10/23/2016 1 Comment Midterm ReflectionNow that we are at the mid point of our English class I have noticed that my writing process has changed for the better. In the beginning of the class I will admit I was not looking forward to taking this class. Writing was never something I was good at. I always saw writing as a chore and never a hobby. However I do think I am becoming more of a stronger writer. My writing process has changed immensely since high school. In high school, if an essay seemed to hard for me I would hold it off until the last day possible until it was due or not even attempt it all. I’ve been working on better managing my time and making sure that’s not the case here in dccc. However, it has been a challenge kicking those old habits. I really enjoy the blogs we do in class because I can put my own feelings and thoughts into most of them. It’s easier to write about a topic if your interested in it or you have a certain opinion on it, which the blogs allows me to do. My writing process has also changed because I now organize my thoughts better. Before I start a paper, I write out exactly what I want to say into a table or chart before I put it into sentences. This helps me know that I’m covering every objective that I need to write about and helps me plan out how I’m going to write the paper. Professor Mangini also has us do free writes sometimes in class. This has been very helpful with my writing process. I now do that before every assignment. Being an over thinker its hard for me to get my thoughts out sometimes so free writes helped me not think as much and just write whatever is on my mind. I usually get lots of useful ideas for my essays through my free writes. Although my writing process isn’t perfect yet I hope to grow even more throughout the rest of the semester.
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10/23/2016 0 Comments Film ReviewThe film stepbrothers is about two grown adults name Dale and Brennan who still live at home with their parents. They both still act like children and rely on their parents to do everything for them. Their parents, Robert and Nancy fall in love and decide to bring their family’s together, making Dale and Brennan step brother which they aren’t too happy about. Now living under the same roof they are forced to try and get along. Nancy and Roberts relationship is put to the test when dealing with these two. This movie is a must see film. If you like to laugh at dumb humor you will absolutly enjoy this film as much as I did.
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10/21/2016 1 Comment Academic Mindset Reflection Who did I work with to compose my academic mindset project? Was this a good approach?
I worked on this project mostly by myself. I think this was a good approach because I was able to think for myself and have only my own thoughts put into the project. What was the most difficult part of my writing process? Why? What did I do to overcome the obstacles? I think the hardest part was reading through articles. This was difficult for me because a lot of the words used in both of the article didn’t make sense to me so it was hard to understand what each author was trying to say. I decided to read them a couple more times and take notes throughout each section. I also googled any word that I was unfamiliar with. This helped me process the articles a lot better. When are where did I write this project? Good approach? I wrote this very last minute and at my house. This was not a good approach because since I already had trouble with the article it was very frustrating knowing I didn’t give myself enough time to do my best work. Why did I chose to write about my chosen topic? Out of both article I chose to side with Carol Dweck’s article because I believed that her idea of growth mindset made the most sense to me. How will I revise my writing process for future revision of the academic mindset assignment?
Who did I work with to compose my project?
I worked by myself to compose the project however I had a lot of help from the teacher and class in coming up ideas on topic to write about. This was a good approach because the movie we chose could have been very difficult to come up with an argument on my own so it was very helpful that we went over it in class What was the most difficult part of my writing process? Why? What did I do to overcome the obstacles? There wasn’t really a difficult part of my writing process for this project because once I knew what I wanted to write about it was easy to compose the project. However I did run into the challenge of making sure all my sentences made sense and having the piece well organized which I always struggle with when it comes to writing. I overcame this obstacle by having one of my friends read over it and she was able to help me with ideas on how I can make it more organized. When and where did I write this project? I wrote this project as soon as I got the assignment sheet. This was a good approach because I didn’t procrastinate it and got it done right away. I wrote this project in school. This wasn’t the best approach for me because it was hard for me to focus because it gets very loud in there. I would much rather write at my house where it is much quieter and easier for me to think. Why did I choose to write about my chosen topic? I chose to write my topic as a letter to the parents. I chose this because there was many different subjects I could write about. How will I adapt/revise my writing process for future revision of this project?
10/21/2016 0 Comments Film-Based Project Assignment Film-Based Project Assignment
Prompt: -Is there a certain age where children shouldn’t rely on parents for everything? - How can a child’s actions impact a marriage? - Is it okay to keep your inner child? -Does adulthood make it impossible to maintain a youthful joy for life? - Why do brothers feel entitled? - What did the parents do to make them feel entitled? - What type of parents was needed for these brothers to become functional adults? - Should the brothers follow their dreams or conform to society’s expectations for what constitutes being an adult? - If a parent favors a child can it affect their siblings? Purpose:
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10/5/2016 0 Comments Four Academic MindsetsAcademic Mindsets are beliefs, attitudes, or ways of perceiving oneself in relation to learning and intellectual work that support academic performance. The four academic mindsets talked about in chapter five of “Teaching Adolescents to become learners” are, I belong in this academic community, my ability and competence grow with my effort, I can succeed at this, this work has value. I feel that each of these mindsets are very important in becoming a better student. However, I relate the most to the mindset of this work has value. In the chapter, it states that learners are naturally motivated to learn when they perceive a task to be inherently interesting.
As a student, I tend to put more effort in a certain task if it sparks my interests. The chapter also says that students are more likely to expend persistent effort and exhibit academic behaviors that supports school success if the student sees a connection between academic tasks and their own future goals. In order for me to succeed at Delaware County Community College I try to remind myself that all the work I put into my classes will have value when I’m finished. One way I’m able to stay focused on a particular task is knowing it’s going to benefit me in the end. For me, if I don’t have an end goal I become very uninterested in the task. Especially in school, if I’m learning something I know I’m never going to need to know for my everyday life I often say to myself “what’s the point?” The key to my success at Delaware County Community College is having the mindset of this work has value for me. 10/3/2016 0 Comments Hiraeth Writing Process ReflectionFor my hiraeth assignment I worked mostly on my own, however I got a lot of helpful feedback from my classmates. This helped me a lot because they gave me ideas that I could use for the piece to make it longer. That was something I struggled with when writing my hiraeth because although I had an event that I was writing about I didn’t know exactly how I was going to make it longer. I wrote my hiraeth piece very last minute at my house. This was defiantly not a good approach because I felt like I could have made it a lot better if had started it earlier. I decided to write about my grandmother old house, specifically about spending Easter there with my whole family. This was a good topic to write about because it represented a home that I could never return to. I remember many events from my life being there so I knew I could create a good piece that would represent a hiraeth the best. Going forward with this project I know I need to make some changes to the way I go about my writing process. I need to stop procrastinating my work and not wait till the night before the deadline. I plan on working on this by working on it throughout the week into sections. This will help me because I wont be crunching all the work in one sitting and it wont make me feel overwhelmed.
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