Author: djuarez1 (Page 1 of 7)

Throughout this course as a reader I learned that observing and truly taking time to read and going through the context of what you’re reading is really important for you since it helps you understand what you’re reading. I feel like I truly developed the skill to understand the context of the text and for me to even have the skill to annotate better as well. As a writer and scholar I learned that i’m capable of writing one hell of a introduction. I feel like I have the power to grab the attention of the reader and make them want to stay and read my piece for what it is. I feel like I am most effective in this part of writing where I believe in my opinion is one of the most important parts in writing its self. You’re job as a writer is too make people want to listen and read you’re piece . So for me being able to have strong introduction’s I feel like I do my job good as a writer because I know how to keep the reader from not being bored. Obviously I have room for improvement in other aspects of my writing like making better analysis’s and having better sources that can back up my writing. These strengths that I have as a reader , writer, and scholar, I will be able to use these advantages in future writing transitions , either in my community or college by obviously putting them to use in future writing assignments. When I put my mind to something I am a quick learner , so me personally anything that I had learned this semester , I would be able to add it too a future writing piece with no problem. I would simply transfer the knowledge I gained this term which was how annotating is a very important piece when reading the text. As well as pacing yourself being one of the most important things to do  when doing a big assignment like we did around unit 3.  Even those type of small things matter when writing , especially for me because I am the definition of a procrastinator. Here I will show one of my introduction’s which I felt was my best introduction. “How do we know if the afterlife is real ? My main focus will be this exact question but many other questions pop up to mind like, What happens to your soul if we so called have one? How do religions compare and contrast on the topic afterlife?  I’ve always wondered since I was little , do I come back alive when I die ? I’ve always hoped to be granted a new body when death arrives. I know how it sounds , a little crazy to some people . I kinda think outside the box on this topic. My guess on after life would be , if one person does good things and meets certain requirements in life you will be granted with another. As well as , if you have done terrible things in one of your past lives you will have a chance to redeem yourself in the next. Many religious people have their own god they worship and believe after life is the real deal . Many people repent their sins , asking their god for forgiveness. I am interested in this question because many do believe in the afterlife and all these religions have their own beliefs on how you get there . True story ,one day my mom went to those card reader’s or fortune teller people , call it whatever you want. As my mother went , my name was brought up and the card reader would bring up me and my siblings personal traits. Specifically the card reader said I had traits of being very strong minded , to be very fierce at times , but very hard headed at the same time. I would say that fits the description very well.  What caught my attention the most is when the card reader said I had these same traits in my previous lives”.I thought this was my best Introduction because I put my personal experience into it and you never know , somebody may be able to relate to it. “Sadly there were issues going on that I thought weren’t major until I saw the grade I had in math. I was on the verge of failing with the 64 percent grade I had. I knew I only had 2 weeks left of school and I didn’t want to let my mom down with the grade I had. My mom is the most important person in my life and just to hear her say “I’m disappointed” or ” you could’ve done better” would actually hurt me. Especially at the age I was, which was 9 years old in the 4th grade. You know how that goes , when you’re young your emotions and feelings can get hurt pretty easily”. This was a piece of introduction  I made in unit 1 and again like I said I feel like in my introductions , I have the power to make people see and feel how I feel. I think this is one of my best strong suits.

With the feedback and me looking back on my unit 2 annotated bibliography one thing I would do for sure is to look and research for better sources that have to do with my topic. I do feel like I could’ve did more thorough research and taken more time to find more efficient sources as well doing better on my analysis . I definitely feel like I rushed way to quick with that part of the annotated bibliography and I should’ve just took more time to explore my options and to write a more up to par analysis. Some feedback I got from my peer’s and my professor was that on 2 of my analysis’s I did sound a little repetitive which I totally agree with them on. After re reading my unit 2 the reason I sounded repetitive was because of the source quality I used . I feel as if I had chosen better sources my outcome of my unit 2 grade would have been extremely better. At the moment I thought my sources were fine and they weren’t bad at all. Therefore me seeing my sources I chose , I know I could’ve found more efficient sources and definitely word my analysis’s even better.

For unit 1 something i feel like i need to revise was me explaining the situation of my story better. I feel like I didn’t go that much into detail and I definitely could’ve elaborated on some parts and aspects I included in my story. I also felt their was a couple of problems with the way i organized and put together the story and the way I went about it. Some feedback I got from my peer review partner’s was how i should include more emotion and to elaborate on the setting of the story . I really thought they were 100% correct on that part and I tried my best to my ability to do what was told for me to do. I did incorporate it in my story and because of that I feel like I got a higher grade then what I actually would have got if I didn’t include and take their advice .