Monday, October 11, 2010

Writing Relection?

Please share what you have learned regarding writing so far this semester. What have you improved within your Uniform paragraph? Please reflect upon your improvements within this blog entry.  Remember the 6+1 Traits, Grammar, Revisions, Technology, Sentence Types, Thesis Statements, etc...  Please respond to this blog by Mon., October 11th, 2010.

21 comments:

  1. This semester I have learned a lot about grammar,revisions, and sentence type. I haven't improved anything really because I don't understand what to do on the uniform paragraph and need some more help with this stuff.

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  2. i have learned how to write using less dead verbs. i think two years of it will help alot. and i'm learning how to do the things i didn't understand last year.

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  3. I agree with TG3 i haven't learned alot at all so far this year i need to come in and get more help to understand what 'm working with.

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  4. Some of the things i have learned this semester is what prepositional phrases are and how to use them. I also was informed that when you are editing your piece of writing you should revise it more than once and to start from the bottom and go to the top.

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  5. I have learned alot so far like what a prep phrase is cc, cx, cp and so forth. i have also learned how to write better.

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  6. In this semester I have been given the opportunity to improve my writing. At the beginning of the school year I wrote a paragraph about the topic of if schools were or were not to create school uniforms that would be required by the students to wear. Through this process I have been able to locate and remove words to increase my writing ability. Going into this year I could read over my work and find things that were incorrect but after reading over the 6+1 Traits packet I doubled my effectiveness allowing me to find errors in a much shorter time.

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  7. So far this year we have learned a lot. In the uniform paragraph I have learned to how to get rid of linking verbs. Also I have learned to make my paragraph more interesting. I have improved in my blogging to. I have learned to put more in my writing and to focus more on my writing. I have improved greatly in this class.

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  8. I have learned many things this semester, I have learned how to annotate my writings and other pieces of writing too! I also have learned how to read really advanced pieces of literature. In class I now know how to use some different kinds of technology to get my work done quicker and easier. Jeff L

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  9. I've learned that writing is a lot more complex than it comes out to be. Even the tiniest error affects how a piece sounds. For my Uniform paragraph, I feel I've improved on almost everything. Useless words which only have the place as fillers in sentences have been edited out, which makes all of my sentences clear and concise. Also, saying things in other ways is another thing I've learned. Doing this adds more complex word variety to my paragraph, and it even helps me change the variety of sentences I have. Those were my main issues in my paragraph.

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  10. so far in English 9, i have learned a variety of vocab words that are good to use in writing. also we work on the story book a lot, and i have developed good note taking skills... now. but everyone learns from their mistakes.

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  11. some things that i have learned this semester about writing are things that have to do with grammar and punctuation, we have learned about linking verbs as well as situations about editing paragraphs. We have written paragraphs about school dress codes and responses to stories in our books.
    dante

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  12. On my Uniform paragraph I have changed a lot, actually I changed the whole thing.Once I went back and did my revising I kept my main important points,and if needed I just rearranged some of my words and corrected my sentence.Its still confusing, though i don't fully understand what I have wrong in my paragraph but the grammar packet and 6+1 trait packet have helped a lot.

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  13. I have learned that "to be" verbs make your writing weak and wordy. I have also learned to use better transition words, and to always recheck your writing. I learned to strengthen writing by using complex and compound sentences instead of using simple sentences. Another sure thing I have learned from this class is not to use punctuation where your not sure it belongs. I learned a thesis statement should have a s/v, fanboy, s/v, ending with therefor.
    -Bailey S

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  14. So far this semester I have improved on my grammar and punctuation skills. Eventhough my grammar is still not at its best, I am trying to fix it as much as possible. The Six Traits packet has really helped me on my writing because it lets me see how many different ways that there on to write and to fix my writing. The sentence types are my main problem in english, but the more i work on them the easier it becomes. also finding different ways to write a sentence to get the linking verbs out has been a bit of a problem.

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  15. I have definitely learned and grown in my writing over the past few weeks. My sentences have strengthen and I have become a better writer, and still growing. I have eliminated simple words from my sentences like is, am, been, being, etc. I have started using words with the same meaning but with a stronger value. I know I can still grow and get better, as you can at anything you work hard at.

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  16. I have learned the differences with between a simple sentence, a compound, complex and a compound-complex sentence. I have improved my sentence structures and have removed many of my linking verbs. I have learned about prepositional phrases and the things that make up the phrases. I have also learned different rules for punctuation and when to use a certain type of it.

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  17. This semester i have learned a lot of things about writing like sentence types tons of vocab and grammar i also learned how to take better notes on short stories i havent improved much on my uniform paragraph and probably need some help on it

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  18. My uniform paragraph has been improving since the start of the revisions. Ive learned that with my paragraph, to mix in different sentence types to make my paragraph more exciting to read. Not using linking verbs make you sound more informative and makes the paragraph vibe seem more intellectual.

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  19. Throughout the semester we have learned large topics to as small as punctuation. In the grammar packet I practiced finding prepositional phrases, but first had to actually find out what they were. Along with the vocab we get every other day, I can pick out what parts of a sentence are. There is lot to improve writing. In it are subjects, verbs, adjectives, and more. As you have just seen i was writing about a topic,which i learned from the 6 traits packet. I also learned to only use facts that are interesting, so it does not run on.

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  20. I have learned many things this semester. I have learned about how to identify and label sentence parts. Also, with the Uniform paragraph I have learned what to revise and how to revise it such as dead verbs and punctuation. I have also learned sentence types and how to identify them. Blogging and writing websites have also been introduced which has helped my writing and technology skills. My writing has definitely improved this semester.

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  21. I have learned new ways to write and revise paragraphs. For example, using no helping verbs. I have improved from having a lot of bad grades on the uniform paragraph to having all good grades on them. I also have learned different kinds of sentences (complex, compound, simple). I also have learned a lot of new words in English Class.

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