Write a portfolio reflection identifying at least three problems encountered in becoming a proficient reader ans writer and the solutions you implemented to resolve those problems. Support your response with specific assignments or skills taught in class.
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Three problems that I have had in becoming a proficient reader/writer is my word choice, my explanations, and my understanding of the play. For my word choice, I can be very vague when I write so the sentence can be hard to understand. I have gotten better at my explanations because of the practice we have done in class. Finally, as I read more of the play, it became easier to understand because of all the analyzing passages we did in class.
ReplyDeleteThree problems I noticed in my writing are word choice, relating details and examples to the topic, and explanation. It seems that I have the ideas in my head, but I can't put them down on paper. To help resolve these problems, I'll expand my vocabulary, read more Shakespeare, and try to have a better understanding of the topcs I am writing about.
ReplyDeleteI agree with John. Understanding the play was much eaiser because of the teacher's help and all the analyzis we did in class. It definitely made my understanding of the oh-so-confusing-Romeo-and-Juliet much better and easier, although I could have understood it a little more.
ReplyDeleteSome of the problems that i ran into were: correctly using 3rd person, diction, and the overall length of my writting assignments. When we were working on "Our Town" i was very bad with using words such as "you" and "your", but when i wrote the essay for Romeo And Juliet i didnt use those words at all. Also all of the class lessons on integrating quotations got me into the habit of using atleast the minimum ammount of quotations necessary if not more than is necessary. Those integration lessons along with the more difficult reading we have done this year has improved my vocabulary, so my diction in my writting has substantially improved from last year.
ReplyDeleteI too agree with John, all of the analizing we did in class has deepened my understading of writing from the Elizabethan era, which really proved useful towards the end of Romeo and Juliet
ReplyDeleteI ran into the problem of integrating my quotations. I need to make them flow more smoothly. Also, I need to work on using the third person in my writing, especially in quotations. I got better at this in the letter to a friend assignment and since then have done a better job. I have decreased my use of the words "you" and "your". Also, at the beginning of the unit I had a hard time understanding Shakespearean language. However, after analyzing a few passages I could comprehend it more.
ReplyDeleteAs a writer in the Romeo and Juliet unit I started out struggling with three main things. The first was after I would quote a line I would not explain HOW but I would paraphrase instead. To fix this problem I reread my work to make sure my support was not rephrasing the quote. The second one was I would have trouble integrating quotes. I would just start with he said she said but I learned to do them efficiently. My last problem was my word choice would be poor. I started to use synonyms for each word that could be better and it worked because I started to get 100% on all my essays. I solved my problems and have now become a better writer.
ReplyDeleteWhen I became a writer and proficient reader, I had trouble with my explainations of qoutes from books, word choice, and making quotes from books or stories run smoothly. I've fixed and improved my explainations of quotes when I asked other students of my teachers to check my work and the work we did in class helped too. I have also been doing bad on my word choice and I ask my parents now to see if I could use better words than the ones that I used in my writing. I used to write essays with quotes that weren't strong and now I find it easier to find qoutes when I think carefully about the qoutes to see if it is strong or not. Now that I improved in those areas, my essay, BCR's and ECR's are better than they were before.
ReplyDeleteI had similar problems as Rachel. I had trouble integrating quotations smoothly. I also had trouble making my analysis of the quotations insightful and not just a summary. However, as time went on these problems became less and less frequent.
ReplyDeletewell i have nothing in my portfolio so if you can give me another assignment to do so i can get the points for it, that would be cool. thanks
ReplyDeleteI agree with Josh because Shakespeare's writing was also hard for me to understand. Analyzing some parts of the texts from Shakespeare's plays also helped me understand the text more. Now I can interpret what Shakespeare says in his plays better.
ReplyDeleteThree problems I had were clearly explaining my quotations, explaining my ideas and conclusions, and writing better conclusions. In the essay about a secondary charecter, I needed to explain more about each statement and make sure I had support for everything. Also, I've always had problems writing conclusions because i basically just repeat everything i've said in my body paragraphs.
