Categorias: Todos - databases - citations - grammar - rhetoric

por Mallory L Norvell 3 anos atrás

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Mallory Norvell ENGL102

The semester focused on enhancing critical thinking, research, and compositional skills through various assignments and activities. One of the main areas of improvement was research, particularly using databases and writing annotated bibliographies, which was a novel experience for the students.

Mallory Norvell ENGL102

Mallory Norvell ENGL102

PERSONAL GOAL 1: IMPROVE GRAMMAR SKILLS

COURSE GOAL 4: REFLECTION AND REVISION Understand composing processes as flexible and collaborative, drawing upon multiple strategies and informed by reflection.

This Course Goal was super important for this class. I felt as though peer review and reflection was the focal point of the semester. Peer review is something that can never hurt, but only help your project.
DD14HW1 was our peer review for project 2. I saw a lot of growth for me during this assignment. I learned that my first draft might look nothing like my final draft, and that that is okay.
DD10HW1 was our first full-draft peer review. This is the epitome of Course Goal 4 as we collaboratively improved our papers as well as reflect upon what we had learned in the process.
DD5HW3 was when we discussed what peer review was to us. This was important because in order to work collaboratively and effectively we needed to make sure everyone was on the same page for what peer review meant for us.

COURSE GOAL 2: CRITICAL THINKING AND COMPOSING Use reading and writing for purposes of critical thinking, research, problem solving, action, and participation in conversations within and across different communities.

The main way that we touched on this Course Goal this semester was through our research. Using databases and writing an AB was completely new to me, to this goal is probably the one that I improved upon the most this semester.
In DD4HW1, we actually conducted research for both popular and scholarly sources, fitting each into a different category on a worksheet. This helped layout the rest of Project 1.
In DD3, we generated research terms and learned how to use a database. These were both critical in order to have a smooth research project.

COURSE GOAL 3: CONVENTIONS Understand conventions as related to purpose, audience, and genre, including such areas as mechanics, usage, citation practices, as well as structure, style, graphics, and design.

Although we didn't work specifically on grammar this year, we did work on citation practices and design. I think my grammar skills improved through peer reviews though.
For DD7HW2, we used the peer review feedback in order to perfect our drafts both grammatically and in the citations. This was the main point of emphasis for this Course Goal this semester
DD6HW1 was all about peer reviewing and revising our citations for the AB. This assignment definitely helped us learn how to correctly cite sources.

PERSONAL GOAL 3: BECOME MORE FAMILIAR WITH RESEARCH

COURSE GOAL 1: RHETORICAL AWARENESS Learn strategies for analyzing texts’ audiences, purposes, and contexts as a means of developing facility in reading and writing.

For rhetorical awareness this semester, I think that I best display my learning of this topic through the activities surrounding the topic of learning your audience, and how to connect with them.
In DD13HW1, we learned all about visual persuasion which was necessary for our Project 2. It was important to understand how to apply what we had learned about rhetoric to a visual project rather than a written one.
In DD5HW1, we analyzed the purpose and the audience of each article we had selected for our annotated bib. this was important because really had to have a good understanding of rhetoric in order to do this HW.
In DD2HW1, we explored the rhetoric in our own lives. this gave me a new, expanded understanding of what rhetoric meant for my future career.
PERSONAL GOAL 2: BECOME A MORE WELL ROUNDED WRITER