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Meta Moment: What were some conceptions of writing you had prior to reading this research paper? Have your conceptions changed?
Before I read the paper I did not think texting and anything on social media was writing. I still don't believe texting and anything that involves social media is writing. I have never used texting lingo or emoticons in a paper and never plan to. I also believe that writing is very helpful for our future. I might not be writing papers the rest of my life, but I will be writing something. I want to be a teacher, so I will be writing emails and reports and different things like that.
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Applying and Exploring Ideas
2. The authors state that they are "working from the assumption that students lead complex writing lives," Then they go on to all of the ways that students' writing lives are complex. Makes a list of the various ways that your writing life is and has been complex, using their discussion as a model.
- The first thing they list is what students write in and outside of school. Although, I do not consider texting a form or writing, I do text a lot every day. They also say lecture notes are a popular form of writing. I take some form of notes everyday. They also say email is another popular form of writing. I send at least 1 email a day.
Wednesday, October 28, 2015
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
story time 10-27
Clifford has a family of robots. He has a mom, dad, 2 brothers, and a sister. One day while Clifford was out playing with his friends, he got a text from his mom saying come home. Clifford did not have his phone on him at the time, so he did not receive this text. When Clifford got home a couple hours later, he parents were very mad at him. They told him, his cell phone privleges were being taken away for a couple of weeks. Clifford got mad at this idea, so he flew away with his robot powers. While Clifford was out on his adventure, he had his dog with him, named Non. Non and Clifford did everything together, if fact, they were best friends. Every night Non would sleep with Clifford in his bed, and every morning when Clifford got up to exercise, Non got up with him and ran on the treadmill. When Clifford would go to school, Non would hide in his backpack all day. When I say they went everywhere together, and did everything together, they really did. Clifford and Non had not spent a day apart since Non came home to his new family. Clifford found Non on the side of the road one day, and that is how they became best friends.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
10-13 blog
Question: Write about what you have written this semester and what you plan on writing this semester.
Answer: I have not written a lot this semester. I have written a paper for English and I blog a lot in that class. In history I have written a 1 page paper and I have another one due this week. In biology I have written 2 papers. They were both over videos we watched, and then wrote a response to the videos. That is all the writing I have done this semester. I plan on writing 2 more papers for English, and continue to blog a lot more. For biology I plan on writing a couple more papers. Both of the papers with be responses to papers that we read or videos that we watch. We never have a prompt to go by like I would like regular essays. In history I plan to write a couple more papers. History papers are easy to write. The teacher just wants them to be 1-2 pages.
Question: What do you think you will be expected to write for your major?
Answer: I plan on majoring in Early Childhood Education/Special Education. I am actually not sure what I will have to write for that major. I am assuming I will have to write a couple of papers here and there, but I don't think I will have to write an abundant amount of papers throughout my years of taking classes for my major.
Question: How is the writing you have done for other classes different than the writings you have done in this class?
Answer: The writings I have done for other classes is different than the writings I have done in English because the writings I have done for other classes are based off of a video or I have to research things to be able to write the paper. In English, I have a prompt that I go off and the writings are more about my life, which I like. I don't like having to research things or what an hour long video and then write a reflection on it. The writing I like, is something I can relate too and sit down and reflect on my own life and write.
Question: Why do college professors assign writing?
Answer: I believe college professors assign writing for a couple of different reasons. I believe they assign writing because they want other grades in the grade book so we don't just have tests. For me, I love writing assignments in other classes because usually they are fairly easy classes, so I am able to make a good grade. I am not a good test taker so any other good grades I can get, I take advantage of. I also believe college professors assign writing assignments because they want to improve our writing skills. College is a time where we are going to write something for almost every class we have.
Question: What are the writings we have done in class and a short summary over them.
Answer: The first writing we read was "Shitty First Drafts." That was about how people don't like to write rough drafts, but she says that every author has really bad first drafts. They even have really bad 2nd, 3rd, and 4th drafts. The second piece of writing we read was by Keith Grant-Davis. His piece was called rhetorical situation and their constituents. This piece was about rhetorical situations. The third writing we read was revision strategies of student writers and experienced adult writers.
Question: Who are some people you would like to direct this paper toward?
Answer: I honestly have no idea who I would like to direct this paper toward. I have not even thought about it. But my guess would be I would direct it to my teacher or classmates.
Question: What genre are you writing?
Answer: I don't know what I am going to write yet. I did not even know we had options until this morning. I like the idea of writing a letter, I just have no idea who I am going to be writing a letter to. I will probably just end up doing a regular paper.
Questions: Think about the word recursive. What does it mean and how does that apply to your writing.