ReplyDeleteThree problems I had were analyzing instead of paraphrasing quotes, word choice, and understanding Shakespeare's writing. I didn't explain how a quote I used worked as an explaination, instead I would just paraphrase, in order to fix this I would pick the qoutes I would use and plan how to explain how they explained my point instead of paraphrasing. In my writing my word choice was not always the best for the situation so I thought of words that would better fit the circumstance or support my point. In order to better understand Shakepeare's language I made sure to read the notes in the book again if I didn't understand something.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rachel Lee and Josh. I also had problems understanding Shakepeare at times, so i found that rereading the passage and analyzing the text helped me understand better. I also now understand Shakepeare's writings better.
ReplyDeleteThree problems I have encountered are explaining quotes,staying in third person, and understanding Shakepeare. Practicing BCR's in class helped me with explaining quotes correctly. Also when Mrs. Dougless showed the class how to keep a quote in third person that helped me stay in third person. To understand Shakepeare, in class I would analyis passages from "Romeo and Juliet".
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rachel Lee. I too had trouble with making quotes run smoothly. Asking the teacher is a great solution to this problem. For my secondary essay I asked Mrs. Dougless how I can make a quote stay in third person and make it ru smoothly.
ReplyDeleteA few problems I've noticed in my writing was my organization, sentence fluency and conclusions. For the secondary character essay, we were not allowed to use the word "says". This reminded me to use more meaningful transition words when intergrating quotes. It also forced me to make my sentences more fluent. Also, my conclusions usually just restate the thesis with a bit of insight. So I can try to connect my conclusions with stronger ideas and deepen the insight.
ReplyDeleteBeginning this quarter, I knew I had skills I needed to work out. As the quarter went on, I discovered this skills consisted of conventions, opening and closing sentances, and knowing the difference between informal and formal writing. With conventions, just learning what I was doing wrong and fixing it was enough to help me write without mistakes. One thing I still need to continue to work on next quarter is closing and opening sentances, making sure there are not irrevelant but not just a fact. Also, I still need to work on realizing when it is okay to use slang (never) and when to use certain structurs of writing when writing formally or informally. I will get more practice at this everytime I write.
ReplyDeleteI noticed Nevetita had trouble with her conclusions. Similiarily, I had a hard time with my concluding sentances.
Three problems I had/have as a writer is that I had trouble making my story run smoothly, and I have been having trouble making my analysis of the quotations insightful. After I write a quote, I have a hard time explaining it in detail and looking farther than what the quote really gives me. Lastly, I also have a problem with word choice and picking out specific words that best explains my writing piece. I agree with Rachel and I do the same thing, by asking my parents if there is a better word I could use than the one i was already using. More than 90% of the time, they always find a better word I could use.
ReplyDeleteThree consistent challenges I have struggled with in my writing include my analysis of Shakespeare's text in plays, word choice, and sentence flow. When I tried to explain how a quote demonstrated a theme or characteristic, I would typically just analyze the legitimate meaning of the quote, not the "how". As for word choice, I sometimes use words that do not fit well with the context of my writing piece. In addition to these problems, my sentence flow can sometimes sound choppy and therefore confuse the reader. In order to solve these problems I will focus on explaining how a quote exemplified something instead of saying what it means. I will also use a thesarus wisely and re-read my sentences out loud to make sure they sound concise and easy to comprehend.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Justin when he says he has trouble making his essays run smoothly. Sometimes my sentences contain fragments or are run ons, thus confusing the reader. The sentence fragments also make my essay less concise.
ReplyDeleteI have the same problem in my writing as Alli does. My sentuences need to be more fluent. Sometimes my sentences are choppy and awkward. Although I have noticed that my sentences are getting a little better by reading aloud. I can continue trying to improve my sentence fluency by asking for a second opinion from friends.
ReplyDeleteThe problem i have had with my writing is diction,sentence flow, and anlysis. when reading romeo and juliet these things really messed me up because the way the play was written made it even harder to understand. to resolve this problem i took my time rereading the sentences but it didn't really help.
ReplyDeletei agree with justin and alli because my sentences do sometimes end up as run ons or fragments. i omly noticed these after i get my paper back or while typing on the computer.
ReplyDeleteThree problems I encountered in becoming a proficient reader and writer are organization, developing my ideas and sentence fluency. Most of these problems came from my primary secondary character essay. I understand my problems and have created solutions to help me with my next essay. With organization I could plan out what I am going to write even before the first draft because I did that for the sonnet and I think it came out very well. The solution for developing my ideas is to think about broad topic sentences then use details from the text and support them. Which is also what I should of done a little better in my essay. The solution for sentence fluency is to read the Writer's INC book, that I have at home, to understand how to make my sentence connect better.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Leanna M that another way I can solve my sentence fluency problem is by reading it aloud to myself or maybe even to my parents or brother.
