Ok well I had a chance to pull up Michelle's blog and saw what you wanted.
Well I have always pictured myself taking care of others.For a long period,I strongly believed that I was would be a Nurse. But now I am geering towards becoming a Teacher. At firs I did not understand why I had to take English classes but now that I have began taking classes for school again after 16 years I have found the class to be useful.I am a sophmore at Waubonsee Community College taking English 102. I have always known that in whatever profession I end up in I knew I had to have a degree in that profession. I have tried to complete most of my assignments in a timely manner. I have learned quite a few new skills that will be useful tools for my next classes.The most important thing I learned in the TS/CD paragraphs, it is the best way a person could and should write.
I am a big fan of putting things off til the very last minute. Since I have been in this class I have been trying to complete and turn in all of my work on time. Because I did not want to have to cram the last few weeks of school.Now I have a pattern or schedule, I make sure i do my English Homework On the Weekend and I do my other schoolwork during the week to space it out. that way I will have enough time to revise and rewrite my papers.
I have learned how to analyze and summarize a movie. I have learned to summarize different readings and give my opinion.I have learned to voice my own opinion about the different readings. I also learned how to think outside of my own thoughts asthough I was a person sitting in the audience. I have alson learned how to use synonyms with verbs to ensure the correct word is being used.
Overall I have learned a lot in this class and hopefully i will remember to use the different techniques that I have learned in my upcoming classes. I know ther is still need for much improvement in my writings.
Monday, December 13, 2010
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.
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.
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Blog 8
My research paper is going ok so far.I am having trouble with the citations, I do not quite get where to put the in text citations. But on the last two TS/CD paragraphs I think I finally have the in text citations done correctly.The topic is going well i think . I believe I choose a good topic but I will see once I receive my grade.Overall the paper is coming along just fine.
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