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Bullock, Richard, and Goggin, Maureen D, and Weinberg, Francine, editors. The Norton Field Guide to writing with readings and handbook. W.W. Norton & Company, 2016.

Many college students find themselves struggling, while trying to write papers in their English classes. This book was written to help you though these struggles. They say/I say by Gerald Graff and Cathy Birkenstein is a book that was designed to help students be better writers. I think that this book is absolutely a huge help to anyone in need of becoming a much more confident and better writer. This book has helped me learn how to write more structured sentences and how to form them in ways that sound better and are also more grammatically correct than before. I have learned how to properly demonstrate and use many writing techniques such as making quotations, playing the believing game, how to write strong summaries, how to plant a “naysayer”, and incorporate “so what?” and “who cares?” into my writing. This book can be extremely helpful to anyone in need of assistance or for people interested in

While attending writing class, I learned about the 4 steps in writing, bases for revising, organizing, and connecting specific information, and I also learned about the different types of essays such as descriptive, narrative, process, cause and effect and argumentative essay. I have been a student at Milwaukee Area Technical College for 1 semester, and over the course of my enrollment I have grown and learned more that I knew prior to attending this writing course. Participating in this writing class has taught me so much more than stuff about literature and language, it has taught me another way of expressing myself. I have learned here how to write and express myself, how to think for myself, and how to find the answers to the things that I don 't know. Most importantly I have learned how important technique, outlines and organization are. My goal in this paper is to inform writers about how my writing skills have improved.

Communication in writing skills for the past six weeks were standards information on different sorts of sources for rapidly flowing needs of today’s writers. This form of writing shows the role of strategies in writing on subjects. It demonstrated contracts between oral communication and written communication. The main ideas in this course discovery, objectives, critical thinking, and tension, valuing course resources time management, and cooperating with others (Giordano 2012). However, the skills for effective writing produce volumes of master’s level for the required resources in this way.

Letter may wander off topic at times; body is either too wordy or short and choppy.

| Writing for new students. Course COM/155About UsWelcome students. I am going to give you tips on the writing process to prepare you for this course. Good luck to you all.

The school district has a responsibility to make sure their students graduate and are college and career ready. This online resource is still very new to the target district and this evaluate of this program will determine if it is meeting the student’ needs and is effectively meeting the learning goals and course outcomes.

I have already explained why I like to use websites, documents, and resources that section it's information off. This website sections everything and it made it so easy for me to look through information that I may need in the future. This was the only resource that I have found so far that was laid out in a way that was easy for me to understand. I found a lot while exploring this resource. There are sections on PowerPoints, sentences, tips for people with writer’s block, and a section just about paragraphs. I would highly recommend this source to others because of the amount of information that is given and because I found it so easy and so helpful to use. It was easy to use because of the drop down options in the menu. It was also helpful to use because of those drop down menus, it kept me from having to search through pages and pages of information that I didn't

The broadcaster offers PBS LearningMedia, which is a website with thousands of resources for educators and parents alike. The website features over 100,000 digital resources, to be exact, and they range in both topic and educational level.

I have more than enough tools and resources to make my writing not only correct and neatly formatted, but to make it more enjoyable to read as well. First, page 46 of the LB handbook has been of great assistance during my writing already, using transitional statements is much easier than I thought it would be. Also, I will continue to use Paper Rater for my assignments. I have never used it before this class, but I think it is a great tool to have, especially if I am unsure of the way my writing is going so far. Additionally, the worksheets and notes we took in class regarding comma splices will be a great reference for when I am unsure of where to place my next comma. Similarly, page 236 of the LB handbook has a great set of examples for the proper use of “whom” and I am excited to review that section and use it to my advantage. Last, Dictionary.com and a thesaurus will be great resources to replace bland words and get rid of my excessive “things”. With my new-found knowledge of all the resources I have for improving vocabulary, how to incorporate more transitional statements, and knowing how and when to use a comma, my writing will improve immensely. I cannot wait to put the writing tools to the test and see what I am truly capable of when it comes to

The authors believe that the templates are useful because, “many students will never learn on their own to make the key intellectual moves that [their] templates represent”. These templates would allow for those students to learn basic skills that can enhance and empower their writing. 2. State and explain your response to learning writing templates. What do you expect to gain, what are your concerns, etc.?

This artifact is a virtual quiz using Socrative.com. I created a ten question quiz about animal adaptation that is appropriate for 3rd graders. With the creation of this quiz, I utilize the tools presented by Socrative. I had family members take the quiz in teacher mode where I was able to control the pace of the quiz and in student mode where they were able to take the quiz at their own pace. Also, I utilized the excel results to determine the effectiveness of the quiz. This artifact shows that I can “address the diverse needs of all learners by using learner-centered strategies providing equitable access to appropriate digital tools and resources.”

Proficient writing is an essential skill in all aspects of academic and professional achievement. English 101, Introduction to Composition and Rhetoric, provided the framework to good writing, teaching me composition and rhetoric fundamentals, polishing up my grammar and style, and expressing a clear message. English 102, Composition, Rhetoric, and Research, continued to build on the skills I learned in English 101, focusing on the subject matter research process and employing various rhetorical and literary devices to better express a clear message to the reader. The course also improved my critical thinking capacity, allowing me to culturally evaluate my target audience, present logically flowing arguments using appropriate language and structure, and critically reviewing my writing projects for content and expression. Every writer inherently knows there’s always room to improve and I hold fast to this mindset in all academic, professional, and personal writing projects. English 102 has both challenged and inspired me to grow into a much better writer than before I began the class, providing the necessary skills to be not just a good writer, but a great writer.

I will provide my students with thesauruses to assist them with word choice. They will help each other with conventions and word fluency. During this process the students will edit and make any necessary revisions. Once they have completed their projects each group with present their website page to the class. Students will guide the discussion and ask questions. During these presentations I will begin to assess my students through observations. I can begin scoring their ideas, organization, voice, sentence fluency, word choice and presentation by using the 6 + 1 Traits of Writing

Technology is a helpful tool for teaching the writing process, and Marchisan and Alber (2001) concluded that writers can be taught to write using the writing process approach paired with tools of technology, direct instruction, and committed well-trained teachers. Graham, (2008), Graham & and Perin (2007a), and Rogers & and Graham, (2008), agreed that technology makes the process of writing easier and often provides very specific types of support. Word processing provides at least four advantages: (a) revisions are easily made, (b) publishing is professional-looking, (c) typing provides an easier means for children with fine motor skill challenges to produce text, and (d) word-processing programs have software programs, such as spell and stylistic checkers designed to reduce specific types of miscues. Other tools are speech synthesis (i.e., the writer’s spoken words are transcribed to electronic text) and word-prediction programs (i.e., the computer program reduces the key strokes by predicting the writer’s next word). This is helpful for students with difficulties with spelling and the mechanics of writing. In addition, outlining and semantic mapping software can aide with the planning process, and the use of computer networks and the Internet can help to promote communication and collaboration among writers.