John Shepherd
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Petersen
It mentioned in the article that she started writing this in her College Writing II class. Why is that class so important? I am going to explain why it is important to learn college writing. College Writing is very important toward learning to succeed in a profession. A wide variety of career fields will require employees to frequently express their thoughts and information through writing. Tasks that may be required in the workplace include memos, reports and detailed reviews. Whether the aspiring professional knows it or not, most career fields will require writing as a form of communication, and if the skill of college writing is mastered, effectively expressing thoughts in an organized manner becomes much easier. Also important is having a broad vocabulary. A broad vocabulary is an essential component of writing fluidly and as a student learns college writing, he or she will inevitably expand his or her vocabulary. As follows, a stronger vocabulary equates with better communication skills and more confidence when speaking. Learning college writing is important to a career in more ways. Certain careers require students to learn different styles of writing and students will generally learn to write the various types of documents respective to the major they are studying. Learning college writing is important to a career in a variety of ways. College writing improves students ability to express themselves formally on paper and as a result, will often improve their ability to communicate their thoughts verbally. Writing and good writing skills are necessary in almost every career field, regardless of how thorough it may be. In college, students are equipped to write in the style necessary to their chosen professions. Refining the writing skills learned in college will set students up for success in the workforce as they gain confidence in writing and speaking. Learning college writing is important to a career in a variety of ways. College writing improves students ability to express themselves formally on paper and as a result, will often improve their ability to communicate their thoughts verbally. Writing and good writing skills are necessary in almost every career field, regardless of how thorough it may be. In college, students are equipped to write in the style necessary to their chosen professions. Refining the writing skills learned in college will set students up for success in the workforce as they gain confidence in writing and speaking.
Monday, November 3, 2014
Revisualizing Composition
to me sending text messages, emails, or comments is a type of writing. I mean you are just typing out what you want to say so of course that has to be a type of writing. any type of communicaton that deals with typing or writing anything out is definetly type of writing and it will also help you you. Text messaging is currently one of the more popular, with
billions of estimated users worldwide. Given this popularity, many
educators and parents have started to let there kids use it more often because it helps educate them and it also benefits any
education to incorporating texting in the classroom. Texting and “text speak” can be used to help build foundational reading skills, such as word recognition and phonological awareness. It can also be used to generate discussions around formal and informal language and writing for different tasks, audiences, and purposes, all of which are necessary skills for meeting College and Career Readiness Standards in reading, writing, language, and speaking and listening. Although it may not seem like it, texting is writing, and students who are frequent texters are therefore frequent writers. As such, it makes sense to harness all of this energy to help your students build their writing skill.
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
Writing and Technology
Technology really helps students these days. It helps the student research for their paper. It also helps people practice their writing skills. Good writing is a very important to your future if you want to be successful. Teens are motivated to do better if they have an interesting topic to write about. This article is giving information from a survey or interview about how teens and students write and using technology to do their writing. It is also saying that the internet is the number one primary source to use when writing a paper. They mention in the article that text messaging and communication over the internet is not in any way writing. In my mind i think it is because you are still writing but you are typing it out. It is just like writing a paper then getting on your lap top and writing it out. There is not a lot of differences to it. I mean i can see where there is a difference but it basically the same thing. Text messaging, i guess, has its own language. People have came up with different abbriviations for different words, such as you is "u" and to, too, and two is "2". That is where the author of the article is saying text messaging and internet communication is different. Students who learn how to write better in school, it will have a major improvement on future writing and will be extremely benefit anyone in their future. Parents encourage their kids to use the computer to do research when writing. It can help you find benefitual information.
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
comparing writing process
Me and Austin have some similarties and some differences.
