Even though Monday meant no writing class, it was really nice to have a day off because it gave me the chance to finish up my WP1. I was having a hard time writing, so I made the tough decision to switch my topic about half way through my paper. In the end though, it was worth starting over. If I hadn’t, I would have struggled even more and probably would not have written a very good WP1.
Something that I (and a lot of others in the class) had a hard time with was the argument aspect of the WP1. I didn’t really know what we were supposed to be arguing and how to work that into my thesis. The arguability test activity we did in class was really helpful. I realized that we weren’t necessarily trying to make a persuasive argument in our WP1, but rather take a point of view on an aspect of the genre we chose to analyze.
The peer review session we did was also very helpful. I got a lot of really good feedback from my group members. After talking to them, I think I am in a good spot for the final draft. The only thing that really needs improvement is my intro. Going along with that, the intro paragraph/thesis statement examples we reviewed as a class gave me a lot of suggestions. The two examples were quite different from each other—one being fairly typical and the other being very non-traditional. My current WP1 intro is more on the typical side. I think to improve it I need to add in a little more fabulousness.
Everything I have learned so far has been incredibly useful not only in Writing 2, but in my other classes as well. I’m excited to be done with WP1 and move on to the next phase of the class.
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