The biggest challenge for completing my project is maybe drawing my game board because I am horrible at drawing and cannot draw at all. I will have to really be careful and take my time to draw my actual game board. I hope that it will come out right and everything will look good. I hope that the drawing the game board won’t be to hard.
Archives: April 2017
Researched Argument Unit Reflection
This assignment was a little challenging because I have never done a paper with 7 sources. I really put time and effort into the paper. I didn’t get the grade I wanted, so I will revise it because I really tried. The next time I just have to try harder, but I know what needs to be fixed. I struggled with finding sources for the paper because I didn’t want one that was irrelevant to the paper. The thesis was also something I struggled with as well because I didn’t know how to sum everything up that the whole paper was about and put everything together. The things that came naturally were the claims/what that paragraph was going to be about that supports the thesis. The part of class that helped me with this paper but not really in class was the peer review on Blackboard even though only one person gave me feedback on my paper. I discovered about myself as a writer while working on this assignment is that I have to make sure everything flows together and that I should work on thesis statements. I really focused on making sure I meet each requirement and that I try my best and put time and effort into it. I now know what I have to keep working on to keep improving as a writer. The assignment was a little challenging and I didn’t expect the outcome but that just means that I have to try harder to improve and make myself a better writer.
04/20/17
Two potential games that I could use where the goal is to win the game is use the something like the board game Sorry for the researched argument essay where it is to get to the 3 people to the finish first if 4 people are playing. Another I could use is maybe the board game Monopoly for the synthesis essay where the goal is to have the most property or money and get to finish first. The essay I could use for the purpose is not to win or for only one person to win is also the researched argument to have the first person to answer the most questions correctly wins or the first person to answer the most questions correctly to get them to finish first wins and that is the end of the game.
04/18/17
I feel a little confident about the research paper. I put time and effort into it and I really think that I would have a good grade. I do need to finish making minor changes with my paper. I took what was said from peer review and making changes there because I feel like the feedback I got back was really good and that I will end with a final strong research paper.
04/11/17
As a writer, I think my strengths are hooks and making connections. I want the most and need the most help with creating a strong and clear thesis, elaborating more on everything, and making my main points clear and making sure they connect with my thesis and stay on topic. Each assignment helps me become a better writer.
CRQ 04/10
The call: “You would know he found parallels between the struggles of those leaders and the issues people of color still face.”
The response: There are still many problems people of color still face today. Some things are job opportunities, more likely to be behind bars or dead than whites, school, the black culture, and so much more. These are problems are not getting better only worse. People of color are less likely to get a job if their competitor is white even though they may be more qualified for the job. Schools are also a problem because it seems as if they are getting re-segregated which is horrible. Blacks are also more likely to be behind bars for a harsh crime than whites just because the color of their skin. They are more likely to be dead mostly for no reason just because they are African American. They could just be walking home from the store with snacks just like Trayvon Martin and they would get killed because of false accusations of the person for them having a weapon or being a threat to others. It is constantly happening today, and this is how it is related to the word around me. It is related to the music I listen to because some artist talk about what is going on in the world and how it is wrong and should be stopped. No person of color should be judged or still face problems because racism has been over for years and also because they are people too just like any other person in this world. Everyone is the same no matter what color they are.
The question: Why do you think people can not get over racism or a person’s race?
04/06/17
I haven’t started on the paper yet, but I feel like my introduction will be the best paragraph when I start.
04/04/17
I haven’t started the paper yet. I do think my thesis isn’t strong or where I want it to be. I do need to find two more resources that relates to my thesis and my essay as a whole. Hopefully, the feedback from the annotated bib will tell me where I am at and how I need to move on from there. As of right now, I do not feel confident about this paper.
How to start revision?
What are you looking for with revision?
CRQ 04/03
The call: The author states “Sometimes she’ll start Tindering and will get so distracted she’ll miss her stop. She finds the sometimes falls into a soothing swiping rhythm where she’s not really looking at the men, just calming herself with a repetitive pattern of left-right swipes. Getting a match seems to activate some primal-gratification center in her mind.” (Witt 273-274)
The response: The world around me relates to this because we are all so distracted with technology that we will forget where we’re going or doing or where we are. Technology can cause so many problems. If everyone around the world would sometimes put the phone down and pay attention, there would be way less problems in the world than before. The shows I watch on television also relates to the text because the people uses their phones a lot. Technology has became a way we live by where we all have this need for it.
The university relates to the text because everyone is walking to class while on their phones or being distracted by their phone in class. That shows how we sometimes forget and get so distracted by our phones where we don’t even realize it. Also, the university relates to the text because through email which is on our phones is a way the university and our instructors contact us or informs us on something very important or just something we need to know. The world is related to this text in many ways. Another way the world is related is that we are so attached to it that we just pick it up and everything while doing literally anything like driving, eating, reading, and more. When we are operating on our phones while driving, it causes many huge problems. We get so badly distracted with our phones and really it is a really huge problem in the world.
The question: What are some ways we can stop getting so easily distracted with our phones?