So instead of Thloggin’ Thursdays I’ve decided today’s going to be Weekly Writing Wednesdays. No more procrastination. So this week was a very short week, so there’s not a lot to write on. One of the writing tips Z gave us this week was writing out a mind map. I actually do this every time I am given a prompt and have a topic of interest. Especially writing it out, it enables me to just get all of my ideas and assort them into particular parts. This promotes the idea of overlapping and relating the concepts more closely.
We then went to socrative.com where everyone in the class pasted their introductions. Each student voted on their three favorite introductions. The two highest voted introductions possessed some moves that are unique to the authors. For instance, the highest rated introduction started with a question, followed by a definition and ended with a quote. The second highest rated introduction had a very conversational tone, with the sentence length varying drastically. This exercise was super sweet, because it gave everyone the chance to read other people’s work and take away some effective moves. I especially like that both of the introductions had a really strong, interesting first sentence. I think the first sentence of the paragraph is the most important, because it sets the tone for the entire essay. I’ll definitely be using these tips from other student’s introductions and implementing them into my own writing.
We then went into peer reviewing (my favorite part!), and came out with some very useful tips. The girls who peer reviewed my work said that the structure of my paper was really creative and effective. Because “structure” was a big problem in my WP1, I’m really happy with the way my draft turned out and the girls’ positive comments. I still, however, need to do a lot more with finding sources and using them to enhance my paper.
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