors and pay close attention unto not repeating myself or rephrasing the same idea again. And lastly I will try to keep a longer length of the essay.

Then to rewrite my essay I will make sure I write everything out first make sure it's in chronological order, make see I don't loose my tone and keep track of the audience I am writing for. Lastly I shall check my grammar and punctuation as well. :D

Being The First Born

The thesis im going to argue about is if: The first born of the family shouldn't be the one to take all the responsibilities of their younger siblings.

My most compelling evidence is that just because they were the first ones to be born doesn't mean that they have to set an example to their younger siblings. Also sometimes parents expect a lot from you and they want you to be perfect so that one day your younger siblings could look up to you. One last thing is that even though you are the oldest you can't go out a lot because you have to babysit for your parents when they go out and since your older they expect you to knw how to take care of them.

My weakest evidence is that being older also has an advantage because you can stand up for yourself and have the chance to make your own decisions and also, in most cases you are the one in charge therefor you can tell your younger siblings what to do since you are older they have to respect you, like they say respect your elders. :D

Trail And Error

          So, i write a paper thinking that there are no more mistakes, but noooo there's plenty and the worst thing is that they are the same mistakes i make each time i write a paper. some of the commom mistakes that i make are: run-on sentences, chronological order, few details, and lastly i keep repeating the same things all over again.
  
         Sometimes when I'm writting a paper I tend to forget splitting up long sentences because i feel that they are perfect they way im writing them; its almost as if im thinking that i am writing what i speak instead of typing wht im writing. Due to that I have chronological order malfunction (lol). Yea i write whats last first and i write what's first last (some habit huh?).  Also, when I am writing  tend to leave out details because i just want to finish the paper fast that I don't wanna include details just to finish the paper, but that sometimes turns out to be bad. Instead I repeat myself all over again and that causes a bad paper.

          And there you have it, my usually mistakes or errors that I make whenever I write papers, luckily I have procrastinsted on making the same mistakes now. All thanks to the corrections and spotting of the same errors each time I rewrite a paper. =D

What About Peer Review?

So what about peer review? Well for most I think it's a very great way to realize what mistakes you made or ideas that are missing to your paper. I strongly agree that this method is effective upon writers because it helps us be comfortable listening to opinions from people that you are most comfortable with. Can this be improved? I don't quite think this should be improved because I don't think there is something that may have a bad outcome. But if anythig I would just suggest more time reviewing with peers bc one or 2 days can't kill all the reviewed material.
As a peer reviewer I find that I can strongly identify mistakes within reading my peers paper and I can automatically add various opinions as well. If I have a weakness upon reviewing; I don't think so. When I review a peers paper the first thing that I do is read the whole paper, next I retread again and then I go into detail with my peer and tell them what I think about their paper. After, I tell them what I think needs to be improved and I give them my opinion on what could be added. That's typically my peer review process.

Yay! Free Writing!

Isn't it great when the teacher gives you the option to write about anything you want? To me it is because it's like freedom! LoL. Well since she said we can write about anything I'm going to write about a paper that I am so happy about, not proud but happy! :) during my sophomore year in high school my science teacher asked us to do an extra credit assignment. It didn't matter what it would be on but it had to be science related. So I decided to write a small poem about mitosis. I didn't fully understand the whole process of mitosis, but I knew what I had to write about and therefor I wrote my mitosis poem I was so happy that everything came out like I expected and also because my teacher really liked it too! It was a paper that I didn't have to brainstorm alot, give me headaches, or didn't even procrastinate on it. I finished it in a flash and enjoyed jotting down every single word and added all details to it. When my teacher returned the paper the first thing that I saw was a very big smiley face along with a comment saying that she had enjoyed the poem of mitosis and that I had earned my extra credit points! Hehe that's the poem I am truly happy of have written. :)

Is it similar

Is it similar?

The rhetorical situation for my ad analysis compares to that from the one of my literacy narrative essay in the way that both have a tone in which makes it easier and fun for the audience to understand. Also, these essays have a point in which the reader can agree, feel or understand the message that I am trying to convey exactly the way I'm expressing. The tone apparently switches from my literacy narrative because it is more of a serious writing since it is something that I am trying to explain an ad that I have chosen. It's something I have not experienced in my life, but something that I see in an everyday life and that sometimes as a young adult am asked about. Under my perspective, I see that the choices for the rhetorical situation I make upon this next writing assignment might affect the way I write this paper because it's completely different in humor and audience. I'm guessing it’s a challenge and well I’ll see how that goes. :) 

The Next Big Thought

Alright so for my next writing assignment... I'm not sure on what to write about since there are so many ads to choose from. I have so much to think about and I'm worried that what I choose maybe inappropriate.

