Week 9 of College
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- What I did
- Took notes for multiple classes
- Wrote on the discussion board for multiple classes
- What went well
- I worked hard and I finished most of my homework pretty early.
- What was hard
- Getting back to doing homework after not doing it for midterms week was slightly difficult.
- To-Do List
- Complete assignments for all of my classes
- Where I left off
- Taking more notes for my classes
- Feelings
- I am excited for Halloween this year. It was so disappointing last year when no one was out and about. Now that the holiday is on the weekend and covid-19 is cleared up a little more, I am fully expecting lots of people to be celebrating. I love the sense of community from seeing everyone walking the streets wearing costumes, especially cute babies! Also, I associate this holiday with lots of fun times I had as a child and just have positive feelings all around.
- What I did
In the past, I have used most strategies such as asking critical questions to develop my topic and brainstorming to generate ideas. The ones I just mentioned are the ones that worked the best for me. Back then, I had to write essays for tests with time limits, so those strategies were most useful when trying to come up with something on the spot to write about. The most interesting strategy that I have not tried before is using stasis theory. I have never heard of that before. However, when I looked into it, it does seem like a technique that can really fill in the gaps of my writing process. It has me answer questions in different categories which allows me to dive deeper into the complexities of my topic and really consider what I need to do for my research. For now, my tentative research question is “How does the purpose of first-year college writing courses differ from the purpose of high school English classes?”. Although these strategies have helped with my invention, I still need to practice some more to be able to come up with better topics.