ReplyDeletethree problems i had with writing is my word choice,organization,and sentences turning out to be run on sentences. I did become better when i did practice BCR's. i was able to figure out my mistakes then i was able to fix my problems and i became better at writting, Eventhough i don't get it perfect all thee time i do keep practicing inorder to get better the next time.
ReplyDeletei agree Leanna M. it is best to ask a family member or friends to help you out if you are stuck or just want someone to look over your work.
ReplyDeleteI got better with my conclusions as we did more essays, and I agree with Rachel Lee and Lorena about asking parents for help. I usually ask my older brother to proof read my work and sometimes Mrs. Douglass. I find using the thesaurus on Microsoft Word helps a lot with word choice and diction, because I had trouble finding good words that were a little more clear and specific. Now, my essays are stronger with better explanations and precise diction.
ReplyDeleteThe three problems that I encountered in becoming a proficient reader and writer were run-on sentences, vocabularies and, understanding of texts. The assignments that helped me improve these conflicts were the text annotations and the BCR’s. Annotating the Romeo and Juliet texts helped me understand the play a little better. The BCR’s really helped me because I started realizing my mistakes such as the run-on sentences. Because of the BCR’s, I got the habit of looking in the dictionary for more vocabularies; I kept on using fill-in words because I did not know any new vocabularies.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Nevetita because, I have difficulties with the conclusions. As she said, I basically repeat everything in my body paragraphs too. It is hard for me to understand how to create a conclusion for BCRs.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Justin. With the book Romeo and Juliet, it was hard to look deep into a quote to see what it was saying and not just rewriting the quote. I too have trouble with picking the right word to add to my writing to express what I want to be expressed.
ReplyDeletethe three problems encountered in becoming a proficient reader and writer was organization, diction, and coming up with a good conclusion. Annotating our text in class together and sharing our thoughts really helped me with organization. it helped me get a better understanding of the text, which helped me organize my thoughts better. Also, peer editing papers helped improve my writing in gerenal because it helped me see what kind of mistakes other students were making and it helped me not to make the same ones.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tara. Sometimes i have dificulty writing down what exactly is on my mind. i find it hard to find the write words to describe my thoughts
ReplyDeleteThe three problems i had when becoming a proficient reader and writer was my word choice, explanation and idea developement for my essays. When i was writing my essay, i clearly knew that i needed to use better word choice to explain my sentencess more in depth. For explanations, i believe that i have gotten much better because of the way Mrs. Douglass taught us. Idea develpoement i also believed that i got better by the way my essay sounded and the way my sonnet sounded. I thought that essays really gave us the challenge to show and prove what we were capable of writing. For word choices, i often use the thesaurus to find a better word with the same meaning. This was the different kinds of problems i faced and solutions when becoming a proficient reader and writer
ReplyDeleteI agree with Saeri because i strongly too agree that peer editing helped my writing. I learned how to write in different styles and i learned about different mistakes to help me minimize my mistakes.I think that peer editing is very helpful when writing an essay.
ReplyDeleteThe three problems I encounterd in becoming a proficient reader and writer were not using a wide range of vocabulary, not really explaining what certian things mean in my paragraphs and repitition. I try to solve these problems by looking in a thesurus for better word choices or asking people around me what word would best fit into the sentences. I also go through and underline what words or pharses that have been repeated and change them atferward.
ReplyDeleteThe three problems I had when becoming a proficient reader and writer was explaining the subtext, properly quoting the text, and using strong textual evidence when supporting my claim. When asked to explain how a character felt, I often stumbled upon the mistake of annotating and rephrasing what was said as oppose to elaborating and comparing what I read back to the book. When quoting the text I failed to use the proper format. I also used more broad and unspecific evidence from the text when supporting my thesis. Some solutions were simply getting used to writing the correct format. I also found peer-editing to be very helpful beccause it was much easier to see the problem when it wasn't coming from our own work.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Saeri and David because the peer-editing was very helpful. I also agree with Laina and Nevitita when mentioning the difficulty of creating a conclusion sentence.
