Thlog Week 6

             Finally Writing Project 2 is finally over with! Although this project was very tedious and took a lot of my time to write, I learned a lot after finishing it. I feel as though I improved with elaborating and incorporating much more detail in my thesis and analysis. I did struggle with putting my voice in the paper. I had trouble with limiting what I had to say with many of the concepts I tried to evaluate and explain. My problem was trying not to rant and go off topic. I tried not to sound too redundant, and I attempted to make my arguments clear yet interesting for my audience. After the four PBs and one WP I already completed, I found it much easier to determine who the audience is and to explain the genres/conventions of each piece. I repeatedly looked back at my past writings to help me organize and establish a way to layout and write my paper – and to incorporate the course readings.

 Although my thesis statement was much more detail-oriented and expressive, one aspect I struggled with was making it arguable/debatable. Though the paper explained the conventions, rhetorical features, and the “moves” of the author, so much of the information I included was purely factual- not opinionated. Hopefully my thesis statement accomplished what it was supposed to.

The peer review we do in class definitely helped me to see the parts of my essay that needed improving and further analysis. I not only became more familiarized with my writing and ways to improve it, but through editing my peer’s papers, I found ways to advance and develop my own. Also, through reading some of their body paragraphs and ways they introduced key concepts we learned in class, it gave me an idea of what I need to add. I hope this writing project has shown a huge improvement on my part.

I also enjoyed the online class we had on Wednesday and hope we are able to do more – having class in bed definitely beats class in the lab. The activities made me feel closer to other students in the class, because I got to communicate directly with people I never had. The independence and being isolated from the class allowed me to focus and write my responses more effectively and analytically. I now feel ready to take on WP3.