First Quarter Wrap-Up

           It seems like we’ve just started our year, and we are already a quarter of the way through! I have learned a lot about writing in my Writ 101 class, from preventing weasel words and comma splices to writing genres and styles. One thing that has helped me along the way is peer editing! With peer editing I can see from a few other student perspectives to see what I need to do to improve the effectiveness of my paper, along with identifying common errors and giving some input of ideas and thoughts that would work well in the paper. One thing that confuses me though is that I struggle with finding a way of organizing my thoughts and also creating the first and last paragraphs. I feel they have to sum up what I have to say or have said and I can’t transition my thoughts very well. Hopefully I become more confident in my writing ability and can overcome this.

            A few things that I have enjoyed about this Writ 101 class is that when I am handed an assignment I have a few days to prepare my thoughts and write it down on paper before we peer edit, I don’t have someone constantly checking my progress throughout a week to get it done during class time. I prefer to work away from school and other distractions, I don’t like the pressure and stress to get things done while at school. Surprisingly this quarter was very easy going. I didn’t feel overwhelmed with essays or due dates which was a nice feeling! When I signed up for this class I thought I was going to be overly stressed and would need to be chained to my computer constantly, but it was nothing like that at all. I was probably less stressed this quarter than I have been my whole high school career! Hopefully this next quarter we learn more about writing genres and techniques to help us all grow to be confident writers.