Q1. So, in the end, how’d your WP2 paper go? What were you happy with? What weren’t you? Why? Be specific! (Remember: this is fodder for your end-of-quarter metacognitive reflection)
Overall I was happy with the way the paper turned out, but I felt like I really had to struggle through this one. It felt a bit tedious giving example after example and I felt I was repeating myself at times. I was happy with the way I was able to incorporate quotes from the sources and course readings to introduce and reinforce my main points.
Q2. Which 2 or 3 comments that you received yesterday were the most helpful for you? Why?
One comment told me to be more specific in my thesis and it helped me to go back and edit it which as a result changed my entire essay. Another comment told me I needed to bring in more quotes from the course readings and it made me go back and look through the book which not only gave me some solid quotes, but also gave me more ideas about what I should write about.
The comments that helped me out were pretty much the same but for some reason I didn't use the reader at all so I think I really messed up... The thesis comment was totally relatable. I didn't even really have a thesis, honestly. I'm glad you felt better about this WP. I felt better about mine up until now. I kind of think I messed everything up but hopefully the effort I put into it will make up for it. Keep at it!
ReplyDeleteWow, that must have been a task to have your essay changed as a result of your thesis edits. I hope you were able to get more ideas flowing, though. I had trouble bringing in quotes from the course reader, too, so it's good that someone pointed that out to you. I'm happy that you got so much out of your peer edits because it seems to me like you got an even better paper out of it.
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