Thoughts on writing and community

english130time:

Hello again.

Well so far my inquiry paper is coming along pretty well, I don’t want to spoil anything so I won’t talk about it much. I will need to find more sources though. I need to find things that deal with other countries and dive a little further into history and trends. Doing the peer…

I am really glad that you found peer reviews so helpful and beneficial to improving and perfecting your own writing! They definitely help you to look at your own writing from a different angle and make you more aware of your own writing style!

awagoner3:

This writing project so far has presented several advantages to us in my opinion. First of all I vehemently will argue that in order to gain any sort of satisfaction and enjoyment from this project, you must have some sort of passion in what you are researching. I feel that if you don’t have that…

I am so glad that you found peer reviews so helpful and beneficial to your overall writing skills! They definitely make you look at your own writing from a different perspective!

dajackmn7791:

Because i was the first to turn in a paper for my group, I had no reference as to how good it was compared to my peers in the class. After going through all the peer reviews in class i was surprised to see that my draft was not nearly as bad as i thought it would be. I have never been that…

I am so glad that you found peer reviews to be so helpful! It does make you more aware of your own writing style and make you see it from a different perspective! 

awagoner3:

I really like the way the class is structured to cater to a progressional sense of our final paper. I think that the presentations are going to an excellent outro to this class. I guess in a sense it is a way for us the pupils to visually display our thoughts on our issues. And if you think about…

Presentations is one of my favorite parts of this class because it makes you aware of what other students have been researching and makes you really feel a part of one global community!

gartner3:

This course, English 130, was a pretty fun class. I learned a lot about discourses, communities, and topics around the world. This course also helped me in my writing process. It helped me realize that I need to do a lot of research for the papers I write. I also need to take the time to sit down…

I am glad that this class has been beneficial and improved your overall writing skills. Good luck with all your other future writing projects!

elisedoumitt:

This semester of english is almost at its end, and i just want to say that its taught me a lot. In the beginning, we learned a lot about communities and how they are a necessity of life. Everyone is apart of several different communities, and they mold and shape us into who we are. Without them,…

Thank you, Elise! I am glad you found this class helpful and beneficial for your overall writing skills! This class, being part of the GE, is teaching you not just the mechanics of writing, but how to be a critical thinker and thus, writer - vital skills for any educated person!

elisedoumitt:

This semester of english is almost at its end, and i just want to say that its taught me a lot. In the beginning, we learned a lot about communities and how they are a necessity of life. Everyone is apart of several different communities, and they mold and shape us into who we are. Without them,…

lakers1-:

With the essay’s all done and written up, 8 pages or more typed up, this year in English is almost over. With over 10000 words of written material in over 20 assignments in this class it is interesting to see what we will take away from this course.Will this class just end up as just another…

I concur! Writing also helps you to organize your thoughts because you really have to think carefully when you write and that in turn makes you more aware of your own ideas and thoughts!

carlosgeetarrivera:

During the last leg of the semester I finished up my essay ( whew) and I would say I am pretty satisfied with the results. I learned many things this semester, mostly in things pertaining to how to write a good, coherent, and persuasive essay. I learned unity and organization is very important in…

I am glad you learnt a lot in this class!

aferguson7:

Im not really sure if we do read other peoples papers, but I think that we should. I would really want my classmates to read mine, because part of my solution is to educate the community. I would love if I could help in a way so that my class would know all about campus rape and could take…

Alexsus, it is not required, but you can read others people’s papers in this class when they post their links to their e-portfolios. I will put together a document with all your links and post it on Vista so that people can read everyone’s paper if they want. Also, you can make your paper public and post it online (change your privacy settings on the paper to “make public on the web” and then anyone who types in “rape” in the google search will be able to access and read your paper.