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XiaoHong's Self Reflecton
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Self-Assessment of My Work Throughout FIQWS 10113
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Self-Assessment of My Work Throughout FIQWS10113
This self-assessment is about my learning process and how I try to pass this course. I hope I can citing parts of the essay can let you know what I am talking.
My writing process always started with outline. I think everything have the shape and outline is the shape of essay. Before I start a essay, I need to think what is the outline of this essay, what should I need to notice, how much sources do I need to into this essay. When I write out the outline, I think it is a wonderful start to write the essay because you just need to follow the outline and finish the essay.
Also I read the model essays from The NORTH FIELD GUIDE. I don’t really like reading because I need to use dictionary to understand some word. It make me slow to understand the model essay . But throughout reading the model essay, I always can learn the new thing. Model essay show me a lot of new things and surprised. It show me other views about the essay. Also, In The NOTH FIELD GUIDE, they will show you ways of organizing the essay.
In the class, we will have the peer review after we finish the essay. We can see other people’s paper and we give them feedback. I think it is very good for me. I can learn other people’s idea about that essay and what’s their good thing I can use for reference. Like their organizing and sources. Also, when other people give you feedback, you will find out what’s the mistake about your essay and you will fix it.
The first essay is the simplest for this semester. I can use a short time to finish it. But other essays I need to spend more and more time because it is difficult for me. I need spent a lot of time to finish the first draft. Then I need to check the grammar is correct or not. I like to use Microsoft Word because their function is perfect. Word can fix your wrong spell and grammar check. It is very helpful to me because it is what I need.
In the first essay literacy narrative, I talk about my opinion about writing and reading. But I sometime I can’t explain clearly. I wrote the confuse sentences. Professor help me improve my essay with comments. My first draft part is “Bruce Lee said, I’m not afraid to meet an opponent who has practiced 10000 times different leg action, but is afraid to encounter a strong enemy who will only particle 10000 times same leg action”.
My Professor Commented :
I can't make sense of this reference. If it is central to your story, try to figure a way to make it clear.
In the second essay textual analysis, I was talk about Lennon’s song “Imagine”.
I wrote the thesis in the first paragraph, “John Lennon is a great singer and he used this song to prove it. He used the slow rhythm and sad mood to call for anti-war and peace in this song “Imagine”. But I didn’t talk about thesis in the other paragraph. And it make me lost some point.
My Professor Commented:
This is an interesting thesis, but in the rest of your paper you never mention his use of rhythm or the way his music evokes a particular mood.
Also, I prove some sources but I can’t find the evidence to prove the author is reflecting this sources. I need to careful about this and change it.
My Professor Commented : This is interesting but why do you reference WW1? Do you have reason to believe that Lennon was reflecting on this war in particular as opposed to a more recent war such as the Korean War?
In the last essay is research essay. I think this is the hardest part in this semester.My opinion is rap music negatively influences young people. So I find the sources about negatively influences young people and make sure the sources is conform to my essay. About revising, I fixed the grammar and some mistake about the sources. I should make sure the sources is correct before I start write this essay. We have peer review and class workshop to improve the paper.
Also I go to writing center every Tuesday to see the tutor. She helped me about the essay. She teach me a lot and what should I need to change. For example, she teach me how to make a question sentence. It is include question word or phrase, helping verb, subject, main verb, and rest of the question. It is the basic thing, but I not really good at it. And now I get it. Tutor also give me some advise about the essay, she always show me how to make it better.
Each essays teach me a lot of new things. For example, how to find the sources, how to correctly cite them in MLA formal. Also, we have two class go to library. We learn how to use CCNY library to find the sources. It is very helpful.
Throughout the semester my writing skill improved. I find out what should I need to keep working. I learn a lot from this class and my professor help me a lot. I am very grateful to him.
