Month: December 2021

Week 16 of College

1. 1. What I did
      • Took some of my exams
      • Finished all of my assignments
   2. What went well
      • I finished my homework earlier than normal and gave myself a good amount of time to study.
   3. What was hard
      • Studying for so many classes at once.
   4. To-Do List
      • Study for finals
   5. Where I left off
      • Studying for finals
   6. Feelings
      • I can’t believe the semester is almost over already. Classes are pretty much done so all that is left is to take finals. I usually do not complete my writer’s journal this early, but I wanted to get all of my homework out of the way to give myself more time to study. So for the next week, I just have to survive all the studying! Then, after that is done, it’s going to be a month long of fun with friends and family!

When I first looked over the courses I would be taking this semester, I severely underestimated ENG 2100. I did not think it would be challenging at all and that was a huge mistake. The content and assignments were more in-depth than I expected which required more planning and effort. I wish I knew from Week 1 that I would need more time to write my essays and I should not leave it last minute. Future students will most likely think and do the same as me but I hope they learn to take this course more seriously. You definitely cannot procrastinate on your work for these assignments.

Week 15 of College

1. 1. What I did
      • Gave my business recitation presentation
      • Took my music quiz
      • Finished all of my assignments
   2. What went well
      • I planned the speech I was going to say for my presentation and afterwards, my professor said I did good!
   3. What was hard
      • I spent a lot of time worrying about my presentation.
   4. To-Do List
      • Study for finals
   5. Where I left off
      • Finishing the Revisions assignments
   6. Feelings
      • There is only one more week left of classes until finals. On one hand, I am super excited to be finished with all my homework. This whole semester was just endless assignments and I could never fully relax because I always knew there was more to do later. However, I am also somewhat nervous to be taking these important exams. I am going to have to study hard for the next few weeks. Either way, I just can’t wait for winter break!

One of my Revision assignments will be for my analysis project. The occasion is the information known in the writing world. The exigency is the increasing gap between what is known from writing studies and what is known in common knowledge. The kairos is the publishing of the Bad Ideas About Writing book for students to read and learn. The purpose is to convince student writers that being invested and present in their writing, by using “I”, will improve their quality of writing. The audience has three levels: young adult student writers, writing teachers and professors, and the public who has false or outdated information on writing. I will revise this assignment in a different form such as a narrated PowerPoint. In order to do that, I would have to condense my essay into a few bullet points. I would have to extract only the most important ideas and support it with more pictures. My speech has to include evidence that supports those ideas but just are not written down.