End of Class!!!!

Good Morning,
Writing Composition II has been a great class. My first suggestion to upcoming students for this class would be to stay on top of your assignments. It is one step at a time process. Once you decide what you want to research spend some time to find out if there is a lot of information on your topic. Highlight or take notes on your reading material. I printed my information out and highlighted the information that I wanted to incorporate into my paper. Once you decide what are the key points you want to cover in your paper then I found the outline method worked the best for me. From the outline you can make your flow of your paper from least important to most important. Paraphrasing was a challenge for me, trying to put my interpretation of the author's information can be hard some time. I feel good about this class and I walked away from it with a better understanding of how to be a better writer. Have confidence in yourself and you will be fine.

The writing experience

Since starting composition II I was a little apprehensive about my writing skills, I realized that I passed composition I with an A- and thought what else is there to learn about writing. Well I learned there is a lot more to just writing down on a piece of paper what your thoughts are. I have learned to recognize what is a reliable source and not just assume that everything you read is a true statement. I am still trying to get a handle on paraphrasing but I feel the more I do it the easier it will be. I had never heard of the paramedic method of revision before and I can see that a lot of what we write can be construded as useless words in a sentence. By using that method we can have clear concise sentences that make our paper easier to read. I have enjoyed this class and feel that I have come away with skills that I will be able to use in all my classes as well as work and personal writings. Thanks Dr. M you are a great professor!
Have a great day!
Deb

Peer reviews and my interpretation

Good Morning,
Sometimes I can be overly sensitive and I can take constructive critism to heart. By being a student now I have learned that we need not take constructive critism to heart but have an open mind and learn from it. I have learned alot from the discussion board and how others percieve your writing or your thoughts on certain things. It can give you a different view on topics.
I think this blog has been fun, you can use it as a journal and just write whatever is on your mind. It might be fun to keep it going and I think I might just do that.
Have a great day!
Deb