Outcome 6 (Sentence-Level Error) – Control sentence-level error (grammar, punctuation, spelling). (Word Count: 180) As for sentence-level errors in my writing, I feel as though I do pretty well with that too. As I write, I do little revisions along the way before I do my final touches after my whole piece is written. I also have either my friends or family proofread my writing to make sure it makes sense. Sometimes I will read my writing out loud when I do…
Outcome 5 (Document Work MLA) – Document their work using appropriate conventions (MLA). (Word Count: 175) I did well with my Works Cited throughout the semester. I find having a proper works cite page makes a paper look more professional so I usually do those first before I even start tackling my essay. This also ensures that I have one so I don’t forget to do a works cited page 20 minutes before the essay is due. I find that having a…
Outcome 4 (Peer Review) – Be able to critique their own and others’ work by emphasizing global revision early in the writing process and local revision later in the process. (Word Count: 307) I liked doing peer review. College peer review was much more helpful than high school as we focused on critiquing the content of the essay and how it related to the prompt rather than the little things such as grammar or sentence structure. It was helpful for me to…
Outcome 3 (Active Reading) – Employ techniques of active reading, critical reading, and informal reading response for inquiry, learning, and thinking. (Word Count: 266 words) My styles of annotations have stayed the same through the semester. I mostly focused on questioning annotations as I want more info about certain things. For example, when I was reading “The Other Problematic Outbreak” I wanted to know more about how a lawmaker would think. I annotated this article with the idea of wondering how others…
Outcome 2 (Integrating Ideas) – Be able to integrate their ideas with others using summary, paraphrase, quotation, analysis, and synthesis of relevant sources. (Word Count: 288) Before I came to college, my analysis of quotes were a little weak. It was usually one sentence and that was it. Granted, my analyses still aren’t Pulitzer Prize winning, but they are a little better due to the time we have spent in class on integrating sources. Even within the first essay, my analysis was…
Outcome 1 (Recursive Process) – Demonstrate the ability to approach writing as a recursive process that requires substantial revision of drafts for content, organization, and clarity (global revision), as well as editing and proofreading (local revision). (Word Count: 334) At the beginning of the semester, I never really thought about the recursive process that much. Once we started to look in depth at revision in the class however, I actively focused on it. For example, our thesis workshops in class helped me…
Serhan and McLaughlin’s essay on the dangers of xenophobia surrounding pandemics relate to past sources through the ideas of empathy and making connections. For example, in Serhan and McLaughlin’s essay, the idea of empathy is introduced slowly throughout the whole piece. Eunice, a prominent figure in the essay states, “When you wear a mask, it’s a symbol of solidarity to other people,It’s [a way of] saying, ‘I understand that things are scary, but here is a thing that I’m going…
Xenophobia is an irrational fear or dislike of people who are from different countries. It relates to Covid-19 as Asian people have been targets of violence since the beginning of the pandemic. Countries have placed bans/sanctions against people of Asian descent. Many victims of the prejudice and xenophobia felt afraid for their safety. As for the political factors, leaders (who held implicit and explicit bias) felt “afraid” for their countries. Even though they probably felt as if they were doing…
My essay’s most notable strength was my personal experience in my introduction. It was able to hook my reader in. I wrote, “My younger brother is confined to a wheelchair, as he has cerebral palsy. Every time we go out into the world as a family, we always get some stares. As I started to get older I would try and decipher the stares. Some meant “Oh I’m so sorry you have to deal with this” or “Wow”, but most…
The unique challenges Cadogan faces have to do with how other people perceived him. For example, in Jamaica he states he could have been shot if he wore the “wrong color”. He would make friends with strangers and talk with them for hours. He loved the “rules of the streets” and felt more comfortable there than he did at home. The contrast between his old home and how his new home created a feeling of curiosity. While he was in…