ReplyDeleteThe main problems that I had that kept me from becoming a proficient reader and writer were understanding the play, integrating my quotations, and making sure my essays sounded smooth. I found that the peer reviews that were held in class we very helpful. Peer-editing helped me make sure my quotations made sense and that my essay flowed smoothly.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with john. My explanations have become much more clear and understandable because of all the practice we have done in class. The class time we spent analyzing passages was very useful because it helped me understand the play better.
ReplyDeleteThree problems I have that keeps occurring in my portfolio is my word choice, explanation, and making quotes make sense in my writing. I plan on using strong word and learning new words that might help my writing. I could also read more in to the play or text to further my understanding so when I am explaining something it is clearer. For making my quotes run smoother I would just have to understand the play more. For instance in class when we were learning how to write quotes for our secondary character essay and our relationship BCR we wrote in class.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Katie. The peer editing that we did in class was very helpful. Our classmates who have never heard our essays before could explain to us what was wrong with it and how we can change it to make it better. If we did not peer-edit our essays they probably wouldn’t be as well writing because we would probably be the only one reading it and wouldn’t have someone else’s ideas and someone else’s point of view as a reader and not a writer.
ReplyDeleteI don't know of three problems because as i looked back on my writting i got an A on pretty much everything except a B and a C i saw which were both from shakespeare(i dont like him :D) but the mistakes were things such as run-ons, and i believe the other was making it make sense. I fully agree with Jenn Doan if it wasn't for peer-editing everyones essay probally wouldnt have been as well written.
ReplyDeletethe poem was a drag and had to count the syllables and follow rules for writing which i dont like at all. but after that nothing was really hard.only had problems with run on or didnt know how to explain my idea correctly.
ReplyDeletei agree with kinney since shakespeare is really boring. And i had the same problems with my writing. So peer-editing saved my grade just like jenn said.
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Three problems I have when I write are organization, smoothing out my essays and understanding the meanings behind Romeo and Juliet. When I write I tend to scribble scentences down as I think of them. Then I found that I have to go back through then and be sure that they flow smoothly and are organized so they make sense. I also had difficulties in understanding the language of the elizabethan time and bringing out the real meaning of it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tara. I had really good ideas and explanations for quotes and actions that the characters of Romoe and Juliet did but I found it difficult to put them on paper. I think that if the language was easier to understand then I could have more easily recognized then meaning to the play and written down my ideas.
ReplyDeleteI had the same problems as Ally did as well. I had issues analyzing the text and also with my word choice. It was something I have overcome and it seems that she did too. One thing I noticed in her anwser that I didn't remember for mine was that I too had problems with sentence flow. I had issues with run-ons and fragments but through peer-review I worked on it. It is interesting to see that someone is struggling with the same things as you, but you think you are one of the only ones who has that problem.
ReplyDeleteLast semester my grades for all of my writing assignments have all been B's or below, and rarely A's. In my writing a lot of times grammar is a reoccurring issue. As well as ideas and development and organization. This quarter I spent more time working on my body paragraphs and sentence fluency. Many times I would even track down friends and ask them to read my essay for any issues. Often i would have to correct many things with my spelling/punctuation. I also find that re-reading out loud what i wrote makes a big difference too. By changed the way I write and getting help my grades this quarter have improved immensely. Since my changed habits my grades have changed from B's to A's. :)
ReplyDeleteI agree with John Cardea and Tara. Writing about Shakespeare is much more difficult because you must understand what he is saying before writing about it. Sometimes (like Tara) I have trouble writing down what I'm actually thinking, and writing about Shakespeare creates much more confusion for me. Most of the time I know how to explain and what i should explain for a quote, but the language tangles me up, and i don't know where to start.
ReplyDeleteThroughout this quarter I have noticed many issues I can fix in my writing.One issue I need to fix is using the right tense while writing. I have to know how to use each tense to fix my writing. Another is using third person, I use first person and in my writing I should not be using it. I also have to learn how to quote correctly which includes me integrating my quotes with my writing and picking quotes that aren't to long.If I fix these issues I will be able to inhance my writing.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Tara and John. It is very diffucult to write about Shakespeare, you have to understand what he is trying to say in his play's then write. Also it is more diffucult to integrate the text with it because it's modern english with Shakespeare's writing.
