Writing techniques can be difficult to learn since it is always changing. The changing of the styles of writing is harder or easier for an individual to read the material. One major style of writing that has gained interest is using American Psychological Association (APA) after being first introduced. According to Sigal (2010), APA format was challenging for individuals. It was challenging since the style is different than MLA, which people could not grasp the change, myself included. APA when first
well. When submitting my writing sample to various literacy analysis websites, such as Paper Rater (http://www.paperrater.com/), I was p¬¬¬¬leasantly surprised by the positive feedback I received. I also compared my writing sample against the information found within my textbooks, and while I was utilizing a lot of the rules and concepts found within my textbooks, I wasn’t consciously aware of it so they weren’t always being used appropriately or to their maximum potential. In my research, I also came
first quarter for writing, we wrote an argumentative essay on social media. For the essay we had to decide whether social media is bad or good and prove whether our argument was true. Also for reading we did a class novel on “The Hobbit” by J.R.R Tolkien. For this novel we did PRL’s, organizers and packets. During the first quarter I wrote an argumentative essay on social media. While starting the process of writing the essay I found that it was more effective to begin writing on the body paragraphs
My two best Personal Reading Logs entries for The Hobbit is entry 9/10/15, my third Personal Reading Log found in my Personal Reading Log charts, and entry 9/14/15, my fourth Personal Reading Log found in my Personal Reading Log chart. They are both located behind my Social Media essay. Both of these entries on my Personal Reading Log chart have a green highlighted star next to them. The 9/10/15 entry is my best work because it shows how I am able to figure out an indirect characterization used to
What is the purpose of assessment result analysis? How am I going to utilise the information of assessment in order support my teaching and learning? An after-test review will enhance the accuracy of the test scores and the validity of decisions made from them. After designing the assessment tasks (MCQ items, selected response and written response assessment), the crucial part is the analysis of assessment items. There must be a connection between what had been taught and what to be assessed. However
reading reflections for a deeper analysis and discussion of each other’s thoughts. All the short stories we read were also very interesting. They all posed unique themes for discussion. The only ones that were difficult to understand were the poems. They took a little more energy to understand. It helped to look up some background of the poem or the author to fully understand the context of the poem. I wouldn’t particularly eliminate any of the readings, but my least favorite reading was Parsley
creative. In my sophomore year of high school, however, I decided to enter in a writing competition in school. Though writing was never something I considered as a talent, a managed to get second place and a scholarship that lasted throughout my junior year of high school. This achievement, the minor when put into context, altered what I thought of the arts. I feel I excel best in STEM courses, as those capture my attention the most. I do well in all my classes, but for half of my time in high school
Introduction: This assignment is about reflecting on the marking workshop ,at the beginning I will describe defining of reflection, then show a diagram of Gibbs’which is one of the model of reflection, this model have six stages. I will use it to structure my reflection on what I have learnt from the marking workshop. At the end , I will summarize the conclusion and attach reference list in Harvard style. Reflection: “Reflection is about seeing things again ,and perhaps seeing them in a different way or
Naturally, I can type words onto a word document and print, but writing is not my favorite thing to do on the weekends. I still love this course, as we are able to be freer with our topics and what we write about, but each assignment has gotten a tad harder after the other. I think my topic of choosing was difficult than I expected, especially in finding total one-sided articles since Caitlyn Jenner has many debatable areas. This time around was much harder for me because I was constantly preoccupied
convince their readers that their argument is correct. Having a strong and convincing argument in the paper is important because writers want to communicate their ideas to the readers through using different textual conventions. In this paper, I will analysis two different types of textual conventions, using published information and personal