Blog 9

Well for starters I think I did learn quite a lot from this english class.It took me some time to comprehend exactly how to write a TS/Cd paragraph. I just kept on writing the way that I would normally write a paraagraph by telling a story. But once I got the TS/CD down, it was then that I was able to respond to many different types of texts.
Another thing that I had to understand was to not use the words you and your in my essays or just in my paragraphs. I better understan that the reader could take offence when reading my readings because she or he may hink that I am talking directly to them.
I also learned not to use contractions eventhough most people people use contractions when they talk. Plus not using contractions take up more of the paper. HaHaha! One thing I did not understand was why Teachers do not like exclamation points.I like using exclamation points I feel that it helps the reader better understand my expression that I am feeling at that time.
As far as quoting, I have learned that I must quote everything in my paper that is not in my own words. Even if it is rephrased or shall I say, even if I reword the phrase. I remember way back when I was in high school I did not quote everything that was taken from another source.
I had problems analyzing the movie Beautiful Girl, the critical analysis paper was the hardest paper for me in this class. I found it hard for to be able to analyze a movie because I really did not know who to start with. Plus the characters in the movie were a bunch of immature jerks. The last time I had to analyze something was a poem that read in english 101. I analyzed the poem line for line and maybe that is where I made my mistake at when doing the critical analysis.
Now as far as the research paper goes, i really did not want to do it. Knowing or thinking that it was a big part of my grade is frightening(spelling). Its like the pressure of being judged or something. The topic was a good one butit was just getting all the information then putting it together. I am still in the learning process as far as researching not to say that the techniques we used in this class was bad its just that every teacher has their own way of how they want a paper to look.
Overall I think that i met most of the goals in most of the papers. At this point itis too late to make revisions on any of the papers so I have not worked on any revisions today.