...Writing research papers have always been a struggle for me. I procrastinate. I read and then I stress about writing. Then under complete stress I sit down and write. Law School is going to be different. I will address my strengths and weakness as they relate to writing a research paper and create a plan of action that will be a different approach then before. This is turn will make my time in law school enjoyable and less stressful. Speed is my weakness. I take my time while writing and constantly edit. What I mean by that is I sit down and as I am typing I think about each sentence as I write. Many times I edit several previous sentences. Instead of sitting down and just typing down ideas I have, I think about each sentence I write and how...
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...Tram Nguyen BUS300GW Assignment #2 – Reflection on a medium of writing The medium I use most of the time in my everyday life is email. I use it for both professional and personal purposes. In general, I think emails are very convenient and useful because you can send and receive it instantly with just internet connection. For professional use, you can create a formal letter in the form of email and have it delivered extremely fast compared to traditional memos or letters. Without any hassle, communication is at ease. Businesses save a lot of time and money, exploit marketing tools, and make working remotely possible. Emails make communication extremely effective at the lowest cost possible. Many large documents that used to cost a lot when sent via regular postage rates are now sent through emails at low cost or free email services. Companies also use emails as a tool of marketing to reach out to their customers, letting them know what is new in the industry with great deals and discounts. Employees use emails to communicate within an organization, no matter where they are in the world. This make working remotely possible. With only a computer, a laptop, or now a cellphone, you can get instant access to your email. Emails are electronic and do not use paper, so you can be sustainable and environment-friendly. One disadvantage of emails is that they can carry viruses that harm your computer and get access to your personal information. Sometimes you also receive unwanted spam...
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...With the fall semester quickly coming to a close, I have been reflecting about my writing intensiveEnglish class. This semester I have accomplished a variety of projects and assignments and have learneda lot about professional writing. I learned how to write a great resume and how to use its differentformats. I have practiced writing many emails, business letters, transmittal letters, and cover letters.My three largest projects that I completed were a job recommendation report, instructions on how tomake pumpkin cheesecake, and a brochure for my future cupcake business. All these projects havehelped me to master my communication skills which I will further reflect upon below. I have created aportfolio in a blog format to post this reflection...
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...These centers include writing, reading, dramatic play, painting, and puzzles. This week I was responsible for the writing center and my job was to supervise and manage the writing center. I was assigned a table and I needed to encourage children to participate in my center. I said “Hi, welcome to the writing center. Here in the writing center, we will be drawing pictures of our families like the family in Oonga Boonga (the book we previously read). Would you like to draw a picture of your family? During my time at the writing center, I witness something that I was not expecting. For instance, I was explaining to a group of children, including a particular boy name Evans that in the writing center we would be drawing a picture of our families. I showed them a drawing of my family and I explained to them each member in my family. Evans looked down at his paper and began to draw. I gave the children a few minutes to draw and then I tried to...
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...keyboard has filled up my days, but it’s not just about how my essays were written on a computer. It is about how these repeated actions developed who I am as a writer, along with the quality of my work. I truly believe my writing has blossomed this year because I have finally imposed a step-by-step process of writing that works for me. In addition, I was able to fully connect with the literature I read, resulting in the reveal a new writer’s personality within me. Moreover, I am beginning to understand the piecemeal writer burgeoning inside me throughout the essays I have written in english class and how it has shaped my compositions through the different strategies I took, style, and organization. Writing essays in the beginning of the year was somewhat troublesome, to be honest, because my style, organization, and strategies for writing, were a complete mess. As a result...
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...Throughout the course of the semester, my writing as drastically improved through analyzing and understanding the course goals, its objectives, the topics of the papers, and grading rubrics. Utilizing the syllabus allowed me to see what was expected of me as a writer, and how I would be critiqued in my writing, starting with the first paper which asked me to explain the moment or experience when I knew I was a part of a discourse community. At first, I did not understand what I was supposed to write. Once we talked about it in class and went over discourse community characteristics and sample papers, my paper began to flourish from draft one all the way to draft four. In draft one, I finished my paper with “I became so good with weave that...
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...Some of my strengths of writing are I believe I have some very good ideas, I think this a great aspect for me in coming up with ideas however one of my biggest weakness is trying to get my ideas down on paper, this has always been a problem for me since I can remember, so my plan moving forward, is to go to the writing center regularly, to try to get help putting my ideas on paper, so my hope is by the end of the semester to have improved on getting my ideas on paper to create a stronger essay any other strategy I use at home is voice to text on my I pad, this helps me move much faster and to create better ideas in my essays . I know this will take some hard work but I believe I can accomplish this goal in time to improve on my writing. Some challenges I...
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...Throughout this past semester, I have learned more about writing. This has brought on a whole new style in my writing. The beginning of this semester was not ideal, how assignments were written on the papers were confusing. My first assignment in this class was not my best grade and definitely showed my confusion. Without a doubt, that continued to occur in almost every assignment. However, the essays that truly contributed to my newer depth in writing were the Three-Source Synthesis Essay, Research Paper, and this final essay. To begin, I would like to say, the synthesis essay was one of the hardest essays I have ever written. Finding the comparisons between three similar yet completely different articles was not easy. I had spent around 70 hours on this particular essay and even turning it in was nerve wrecking. Yet, this paper helped me improve my writing style greatly by pushing me to actually complete the essay. I had to learn how to find sources using the libraries website. To be truthful, using the libraries website was the most difficult part of finding reliable sources. The second essay that really pushed me was the research paper. I found plenty of sources but had the hardest time arranging them into essay formatting. Another difficult part of this essay that had helped influence my writing style was finding the...
