Thursday, February 20, 2014
Unsure
I wanted to write to express my concerns about my first essay. We had our first peer review last night so I got to read other classmates work. There papers were very different than mine and it has me concerned if I did the assignment correct. I read the chapters in the book first, and they talked about writing a remembered story. A story with facts and quoits but, with thoughts and feelings also. A story with reflection and personal situations. That is what I wrote and felt pretty good about it. Then I went to D2L and found links the instructor had posted and it talked of thesis statements. With that information I had to go back and reevaluate my story and make sure it had all that it needed. I made changes rewrote some things and felt pretty good about that. Then came peer review, my reviews were not that bad but I am very unsure of my paper. I guess it is about too late to worry about it, I will just turn it in and learn from my mistakes. Now I have to start on my next paper rough draft due Wednesday, wish me luck on all counts, blog you latter. ; )
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I think we are all in the same boat. We were given the same assignment but yet everyone seemed to have a different interpretation of how the paper should be. I was unsure of the peer reviews after that also. But on many levels made me look at things differently.
ReplyDeleteLadies, if you did as Mary said (looked at the readings but then reapplied your actual assignment sheet I gave/ explained in class for essay #1) you should both be in good shape. The department makes us assign papers "loosely based" on the chapters in the book. They don't always fit exactly. As long as you are following my guidelines while incorporating tips about writing those particular types of genres from the textbook you should be good to go.
ReplyDeleteIf you ever have any questions/ concerns during or after Peer Reviews please bring it to my attention and we can all address it together or after class personally (if you'd prefer).
Thank you for writing on the blog about your concerns, Mary & thanks for continuing to interact. Good luck with Essay #2's RD & good luck next week with presentations. I hate it has to be so much more crammed due to the "snow day" 2/12/14'.
Ms. Hanson