Answer: Recursive is having a prewriting plan. You plan your paper out and do research where research needs to be done. Then you start writing your paper but you write a first draft and then have a peer review. After the first draft and peer review you write a second draft, and maybe a teacher review that paper. Then you move onto post writing which includes revision, editing, and proofreading. I think my typical writing process is recursive because I do have people look over my paper before I turn it in.
Answer: I have not written a lot this semester. I have written a paper for English and I blog a lot in that class. In history I have written a 1 page paper and I have another one due this week. In biology I have written 2 papers. They were both over videos we watched, and then wrote a response to the videos. That is all the writing I have done this semester. I plan on writing 2 more papers for English, and continue to blog a lot more. For biology I plan on writing a couple more papers. Both of the papers with be responses to papers that we read or videos that we watch. We never have a prompt to go by like I would like regular essays. In history I plan to write a couple more papers. History papers are easy to write. The teacher just wants them to be 1-2 pages.
Question: What do you think you will be expected to write for your major?
Answer: I plan on majoring in Early Childhood Education/Special Education. I am actually not sure what I will have to write for that major. I am assuming I will have to write a couple of papers here and there, but I don't think I will have to write an abundant amount of papers throughout my years of taking classes for my major.
Question: How is the writing you have done for other classes different than the writings you have done in this class?
Answer: The writings I have done for other classes is different than the writings I have done in English because the writings I have done for other classes are based off of a video or I have to research things to be able to write the paper. In English, I have a prompt that I go off and the writings are more about my life, which I like. I don't like having to research things or what an hour long video and then write a reflection on it. The writing I like, is something I can relate too and sit down and reflect on my own life and write.
Question: Why do college professors assign writing?
Answer: I believe college professors assign writing for a couple of different reasons. I believe they assign writing because they want other grades in the grade book so we don't just have tests. For me, I love writing assignments in other classes because usually they are fairly easy classes, so I am able to make a good grade. I am not a good test taker so any other good grades I can get, I take advantage of. I also believe college professors assign writing assignments because they want to improve our writing skills. College is a time where we are going to write something for almost every class we have.
Question: What are the writings we have done in class and a short summary over them.
Answer: The first writing we read was "Shitty First Drafts." That was about how people don't like to write rough drafts, but she says that every author has really bad first drafts. They even have really bad 2nd, 3rd, and 4th drafts. The second piece of writing we read was by Keith Grant-Davis. His piece was called rhetorical situation and their constituents. This piece was about rhetorical situations. The third writing we read was revision strategies of student writers and experienced adult writers.
Question: Who are some people you would like to direct this paper toward?
Answer: I honestly have no idea who I would like to direct this paper toward. I have not even thought about it. But my guess would be I would direct it to my teacher or classmates.
Question: What genre are you writing?
Answer: I don't know what I am going to write yet. I did not even know we had options until this morning. I like the idea of writing a letter, I just have no idea who I am going to be writing a letter to. I will probably just end up doing a regular paper.
Questions: Think about the word recursive. What does it mean and how does that apply to your writing.
Answer: Recursive is having a prewriting plan. You plan your paper out and do research where research needs to be done. Then you start writing your paper but you write a first draft and then have a peer review. After the first draft and peer review you write a second draft, and maybe a teacher review that paper. Then you move onto post writing which includes revision, editing, and proofreading. I think my typical writing process is recursive because I do have people look over my paper before I turn it in.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
10-6 classwork
Why is it helpful to think about this topic now?
I think it is helpful to think about this topic now instead of my senior year because this will help me improve my writing. I am going to have to write a lot of papers between now and my senior year. If I don't learn how I prepare or don't prepare now then I might not ever prepare right. I want to become to the best writer I can while I am still a freshman. When I get to my senior year, I still want to become a better writer, but becoming a better writer won't help me as much then.
What are the goals of your paper?
The goals I have for this paper are to see how I need to prepare better to write a paper. I know I need a lot of help when it comes to writing papers, and I hope this paper helps with realizing what I need to write. In this paper I want to think about all the places I have written before. I want to think about where I have written best. If I have written best in my room or Starbucks or sitting in a classroom. I want to take in all the things going on around me whenever I write and see what environment I write best.
Who do you want your audience to be? And how do you want them to react?
I would like my audience to be my English teacher. I don't know how I want him to react yet because I don't even know what I'm writing about. I know what the paper should be about, but I have no idea what I am actually going to put on the paper. I guess another audience would be the people revising my paper for me. So that would include, my peers and the writing lab. I don't' know how I want them to react either. I guess the only thing I can think of for how I want them to react is, helping. I want them to be able to read my paper and then feel like helping me, so I can become the best writer to my abilities. And also turn the paper in to the best of my abilities.