ReplyDeleteI noticed that Shakespear was a very hard subject for me. His laugauge is just so diffrent from ours so it was hard to understand what he meant most of the time. The only soultion for me was to keep practing and keep trying to understand. Once i did understand and we shared our thoughts to the class it was easier to read and write about what had happened in that section.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Dia. Writing about how a charater was feeling was very hard if you dont know what the text says. And finding support was pretty hard. But you just have to practice and soon you'll get better (:
ReplyDeleteSome problems I encountered in becoming a proficient writer were not developing ideas fully and the overuse of words such as "very", especially in my secondary character essay. I need to proofread my paper to make such problems like that do not happen. I also need to vary word choice. I can help vary word choice in my papers by using a thesaurus as I have tried to for some of my more recent papers.
ReplyDeleteI also had some of the same problems John had. My word choice and understanding of Romeo and Juliet were two problems we both had. Understanding the text was made easier by the notes in the book and by the work done in class. My understanding could be more complete and my wordchoice better but I have improved as a reader/writer.
ReplyDeleteThree problems that I had during my writing in this quarter are word choice, making ideas in my writing more clear, and I need to reread my work before I turn it in. For my word choice, I would repeat transition words. But the essays have helped me move out of my comfort zone and find new ways to say the same things. I don't explain or elaborate enough, so by writing essays, they also helped me write down all my ideas and then edit it later. I was looking through my portfolio and I realized all the stupid mistakes I had from not rereading my paper. All of my pieces helped me with this obstacle.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Katie about how it was hard to integrate quotes. Many people struggled with it in so peer editing helped me and the explanations of Mrs. Douglass helped too.
ReplyDeleteThree problems I had this marking period was reading the final drafts of my work, not procrastinating, and incorporating quotes. I had pretty much never read my essays after they came off the printer, leaving many small errors in my work which cost me points. Also, I oftentimes didn't even start my essays until the day before they were due, leaving them rushed and lacking quality. Finally, I didn't incorporate quotes into my sentences very well - they always ended up sounding broken and unclear.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rachel Lee - I really had a hard time incorporating my quotations, and every sentence featuring a line from the play left something to be desired.
ReplyDeleteThree problems I had were explaining my support without paraphrasing, choosing strong transition words and staying in present tense. In many of my essays I would use a quote but I couldn't explain it well without just restating the quote, but with all of the essays, they helped me get passed that challenge and the other ones.
ReplyDeleteI agree with John, I also had a problem with my explainations, however, the work in class helped me improve.
ReplyDeleteSome of the problems I had were using enough evidence to support what I was trying to say, and understanding Shakespeare through his Elizabethian slang. While I could understand most of what was going on, many of the older phrases often through me for a loop. I also need to work on using grammer appropriately.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Andrewabout working around my procrastination. When writing the essay, I decided to continuously put to off to do something else of lesser importance. Because of this, the essay I turned in was rushed and half done.
A few problems I had were being able to support my thesis with the right support, staying on track with my thesis, and quote flowing with the sentence. From the beginning of the year until now, I have improved in those, I have solved all of my problems listed above, but not entirely, I still struggle sometimes when i'm confused, for example with Romeo and Juliet, the language can be confusing and I can sometimes misinterpret what's going on. I agree with Andrew, I sometimes procrastinate and I usually do not read my final drafts, sometimes missing fatal errors like badly integrated quotes.
ReplyDeleteI found that when writing, my sentence fluency sometimes suffered but mostly my conventions were off. I need to thoroughly edit my paper to stop making grammatical mistakes and vary my sentence structure. Another problem I had, always keeping in the same tense, can be fixed by editing better.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Tara M because I also sometimes struggled with word choice. My word choice suffered when integrating my quotes into my essays. I need to work on diversifying my sentence structure and next time can use a thesaurus to help vary word choice.
ReplyDeleteOK so I THOUGHT I improved as a writer........obviously I was wrong.... :***(
ReplyDeleteyeah. I am better at third person now, I just have to work on transitions and other useless stuff like that (wink wink I'm JUST KIDDING MRS DOUGLASS!) :) :) :) :) :)
My word was also lacking ,because my vocabulary bank is currently dry. Lord knows the last time I read a book. OH well, that's what SPRING BREAK! is for.(this is a response to Kevin and Tara)
ReplyDeleteThree problems I encountered in becoming a proficient reader and writer were trying to understand Shakespeare, intigrating quotes when writing, and using subtext, not paraphrasing. Annotating certain main passages in the play really helped me understand the play a lot better. In class we also practiced intigrating quotes which helped me in my writing. Also after one of our first writing assignments, Ms. Douglass gave feedback on how I was paraphrasing. So, on the next writing assignment I tried my hardest to use subtext and I kept on getting better and better.