What I'm considering to write about is birth control due to the fact that it's being frequently advertised. Also because it's a big controversy not only among people but also between politics. Since the pill is targeted for younger women who are sexually active at younger ages it is important that they prevent pregnancy, but is this ad assuming that younger girls are allowed to have sex at a younger age and therefore take pills to prevent pregnancy?

Anyways I think that this would be a great paper and I myself am really looking forward to it! :D

Was It A Good Paper After All?

My paper for my literacy narrative is slightly different from my rough draft considering that I added and edited the last part to my essay since it was very short and I didn't finish it. I believe that I made sufficient revisions to the focus of my paper because I was so afraid that I would skip to another topic or just completely mix another topic to my essay and loose track if what I was writing about.

After revision I was able to distinguish the patterns of errors I make which are usually writing long but very long sentences that I forget about my punctuations marks. What guide me to make the revisions I made to my paper was the peer review because I was able to understand what the reader would enjoy more and what I mistakes I did.
I think the strongest part of my paper is around the middle part of the essay and the weakest would probably be in the end because I think that I could've had a stronger ending, but I didn't.

Its An A+ Paper! Is It?

When I write a paper I say to myself, "yes it's a good paper!" but really is it a good paper or not? This is always a question I ask whenever I write a paper because honestly nobody writes a good paper on their first try and that's me right there!

I don't write A+ papers and yes I've written C papers which I may not be most proud of, but hey I wrote a of which I'm proud of because I tried my best. It may have not contained what my teacher expected it to contain, yes it included run on sentences, misuse of vocabulary and most likely have a bad body structure; but that's why we edit and proofread papers.

What really makes a good strong paper is if you have a strong thesis no matter on what you're writing about it's always good to have a something that one could argue about as a reader and a writer. Another thing that makes a good and efficient paper is chronological order. It is a must that you organize all of the events or ideas in order. You cannot write something you did last first. That just ruins your paper and it confuses the reader as they read.

Lastly is having a conclusion. All conclusions are important because you just can't start writing about a problem and ending it without giving the reader the opportunity to conclude what the writer did to solve the problem.

When I write a paper, I always find it easy to focus on the chronological order because this guides me into writing a good paper. Having all the events in order makes a better and stronger paper and it doesn't look like you're all over the place and that to me is the important key to having an efficient "A" paper!

Ideas For My Literacy Narrative

For my literacy narrative I am thinking on writing about a paper I wrote for my world literature class in my senior year. I wrote the paper for the Hispanic heritage month. The teacher told us to write about a Hispanic person that had influenced Hispanics or did something important for others or their community. This paper was very significant to me because I have never written a paper that has been selected to participate in a contest among other writers in from different in Chicago.

I think that writing about this experience would be great for my literacy narrative because this paper was very significant for me and I think I can convey how I felt before writing papers and how I felt after I wrote this essay and also the feeling that I received when my paper was selected to enter an important contest.

Why Do I Have Write?

WRITING!!! Oh how exciting isn't it? Well to most not really. Writing is such a long process. It has to be long, edited, and readable. Yeah to most it's a drag and I'm not going lie it does drag I personally don't like writing as much as I love science.

The reason why is because I find it hard to write a paper on a topic that is assigned to me. Perhaps since it's something that I'm being asked to write about I find it hard and time consuming, but if it were for my own purpose, then gladly I would write paragraphs on what I want to say. Of course I'm not the best writer in the world, but when I write for myself, I feel free to say whatever I want without being judged or critized by teachers and that's when writing becomes fun.

As mentioned before, I'm not the best of writers and I have much learning to do to become a better writer and as a student I'm required to take English 101, but even if it's a required course I'm taking it because I do want to become a beter writer not only because of that but because I somewhat enjoy English itself. I like the idea of the many different type of writing styles and how they all differentiate. Also because I would like to learn how to use different words, instead of using the same ones ( I want to extend my vocabulary.) And lastly I just want to enjoy what English has to offer.