What kind of linguistic constraints does your audience have?
Since my audience is an adult (my teacher) and teenagers or young adults (my peers), I think it will be okay to use big words. I wont' have to write like I am talking to a little third grader. I can write about big kids things. I won't have to go into much detail with certain things because my audience will be older.
I think it is helpful to think about this topic now instead of my senior year because this will help me improve my writing. I am going to have to write a lot of papers between now and my senior year. If I don't learn how I prepare or don't prepare now then I might not ever prepare right. I want to become to the best writer I can while I am still a freshman. When I get to my senior year, I still want to become a better writer, but becoming a better writer won't help me as much then.
What are the goals of your paper?
The goals I have for this paper are to see how I need to prepare better to write a paper. I know I need a lot of help when it comes to writing papers, and I hope this paper helps with realizing what I need to write. In this paper I want to think about all the places I have written before. I want to think about where I have written best. If I have written best in my room or Starbucks or sitting in a classroom. I want to take in all the things going on around me whenever I write and see what environment I write best.
Who do you want your audience to be? And how do you want them to react?
I would like my audience to be my English teacher. I don't know how I want him to react yet because I don't even know what I'm writing about. I know what the paper should be about, but I have no idea what I am actually going to put on the paper. I guess another audience would be the people revising my paper for me. So that would include, my peers and the writing lab. I don't' know how I want them to react either. I guess the only thing I can think of for how I want them to react is, helping. I want them to be able to read my paper and then feel like helping me, so I can become the best writer to my abilities. And also turn the paper in to the best of my abilities.
What kind of linguistic constraints does your audience have?
Since my audience is an adult (my teacher) and teenagers or young adults (my peers), I think it will be okay to use big words. I wont' have to write like I am talking to a little third grader. I can write about big kids things. I won't have to go into much detail with certain things because my audience will be older.
pg. 576 homework
What
do Sommers and Murray mean by “revision”? Similar? Dissimilar?
How
do students typically approach revision?
Rhetorically
analyze Sommers and Murray
How
do identifying those rhetorical constituents contribute to how we understand
how texts are created?
pg. 676 questions
1. How do you see yourself as a writer?
I see myself as a writer who needs a lot of improvement. I have been writing papers since I was in 3rd grade and I still don't write perfect papers. I will write a draft and then have someone who is much more skilled than I am in writing look over it, and help me where I am stuck. I think once I have revised my paper a few times, I can become a good writer, but right off the bat, I need some help. I believe sometimes, whenever I am writing my first draft or rough draft, I don't always do it to the best of my ability because I know someone is going to come behind me and fix all my errors and help me where I need help. I think in order for met to become a better writer I need to start writing my first draft like it it my last. I need to not be so lazy whenever I write. My writing can always improve, it will never be perfect.
2. Is that self perception helping you be the best writer you can be?
Yes and no. I think sometimes I am writing my best and being the best writer I can be, and other times I am not being the best writer I can be.
3. Consider what you write and don't write.
I write or like to write about things in my life. I don't like making up stories and writing about them. I feel like I don't have a big enough imagination for that. I don't like answering questions about what I have read. I hate reading comprehension tests. Although, answering questions about what I previously read may help me remember what I just read, I like to sit there and just read and not have to worry about the questions at the end of the book. I like to journal about my day or just journal in general. I like to read Bible stories and journal about those.
4. Consider how you prepare or don't prepare to write a paper.
Whenever I am preparing to write a paper, I probably don't prepare to the best of my abilities. I always start writing a week or week and a half before the final copy is due. But I don't work on the paper every day for that week or week and a half. I only work on the paper for 1 or 2 nights before the paper is due. The night before a paper is due, I usually am up all night revising and editing the paper to try to make it the best it can be. I have never had access to a writing lab before.
I see myself as a writer who needs a lot of improvement. I have been writing papers since I was in 3rd grade and I still don't write perfect papers. I will write a draft and then have someone who is much more skilled than I am in writing look over it, and help me where I am stuck. I think once I have revised my paper a few times, I can become a good writer, but right off the bat, I need some help. I believe sometimes, whenever I am writing my first draft or rough draft, I don't always do it to the best of my ability because I know someone is going to come behind me and fix all my errors and help me where I need help. I think in order for met to become a better writer I need to start writing my first draft like it it my last. I need to not be so lazy whenever I write. My writing can always improve, it will never be perfect.
2. Is that self perception helping you be the best writer you can be?
Yes and no. I think sometimes I am writing my best and being the best writer I can be, and other times I am not being the best writer I can be.
