Okay I'm a little lost, but here are my responses......
Question 1: So, in the end, how’d your WP2 paper
go? What were you happy with? What weren’t you? Why?
Be specific!
Response:
In the end, I was pretty happy with the way my WP2 went. I'm never 100% fully satisfied with my end work, but this is just a personal factor about myself. I was happy with my topic and I think I found pretty decent sources. I feel like I might have been repetitive AGAIN, but I'm still working on that. I find it hard not to be redundant especially in lengthy papers. This time I only used 2 reader examples, whereas last time I used 3. But this prompt was a little more trickier to tie-in other readers, or maybe that's just me. Overall I'd say I'm pretty content with it.
Question 2: Q2.
Which 2 or 3 comments that you received yesterday were the most helpful for
you? Why?
Response:
The comments that I found helpful were the ones regarding re-wording my sentences so that they make sense to other readers. Sometimes it's hard for writers to tell whether the point they're trying to make makes sense to others, which is what I sometimes struggle with. So receiving that feedback was most helpful especially in my introduction paragraph. Also just small grammar mistakes that I didn't catch are helpful. Sometimes I read my work too fast and skip over spelling mistakes so it's nice when someone else corrects me.
Q3.
What did you think about yesterday’s digital Peer/Reader Review sesh? Better/worse/same as the “old school” hard
copy one? Please explain
I enjoyed yesterday's sesh. I'd rather comment on each other's papers digitally versus physically. I think it was cool that we utilized google docs because it kept my attention as opposed to me reading a paper copy of each essay. It was just easier overall to me.
It also makes it easier to edit my final draft because it's already online and I can just refer back to the google doc and word doc if I need to copy and paste anything. Also we saved a ton of paper :)
Hey Gabby. I agree with you that incorporating sources from our class reading was harder for this topic than the previous topic. I also struggle with being repetitive. Sometimes I can't tell if I doing analysis or being repetitive which sucks a lot. I agree that doing on the computer had a lot of benefits for the peer review session. Also I liked your tidbit on how it saves paper.
ReplyDeleteI totally understand what you mean about never being fully satisfied with the finished product—I feel like that all the time! I also really enjoyed the review session last class. I completely agree with you on the google docs thing— I found it way easier to edit my final draft when I had the comments right next to the document and I didn’t have to constantly flip through a physical copy of my essay.
ReplyDeleteI also never feel 100% about any of my papers. I have this bad habit of thinking it's pretty good, then I read over it a few days later and I realize all these things I could have done better. I guess why they have us redo them in the portfolios so that we can continue to improve. And I had that same comment about re-wording or confusion and I agree that the online sesh made it much easier to see those comments and fix them there and then.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the whole never being happy with your final work but I also think I did better than WP1. Also using more sources was something I did this time too and it was pretty helpful. I wasn't there for the peer review sesh but i'm more of a hands on person but I really think it just depends on the person whether it was effective or not.
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