ReplyDeleteI also similarly had a problem like cmarkot. I needed to make my ideas more clear by elaborating more. So, I took my time when writing to plan out my ideas a thoroughly write with a lot of explanation.
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ReplyDeleteThree major problems that i had in my writing was word choice, explanations, and sentence fluency. i noticed that in my writing pieces i continously used words that were not strong enough to get my point across or very precise, especially in the essay we wrote. Also, in the relationship BCR i pharaphrased instead of actually analyzing what the quotes meant, in my explanations. Moreover, my sentence fluency was not very good. My sentences were sometimes confusing and did not always make sense, this occured alot in my leter to a friend. All in all, i need to continue to proof read and get a second opinion also.
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i agree with rachel lee and lorena, about asking one's parents or family members for help on the writing pieces.i always ask my parents for help, but mostly my sister, who is in an AP english class and she is a great proof reader. She always tells me my misakes and tells me what i can do better.However, when my friends proof read my essays, they are always afraid to tell me my mistakes. Getting help from family members is very benficial to my writing.
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ReplyDeleteI believe 3 problems i have with my writing are sentence fluency, grammar and a few run-ons here and there. One way my sentence fluency can be helped is through myself going over my sentences and seeing whether or not they roll off the tongue. For grammar I should make sure I have someone in my family or a friend check to make sure everything is precise and exact. And for the last problem, run-ons, I guess I could once again ask someone to re read or ask Ms. Douglass to double check that no run-ons
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I agree about using a thesaurus to make each and everyone of your sentences fresh and new. A thesaurus is a great item to use when you want to avoid using the same words over and over again. However you need to make sure that the words you choose that replace the original aren't fillers but mean something to the over all gist.
Three problems I have in writing include explanation, grammar, and quotation integration. I believe that the quote integration assignments taught to us in class helped me to understand how to correctly put quotations into my sentences. I learned from my own mistakes on previous assignments which helped me to correct the issues of improper grammar and insufficient explanation. I saw that I did not completely explain my ideas and realized that I must explain myself more efficiently.
ReplyDeleteI struggle with Andrew He's writing problems also. When I write, my quotes sometimes get lost in translation, as I rarely understood them myself. I also procrastinate, which causes my assignments to be worse than they could be. I recommend that we stop procrastinating and work harder! (:
ReplyDeleteThree problems that I have in becoming a proficient reader and writer are putting a variation to my word choice, integrating my quotations, and using third person. In order to improve my word choices, I have started using the thesaurus to incorporate stronger and bigger words. In order to integrate my quoted I need to provide more detailed explanations. I have gotten more proficient at avoiding third person because of the practices and BCR’s we have done in class. It is my goal to improve all three skills by the end of this semester.
ReplyDeleteThree problems I had this marking period was editing my final drafts of papers, understanding Shakespeare's language, and incorporating quotes. After printing out my final copy, i never took the time to read over my Final draft because i relied on computer tools such as Spell check to fix any grammar mistakes. This mistake led to many lost points on my Letter to a friend assignment.Second, i think the quote intergrating assignments had a great effect on helping me and the class correctly insert quotes. Finally, Shakesperae uses a type of language that many people find hard to understand, but annotating specific parts of Romeo And Juliet helped me grasp the information more efficiently.
ReplyDeleteI agrree with Andrew He's problems. Procratsination can lead to bad papers resulting in worse grades. Also, I agree with Julie becasue understanding Shakespeare's lines was already hard enough but using them in a bcr wasa big nuisance.
ReplyDeleteThree problems i had with writing was in the areas of diction, voice, and reasoning. For diction i use very general and easy words. The solution for me was to lengthen my vocabulary to enhance my writing assignments. For voice i am unable at times to engage the reader in what i am trying to convey to them. The solution i had was to make my message more entertaining and for the reader to think a little bit about what i am saying. And for reasoning i sometimes give straight forward and confusing details to support my idea. The solution was for me to understand what i am writing about and then be able to relate it back to the theme.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rachel that for the Romeo and Juliet assignment it was hard to find quotes to integrate. I also sometimes ask my parents for other vocabulary words as well since i cant seem to think about one for myself.