When he starts to write he likes to listen to music. I can not listen to music
just because It really distrats me and I just can not stay focused at all. I
have to be isolated and have to be very quite. We both just being to type away
and just go with the flow when we begin to write our paper. He uses some thing
called pages while I am over here using Microsoft word because I find it a lot
better than the pages he uses. It comes with a lot of accessories. He starts on
a paper the day before its due and I start on it about 3 days before its due so
I know I have enough time to type it and get al my ideas together for the
paper. We both like to be in our room
and do our paper cause we like to be isolated from everyone and everything so
we do not get easily distracted by the little things. We both like to have the
Tv on. We both preferred a sports. He wanted nascar on and I wanted baseball on
just because it eases our minds when we write and it helps us concentrate. We
both also like to take our time when we write a paper. He has three rough
drafts that he does and I only have like 1 unless you count the final draft
that would make it 2. We both are very good very good at using descriptive
writing. we can takes peoples mind on a complete journey and they would be
satisfied on what they had just read. We both like to eat a lot of junk food
when we write because it helps us write a lot better when we are not hungry.
Monday, October 6, 2014
Murry
1. They were very impressive. They were also
different, that is what I like about his writing process. It is totally
different then a lot of people that write. I liked how he took his time. When
people take there time on a writing process, there writing tend to be really
good. Well he does a lot different then me, so there aren’t a lot of
similarities between him and me. There are a lot of differences. I like to just
start writing and just go with the flow.
It really helps me and I write a
lot better and my papers are very good.
3. He learns a better way of writing. He learned the
ways of the writing process and helped him how to really be dedicated to his
writings. Be devoted to what you are writing will always help you become a
better writer.
5. It really confused me. I don’t understand why he
did that. I mean I guess it helped him, but I just don’t agree with it. It did
give a lot of helpful info though. They had really good comparing and contrast
and that gave a lot of information. I mean some of it was very irrelvent. People
do not need to know any of that. People do not care, so do not include that in
anything. It did catch me by surprise because I did not know some of those
things they talked about in that I did not know. It was a good idea to include
those things.
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
My Writing Process
When I write I do a
lot of weird things. I tend to just be in my own happy place, just like in the
movie happy Gilmore. I always come up with a good thesis statement. I come up
with great ideas and plug them into my writing. I like to be in my room all alone
because when I am alone I come up with better ideas and my writings are a lot
better. I also like to have a dictionary by my side so I can get better words
in my writings. I like to just start writing away. After I do that I go back
and see what I have repeated and I will begin to write something different. I
like to have all my paper work by me so I know what exactly what to write. I
normally just go start writing and never really plan out what I am going to
write because I just do better that way and come up with everything else easier
like that. It helps me to stay on point and not get off point. It also helps me
by just going with the flow and I know exactly what I am writing. I always do a
“shitty first draft” then I am off to my final paper. Rough draft helps me realize
my mistakes that I have made and I go back and add or subtract anything that
does not belong. I like to lay on my bed with baseball or basketball on, this
really helps me write a lot better then just sitting in a room with nothing in
it. I also like to have some music going because when I have music going It is like waking up my brain
and brain is on point with what I need to write. it helps me write a lot better
then I would normally do. I also like to eat chips and dip when I write, it
helps me come up with better facts.
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Writing Process of Famous Author
Gillian Flynn is a
very unusual writer. When people write, well at least me, I like to be alone
and very isolated from people so I do not get distracted. She sits a computer
and just starts typing what is on her mind. She then puts everything she types
into a story. I do not know how people can just do that, especially her. To top
that, she drinks coffee. If I drank coffee I would be trying to go to sleep
because coffee works vise versa on me, so it would not help my writing process
at all. She also just starts writing for a long time, such as hours and hours,
and sometimes days. She likes to write a about dark things. I am not a horrid
type individual, I just normally stick to sport and comedy and action books
because they give me the most interest and I do not get bored with them at all.
She listens to music to get ideas to write about. She comprehends the music
writes down what the song is mainly about and turns that into one of her main
ideas or a main plot. She also reads other books to get ideas, as if she was taking
or cheating to get a better outlook on her book. In, all she is a very gifted
writer, who takes very good time to do her writings. She is well dedicated and
has achieved a lot from doing so. One last thing, she likes to play video
games, so she can write really good action books. She plays like GTA or James
Bond. She likes those kind of games, so she plays them so she can get some type
of idea on what to write about.
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