Reflection on Open Letter Draft

In the following blog post I will reflect on my open letter draft by answering 5 questions! For my peer review I commented on both Mehruba's and Dylan's letters.

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1. Did you demonstrate an ability to think about your writing and yourself as a writer? 

Yes, absolutely. I discussed my dislike for writing, my bad habit with procrastination, as well as some skills I improved on this semester such as analysis of genre and rhetorical situations. I though about both of my strengths and weaknesses and I gave examples of each situation throughout my writing. 

2. Did you provide analysis of your experiences, writing assignments, or concepts you have learned?

I focused my analysis on my experiences with procrastination along with the concept of genre and how it helps improve writing both during this class and for the future. I hyperlinked many different writing assignments throughout the text to help aid as evidence for my analysis. 

3. Did you provide concrete examples from your own writing (either quotes from your writing or rich descriptions of your writing process)? 

Yes, oops I answered this question above for number 2.

4. Did you explain why you made certain choices and whether those choices were effective?

Yes, I explained how I wasn't effective when I made the choice to procrastinate project 2. In addition, I discussed how using genre analysis for my project 3 helped make that project successful as I considered the audience in an effective way that conveyed my argument really well. 

5. Did you use specific terms and concepts relating to writing and the writing process? 

Absolutely. Some of the terms I used included genre, time management, clustering/mindmapping, conventions, rhetorical situation and much more. 

Draft of Open Letter

In the following blog post I will present to you a draft of my open letter to the class! Please peer review in a way that is critical yet constructive. For my peer review I commented on both Mehruba's and Dylan's letters.
Here is a Link to my letter.

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Reflecting More on My Writing Experiences

In the following blog post I will reflect more on my writing experiences throughout my time her in english 109h.

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1. The biggest challenges I faced this semester overall was definitely getting all of the blog pre-work posts done. This semester had a lot more of the planning and process work to do than I am used to. I hd to really focus on time management, mindmapping, and research for all of my writings.

2. This semester I learned that with time management I was really successful, but I didn't prioritize my writing assignments with my other classwork. For example I planned to do all of the drawing and modeling assignments for my major and ended up finishing up my writing assignments the couple days before the deadline. I learned that once I do get to work, however, I am able to focus and get ita all done in a decent amount of time.

3. Genre is very important to understand when writing. When writing, understanding what genre your writing is in is very important as following the conventions of the genre and using rhetorical strategies that fit within the genre can make your writing more successful. With genres, it is important to not just understand the conventions, but the purpose, intended audience, and rhetorical strategies unique to each genre.

4. The skills from this course I feel I might use and/or develop further in my nest few years of college coursework are time management, researching my specific major, clustering/mindmapping, studying genre conventions, understanding rhetorical situation for a text, writing intros/conclusions, and using library databases.

5. My most effective moment from this semester in 109H has definitely when I decided to write a very visual piece for my project 3. I fully understood the genre that would cater best to my architectural audience and my writing successfully proved my understanding.

6. My least effective moment from this semester in 109H has been when I fell behind in project two. i didn't complete a couple of the blog posts and I rushed through most of them so it was harder to write that final product will less planning.

Revisiting My Writing Process

Unknown. "Architect at his drawing board" 25 May
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After this class, my writing process is still Sequential Composer and Procrastinator not much has changed. However, I do feel like my understanding of genre and how to write a successful article/argument has improved substantially.

I do enjoy how the peer editing process has allotted about a week of time for me to revisit my writing assignment and make changes before I turn my paper in. However, I cant see myself editing my paper on my own in the future without the help of peers and the allotted time set aside for editing. 

Having to write so many blog posts for every project helped me better understand the purpose of what I was writing. I knew what and why I had to write an assignment and the requirements were really easy for me to see. However, the daunting task of having to write so many blog posts fueled my bad procrastination habit. 

In the future I will probably remain the same type of writer when it comes to big writing assignments such as a multiple page essay or a research project for an elective. However, in employment my writing opportunities will probably be limited to letters and/or emails, so I might not be as much as a procrastinator when it comes to smaller writing tasks. I will need to learn to edit my writing assignments without the need for much help from others, but this course has taught me how to get stuff done even though there is a lot of work to do.