Blog #10

Wow what have I learned in this class. I have to say I have learned a lot. The formats taught have been great overall. I learned how to write more out of something really short. To be able to do this I used the old-new information format. This was and is becoming really essential when writing my papers. Mostly since I have learned that most teachers are page counters and when they say write four pages they mean it.

There are times when it can be written in about just two pages but the teachers want it in four pages. With the old-new information format it is so easy to get to four pages. It just happens automatically when you have really learned it. Yea it takes a while to get the hang of it but it is not as hard as some people many think it is. Although this varies from person to person.

Another thing I have learned to do is how to do the TS/CD. This has been one of the most important and interesting ways to format a paragraph. Before learning how to do this I never knew where I had to cite the information that was not mine. With this format it is so easy to know where everything goes. I think this is really going to be useful for the rest of my writing career. Although I will not be able to teach this to my pre-school students (when I become a pre-school teacher) since they don’t have capacity to learn this.

I feel better about my writing now that I have taken this class. I don’t see myself as such a bad writer anymore. I think I have improved through the semester. I think you have done a good job at teacher us these techniques. BTW my shoe sizes is a four :) i have really tinny feet :) hahaha

Blog #9

I found an ad on skin lotion. I liked this ad because I used that type of lotion most of the time. I wanted to purchase what was on this ad because it said that your skin would be really soft and silky. I think we all want skin that everyone wants to touch.  

I didn’t really understand the appeals. I think it was too much to read and my brain just didn’t want to read it although I did read it. Most of the information just slipped my head. I think it would have been better if we went over it in class more. Just to clarify what each appeal meant.

Overall I think this essay was the hardest one to write. It just didn’t seem interesting. I don’t think were used to having to think about what type of appeal it is. We just look at it and if we like the product we buy it there really isn’t much to it.   

Blog #8

I think that over all I did very well during the class time period. I understood about everything that was taught. It gave me a better understanding in how to be a better writer. I learned how to comprehend, analyze, and articulate the papers that I read and wrote in response to the reading.  It is key to comprehend what you are reading because if you don’t then it is hard to write a response. In fact you don’t just have to analyze what you are reading you have to analyze what you write to help you become a better writer.

            As the time passed I learned several skills such as the old information- new information strategy. This helped not only to clarify what the point of the writing but also to help make it longer. Let’s not forget that most teachers are page counters. Another skill that I learned was how to do the TS/CD which helped me develop the paragraphs easily. This also helped me by showing me exactly where I need to cite the information that is not mine.

Although I have improved my writing I think that I still have to improve my grammar. The packets did help and a lot but I still have some difficulties. With time and effort I am sure I will get the hang of it. Another difficulty was staying on task with the length of the articles that we had to read I got tired really easy. So I came up with a plan of reading a couple pages at a time and taking a break. It not only keeps my on topic but it helped me analyze what I was reading.

Overall I think that I used the techniques taught during class. Of course there are some that I will use throughout my life. On the other hand there are some that I will never look at in my life. No offence but some of them were really boring or just to complicated.

   

Blog #7

My resume is going pretty good. Although I don’t have as much information as I wanted to have. I’m not sure if I have to list all the school that I been too or just a few of them. I think I have a few good things that will pop out for my future employer. I’m still working on it at the moment. There is really not much to say about it.