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...Writing as concisely and precisely as possible to convey assertions and ideas is always the best way to keep the reader engaged. Throughout most of my writing career, my writing - as suggested by my instructors - was based on that statement. I needed to concisely portray my thoughts in a grammatical and syntaxical pleasing manner which ultimately deemed my writing as good. Most of the critiquing I would receive over my written works focused primarily on grammar and syntax and not until my high school years did my English teachers expose me to different styles and aspects of writing. My high school teachers challenged me to expand my ideas, understand what I am writing about as well as challenge the way I think. Reflecting over my academic past as it pertains to English writing and language, for the most part I had good teachers with open minds. However, I sometimes still felt as if I am at the mercy and discretion of the teacher. I can admit at times, I would write with a bias that my instructor or most of my peers favored so that I would not be an outcast for having a different opinion. But now I know that differing opinions are okay and...
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...Writing is a major part of any career. As a Health Science major, I did not realize how big of a role reading, writing and communicating plays in the health sciences field until I start taking my degree specific classes. All of the writing thus far has helped me realize how important being a good writer is, and helped me to see some of my strengths and weaknesses. I have never truly liked writing especially in the academic setting, but I know how important it is. Writing is a good way of expressing yourself and reflecting and analyzing your thoughts. I have never been confident in my writing skills, but I have seen major improvement over the year and hope to continue to grow as a reader and a writer. Improvements in My Writing I have saw...
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...Coming into my freshman year of college writing, I did not know what to expect. I was never a terrible writer, but knew I could always improve. College writing has helped me improve in many ways, and has let me identify my weaknesses and strong points as a writer. As the course went on, with the three different writing prompts we were assigned, I saw myself improving each time. Each person learns at their own pace and at their own time. For me, It took me a while but by the last essay, I feel more confident as a writer. I noticed my writing skills improving a lot by the third essay. I knew how to set up a thesis, subclaims and evidence with little to no trouble. I enjoyed writing the third essay because it was on a controversy. I decided...
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...My writing skills have improved enormously in this class. I have learned the importance of doing several drafts. Doing one draft and then changing a couple of things would then produce a poorly written paper. In this class, first you need to start with some sort of prewriting, this is a way to get all thoughts down and organize them on a piece of paper. After finishing my first draft of the first paper I thought that my paper was decent. I then received my critique and recognized that there was still a lot more work to be done. After accepting some very helpful feedback I greatly revised my paper. Every draft that I wrote this semester was greatly improved each time. I look back at my first draft I ever wrote in this class and then look at my final draft on my research paper. This is crucial evidence showing how much I have learned in this class....
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...I face a lot of challenges when it comes to creating an acceptable paper. I have a negative outlook on my writing, I write a lot of cliche things, fragment sentences are my weakness, my vocabulary is poor, and I over think what is wanted from what I write. Struggling with this introduction, for instance, is one of my major weaknesses. A lot more work goes into it than there seems. I have to think “Did I capture the attention? Does my audience know where I’m going with this paper? Is it enough to make them curious to read more?” In the beginning of the semester, my introduction basically went straight into the paper like it was the first body paragraph. It was a confusing surprise. I’ve since worked on my introductions so they give more explanation toward the overall reason for the paper. Even if it’s not the best you’ve ever read, I’m more aware of why it’s not and that there are ways to strengthen it. I’d like to believe because of how self-aware I...
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...improved my writing in many ways. My writing was decent in terms of being able to write a basic coherent sentence in high school levels of writing. During high school I would write posts on interesting subjects on canvas. I’ve never really took these seriously. I’ve never really taken writing seriously either. The discussion posts have helped me write get used to write causal 250 work essays. This has had a profound impact in my writing this semester. It has given me comfort in writing difficult prompts from moodle or readings in our books. This e-portfolio assignment is the best work that I done all semester. It demonstrated what I’ve learned through the explanation of the reflections and the revision of the assignment that are improved drastically. When I was first writing my revisions, I was looking over the areas that need the most fixing. I read the comments on the previous assignments and used that as a guide. Two areas that needed improvement was the thesis and the supporting details. When revising my second assignment,...
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...When this project was first proposed in class, I became nervous, as my foundation in writing is not strong. I was eager to set aside time and help a student in need, however I didn’t believe that my skills were strong enough to do so effectively. I immediately initiated contact with Jonathan, and to my surprise he had asked to set up a meeting just a few short days after I was assigned this project. The first meeting lasted just over two hours, and I believe both Jonathan and I left the session happy with our progress. Furthermore, this tutoring session alleviated the concern I originally had, where I felt as though my writing proficiency was not strong enough to aid Jonathan properly. I had left the frequency that Jonathan and I would meet...
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