November 2020

“Multimodal Final Reflection–So Far”

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My progress on project four is going well in my opinion. I love this type of writing so my thoughts seem to flow pretty freely. I also love being honest about struggles I have had because writing it down really reminds me of how far I have come in my writing and makes me want to do better. I also love looking back at all of the times that I had thought I wouldn’t make it through this year because it reminds me also that I am capable of more than I think. I have my pictures picked out, and I already have a draft that I am correcting and adjusting every day.

I am extremely more comfortable with this type of personal writing. I feel like this because I know me. I already have all the information in my head because it happened to me so now I just need to write it down. Academic essays are great for improving my writing skills overall, but they stress me out. I always feel like I could have found more information about the topic or that I am not being as in depth. With personal writing, it is easy for me to go in depth because I feel more passionate about the subject since it is about my growth and struggles.

I can honestly say at this moment that I am not facing any struggles right now. If I had to say something though, I guess I always get nervous that I am not being as specific as possible, but I am pretty sure I am. Hopefully, I will not fail haha. 🙂

“Reflective Writing Video Response”

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In this video, I learned that reflective writing should have a minimum amount of description. Now that I think about this, it makes sense because the description is just a tool to set up my reflective response. I also learned that reflecting can help me learn more about myself and my past experiences so that I can do better in the future with the knowledge that I have now. Both good and bad experiences will help me become a better writer in the future.

For becoming a better writer and student, reflection is so important. It allows me to look back at what I have learned throughout my time as a student and fix what I may not have been great at in the past. It can help me not only become a better thinker but also a better writer. For example, I can remember how stressed that I felt once for procrastinating on a paper, and I hated that feeling. Looking back and remembering that feeling made me realize that I am not good at doing things last minute. I learned from that experience, and it helped me become a better student and do my work on time. Another example is that my teacher gives me corrections and comments on all of my papers. Looking at these mistakes is never fun, but it allows me to learn about what I need to do and not do again. This allows me to become a better writer.

Reflection is important outside the classroom because it applies everywhere in life. Everyone makes mistakes. I have made plenty, but I can honestly say I do not regret anything because it has helped me learn how to be better in all aspects of my life. This is a form of reflection because I can look back at my past mistakes and remember how bad I felt at the time. Looking back on this feeling makes me want to be better and not repeat those mistakes again. I learned from them, and now I can move on. I can also look back on what I have done right in my life. I have also made so many good decisions, and remembering these accomplishing moments makes me want to continue on that path so that I can keep improving. Accomplishing something always feels good, and it is addicting. Reflecting on my good moments always makes me want to repeat them.

Project #3 Unit Reflection

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I feel that my writing/research skills did improve from this project. I noticed that unlike my very first paper, I was able to quickly conduct a solid thesis and knew exactly how I wanted my paper to be structured. I also love arguments so maybe that is why this paper flowed easier to me than any of my past papers. I usually have bad writer’s block and get stuck on one paragraph for a long time, but in this paper I knew what I needed to write.

I did notice some areas of weakness though in this project. I notice this in each of my papers and it is that i feel like i’m always struggling to reach the word count and have to start finding new information to include. I think that is just because in my high school we never had to meet a certain word count. I also always question my works cited page and am never 100% sure if it is correct because of all the MLA rules always changing.

The most stressful part of this essay was having to rewrite the entire thing and remember and try to find my original sources from the original paper. My computer glitched and completely broke down. I took it to get fixed, but they said it was unfixable. I had to order a new computer and at this point knew I would not reach the due date. I was able to get an extension from my amazing teacher. It took longer to rewrite than I though because I lost all of my sources so the paper was slightly different, but I did end up finishing it in the end. I dealt with this stress by just getting it done. It didn’t help with the stress of the presidential election always on in the background, but I just persevered and wrote as fast as possible. I would say I was successful since I finished the paper in the end.

If I could do anything differently on this paper, I would have asked someone like one of my teachers to read it so I could have a professional opinion. But I was on crunched time with my computer breaking so hopefully i will do this on my next and final paper. For my writing process, I can honestly say I would not have done it differently. I am pretty strict and repetitive when it comes to my writing process. So that answers the next part which is yes I would keep every aspect of my writing process because I felt that it worked best for me.