Ready or Not is Eng 104 is next

I have signed up for English 104 in the fall, which makes me wonder how different it will be from English 101/102. I think I am pretty good at finding secondary sources for my projects. I have used primary sources before in other classes so I am familiar with them as well but could use some getting use to. I am pretty good at using the articles and databases resources the library has to offer. I find of myself dreading having to do group projects again. I really dislike working in groups. I am the type of person who likes to be responsible for my own work and no one else’s. I expect to have to write longer pages that require more sources as references to my views. Also have not really interviewed people and used it for a formal paper so that should be interesting. It will be interesting to see what types of assignments are assigned in English 104. I do not know whether to look forward though.

Projects

This week went okay other then me oversleeping on Wednesday and missing class. I still feel bad about that. Today I read my project three aloud in class and received feedback. It was helpful in a way but I find students have trouble giving constructive criticism. I do believe so of them liked my paper but I would liked to here maybe things I need to add or improve in the paper. Hearing Adam’s paper although I am not sure I agree totally with his point of view it’s interesting hearing his argument. He had a lot of sources and figures, which helped but I agree with Olivia who said a chart would have been nice.
My project 1 revision was okay but I am not completely happy with it just yet. I was not able to find credible sources. I should probably go back and look at other Prides that take place throughout the country. I am curious to see the feedback I will get from Karen in our meeting next week. It should be helpful and led me in the right direction on where to go for here. I am not sure which project I will revise next. Probably project 2 which but I am not quite sure yet.

Workshops

This week is class has been interesting. I like the new way of getting feedback on our writings. Also I think it helps to read our papers out loud to see that what we wrote might not sound right or be grammatical incorrect. It is also giving me a chance to better understand the BSU writing program grading continuum. I did not realize what some of the things meant on continuum. Professor Neubauer helped explain to the rest of the class and me exactly what syntax and diction means. I do am not the A level writing according to continuum. Last semester we were asked to grade ours on where we thought are writing was on the continuum. I can tell I have gotten better during this semester. I wouldn’t say it was a big change but I would say I have improved. Getting to see more of my classmates writing is interesting. I like seeing all the ideas students have come up with to write about. Also seeing what issues are important to them. I am not quite sure what the discussion leader still does but I believe I am not alone on that one. I thought Christian’s paper on multiculturalism was really good. He is a good writing and he seems to be really good at introducing the sources in a creative way. It seems like this process will take longer though since our class is only fifty minutes long.

Presenting Projects

I thought hearing about everyone’s experience during class interesting. I liked the groups who got the chance to use the median of video. The Carmichael smoking section group’s video was interesting. As a nonsmoking I never heard of the hang out area. I liked to the idea of the interviewing students asking questions such as why they like whatever place on campus someone was assigned. I also felt some of those pages put my groups to shame. Going first sucked but I guess it was okay to get it over with. I felt like my group’s page was pretty boring. I would of liked to do more only if I was more experienced with how to add things on fan pages. It should be interesting to see what the last group has to show since they have seen all the other groups go.