Thursday, May 7, 2009

The first reading was enjoyable. Learning how styles of writing evolved from no spaces to inserting commas and semi colons was ... educational. How did the reading help me start my revision? To be honest I have not started my revision yet, but after reading the article I will pay more attention to punctuation errors. For example, being cautious of my commas, semi colons, and  periods. Also note to self, do not rely on spell check to fix those punctuation errors. 

After reading Rich's article I did not get so much out of how it would help me revise my essay, instead I learned lots and lots about her personal life. As well as how she incorporated her personal experiences through her writings. I enjoyed reading her poems and have a semi better idea of how to incorporate personal experiences in writings. Unfortunately, Essay 3 is not a personal experience essay. Thus there is no use for me to add personal experiences into it. 
Also, throughout her article I noticed she has loads and loads of time to write. Years go by till she writes another poem. One important aspect that I must enforce upon my self is giving myself enough time to write and revise. The whole last minute thing needs to stop, so for this portfolio assignment I will give myself enough time to think, plan, write, and edit my papers. 

My plan for revising Essay 3 is first changing my synthesis thesis statement. It needs to be stronger, less broad and the 3rd sentence needs to have a more effective reason to why the whole essay is important. Hopefully giving myself more time to jot plenty of ideas down will give me the opportunity to write a strong 1,2,3 thesis. Also, writing the research essay gave me some more practice with the synthesis thesis and hopefully my revision will be a whole lot stronger. Paying attention to grammar, structure and appeal are the top three things i am going to look out for.