3. Consider what you write and don't write.
I write or like to write about things in my life. I don't like making up stories and writing about them. I feel like I don't have a big enough imagination for that. I don't like answering questions about what I have read. I hate reading comprehension tests. Although, answering questions about what I previously read may help me remember what I just read, I like to sit there and just read and not have to worry about the questions at the end of the book. I like to journal about my day or just journal in general. I like to read Bible stories and journal about those.
4. Consider how you prepare or don't prepare to write a paper.
Whenever I am preparing to write a paper, I probably don't prepare to the best of my abilities. I always start writing a week or week and a half before the final copy is due. But I don't work on the paper every day for that week or week and a half. I only work on the paper for 1 or 2 nights before the paper is due. The night before a paper is due, I usually am up all night revising and editing the paper to try to make it the best it can be. I have never had access to a writing lab before.
Monday, October 5, 2015
10-5 homework
1.
Question: How would you define exigence? Why
does exigence matter in rhetorical situations?
a.
I would define exigence by saying it is a
problem or need that can be addressed by communication. Exigence matters in
rhetorical situations because sometimes in the rhetorical situations people
don’t want to come straight out and tell you, you need to buy their product but
they try to persuade you. Or people don’t come right out and tell you something
but they hint around it so you do what they want you to do.
2.
Question: What are constraints? To help you
work this out, consider what Grant-Davie’s constraints might have been in
drafting this piece. Bitzer, you learned in this piece, argues that we should
think of constraints as aids rather than restrictions. How can that be?
a.
Constraints are the hardest of the rhetorical
situations components to define neatly because they can include so many
different things. Bitzer defines them as persons, events, objects, and relations
that are part of the situation because they have the power to constrain
decision and action needed to modify the exigence. Bitzer also says we should
think of constraints as aids instead of restrictions. I think this is true
because constraints play a big role in rhetorical situations.
3. Question: As a writer, how would it help you to be aware
of your rhetorical situation and the constraints it creates?
a.
As a writer, it is important to be aware of you
rhetorical situation because it is very important when you are reading or
writing. You should be aware of the constraints it creates because constraints
are the people, events, objects, and relations.
Thursday, October 1, 2015
meta moment pg. 531
Lamott gives you permission to write badly in order to write well. What else would you like pemission to do with/in your writing?
I'm not really sure what I would like permission doing in my writing. My teachers have not been real strict in the past with how the rough draft, or first draft, is supposed to look. They have just given us time in class to sit there and get our thoughts together and write.
I'm not really sure what I would like permission doing in my writing. My teachers have not been real strict in the past with how the rough draft, or first draft, is supposed to look. They have just given us time in class to sit there and get our thoughts together and write.
10-1 classwork
Q: Why is it so hard for any people(maybe you) to knowingly put bad writing on paper?
A: Many people including myself have a hard time putting bad words on paper because they feel like it is a waste of time. I know I do. The question I ask myself when writing a rough draft, if I even write one, is why waste my time doing something I know I am going to change in the future?
Q: What are your own "coping strategies" for getting started on a piece of writing? Do you have particular strategies for making yourself sit down and start writing?
A: Sitting down and starting to write is the hardest part for me. Once I start writing I can usually sit for about 20-30 minutes until I need a break. I have to put my phone away in order to get writing done. Whenever I start a paper, I just put all the thoughts I have in my head on my computer screen. I don't try to put the paper in any organizational form at all... I just write.
Q: Lamott talks, toward the end of the piece, about all the critical voices that play in her mind when she's trying to write. Most, maybe all, writers have something similar. What are yours?
A: I don't think I have quiet voices that talk to me whenever I am trying to write. She talks about sitting there and closing your eyes and letting the quiet little voice talk to you. She says once you have heard it, bottle it up. I don't think I have an imagination like that.
A: Many people including myself have a hard time putting bad words on paper because they feel like it is a waste of time. I know I do. The question I ask myself when writing a rough draft, if I even write one, is why waste my time doing something I know I am going to change in the future?
Q: What are your own "coping strategies" for getting started on a piece of writing? Do you have particular strategies for making yourself sit down and start writing?
A: Sitting down and starting to write is the hardest part for me. Once I start writing I can usually sit for about 20-30 minutes until I need a break. I have to put my phone away in order to get writing done. Whenever I start a paper, I just put all the thoughts I have in my head on my computer screen. I don't try to put the paper in any organizational form at all... I just write.
Q: Lamott talks, toward the end of the piece, about all the critical voices that play in her mind when she's trying to write. Most, maybe all, writers have something similar. What are yours?
A: I don't think I have quiet voices that talk to me whenever I am trying to write. She talks about sitting there and closing your eyes and letting the quiet little voice talk to you. She says once you have heard it, bottle it up. I don't think I have an imagination like that.
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