Tell the reader what you intend for the research essay to do for its readers. For this research essay, my intention is to provide a deeper explanation on exactly what the Humane Society is, and the importance of it. I want my readers to understand that doing little things, taking near to no work can cause a great impact on a specific community.
Describe its purpose(s) and the effect(s) you want it to have on the readers. Say who you think the readers are. I feel like my readers could vary from teens to college students and even to adults. My purpose is to make those people aware of how common it is that animals are in danger, and left with no home and food. The effect I want it to have on people is simply to be alert. I want these people to know there are indeed things they can do.
Describe your process of working on the essay. First, I had to come up with a community that was important to me so that I had prior information to use when writing this essay. After I chose my community, I had to gain knowledge on the more specific parts of this community and get a feel for actual statistics. Once I felt I had gained the proper amount of knowledge, I was then able to go ahead and write my paper.
What kind of planning did you do? I would say that the planning I really did was choosing a community I felt comfortable talking on. Once I had chosen my community, I then did my actual research.
What steps did you go through, what changes did you make along the way, what decisions did you face, and how did you make the decisions? The changes I made along the way were what community I decided I was going to research. I had looked for numerous communities to research, yet not alot stood out to me, and I felt that since I was not passionate about them, my essay would not be strong.
How did comments from your peers, in peer workshop, help you? How did any class activities on style, editing, etc., help you? The comments from my peers were the most beneficial when it came to shaping my Final draft. I felt my rough draft was not my full potential, so seeing the helpful comments my peers gave to me pushed me to do better and fix things I hadn’t noticed needed work.