ReplyDeleteThree problems that I had were integrating quotations, explaining more thoroughly, and varying in diction. The Shakespeare essays helped to improve my explanations and word choice. The assignments on integrating quotes helped me to more smoothly integrate my quotations.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Akshay. Voice is where something can be related to the reader. Voice can be difficult to accomplish in writing assignments.
ReplyDeleteI agree with John Cardea. It was very difficult to understand the vocabulary Shakespeare used in "Romeo and Juliet." However, once we did all the annotation exercises in class, it became easier to understand and analyze the story.
ReplyDeleteThree problems I had this quarter were word choice, sentence fluency, and paraphrasing instead of explaining. In most of my essays/BCRs I used boring and unoriginal word choice. To solve this, I used an online thesaurus to find more interesting words. I also noticed in my writing I wrote many sentences that made sense to me, but left others somewhat confused… To solve this problem and make my sentences more fluent/understandable, I had my peers read and edit my essays/BCRs. Lastly, in the language/imagery BCR, I paraphrased most of my quotes instead of adding insight to them. I noticed this and in the relationships BCR, I reread what I had written to make sure I wasn’t paraphrasing.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Trishank because, like him, I relied to Spell Check to proofread my writing. I never really took the time to read my papers after I printed them… This lead to many confusing sentence and words that were spelled correctly, but were wrong in the context of my writing.
ReplyDeleteThe main problems I had were; interpreting my quotes, using third person and finding relevant quotes. I had problems figuring out what Shakespeare was trying to say. I couldn't thoroughly explain some of his quotes. I always found myself using first person, especially in quotes. Also I could never find quotes that really expressed my ideas. I had the most problems with quoting what Shakespeare was saying.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Anh. I think the assignments help me to state better quotes. I also found it hard to explain my quotes. I also agree that all the assignments help me in using quotes.
ReplyDeleteThree problems I encountered in my writings were bad syntax, connecting the thesis statement of each paragraph to the thesis sentence of the intoduction, and descibing exactly how language shows a character's beliefs. I had touble with sentence structure in my opinion essay, and to get better at writing proper sentences, I reworked my problem sentences to make sense.
ReplyDeleteIn the secondary character essay, I had trouble connecting each body paragraph to the introductary thesis sentence. When I wrote the essay about how the language of a passage shows a character's thoughts, I wasn't very clear on HOW it did that. For both of these, I looked them over and thought about how I could have improved it. In future essays, I didn't have any more of these problems because I read them over carefully and edited them before turning them in.
I agree with David, the peer editing was very helpful. It offered a second opinion, which is essential because many people are blind to their own mistakes. Peer editing helps to comb through most of the problems in an essay that are hard to catch.
ReplyDeletethree problems i had were:
ReplyDelete1. grammar issues
2.i didn't explain my thinking fully
3. i put excerpts too long
this was demonstrated on the paragraph for the play we had to present during class i will resolve these issues by giving more clear and thought out examples when i write. next i will make sure my spelling is correct and finally i will try to find the " juiciest " parts of excerpts to make them more short
i agree with Katlyn i have the same problems with my work. i wouldnt have good examples. on my essays/bcr's
ReplyDeleteThree problems i had while becoming a proficient writer were intergrating quotations smoothly, having a good topic sentence and having a good conclusion. I fixed intergrating quotes by seeing where the quotes fit into the line. I achieved good topic sentences and conclusions by making a small summery but not being too repeteive.
ReplyDeleteThree problems I had in my portfolio were organization, word choice and understanding f the play. In our essays particularly the latest one I had my most trouble in these subjects. To resolve my problems I will try to listen and analyze in class and try to incorporate the examples we learn in class into my own examples, for further comprehension of the assignment and the text.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Trishank. His problem of not reading over work after it's printed was also a problem for me. I also agree with Andrew He with our shared issue of procrastinating.
ReplyDeleteThree problems I always encounter during essay's are saying exactly whats on my mind because the way I want to write things are much differed from how I generate words in my head. Another problem is adding a smooth conclusion so it all works together because I run out of thoughts. And the last problem is when im writing something down I need to put it in a way the reader understands it and not how I understand it.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Rebecca because she has the same struggle when writing down something it doesn't sounds good as it should.
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