Wednesday, September 17, 2014
METACOGNITIVE:))
From start to finish, the And Then There Were None writing assignment was a pretty hard one! I changed my paper around so much with different points of view from first person to third person limited, and many grammar and spelling fixes as well as organization fixes and construction of my complex sentences. My first draft of the And Then There Were None essay had so many notes in pen on it, you would have thought I wrote the whole thing in bright pink pen! The biggest thing that made my paper the best it could be was the pear edit we did in class. My partner, we'll call her Noel, is a very strong and intellectual writer so I tried to take her comments into very careful consideration and tried my best to make the right changes to my paper. I did very well on this writing assignment but of course like every other writer, no matter how experienced had things they can do to get even better. I'm sure even some of the most famous writers today such as James Patterson (Maximum Ride) and John Green (The Fault In Our Stars) are constantly making revisions to their writing and turning it into another national bestseller. I have very many things I can work on such as using more of a complex vocabulary and making less spelling mistakes as well as having more imagery and making my readers really feel the mood and understand the theme of my literary work. I will continue to work very hard to make my work the best it can be. My goal this year is to have less then three spelling mistakes as well as be descriptive enough in my work that a reader can locate the theme, mood, point of view, setting and be able to completely understand the plot.
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Wow! You have really given all of this some thought. Your reflection is powerful, and I can tell that you're going to improve as a writer this year just from being so reflective. I'm glad that you chose an "intellectual" partner for your peer review. I'm also glad that you remembered to refer to your classmate with a pseudonym! You're a rockstar!! :) Seeing your goals, the short story unit is a perfect fit for you.
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