So far in the first quarter of my Writ
101 class I’ve learned that peer editing helps tremendously in writing essays. It’s a great way to find flaws I would
normally miss if I was reading my paper on my own. Without the help of my peers, I feel like my
paper would take a lot longer to meet my teacher’s expectations. I’ve never realized how
helpful it is to get in a group and have a discussion about how to improve our papers.
This quarter, I’ve found myself struggling
with comma usage. We’ve learned all
types of comma splices and comma rules, however, I’m still not confident in myself to use commas correctly. I keep wanting to put too
many commas in one sentence, because I feel like there’s a pause there if I
were to read it. That’s another reason
why I like the peer editing, because I can get extra feedback from my peers. Next
quarter, I hope that using commas becomes more natural in my writing.
This quarter has taken me by
surprise, because it wasn’t as stressful and challenging as I thought it would
be. I was ready for something scary, but
it wasn’t too bad. It’s really made me
appreciate writing essays more. Although
it felt like one essay after another, I feel like I learned a lot of useful
skills and I’m ready to tackle college essays. One of my favorite parts in Writ 101 was writing
and reading my classmates memoirs. Next
quarter I would like to learn about the different techniques that could be
useful when writing longer essays.
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