Global Improvements

In my second essay my two biggest global changes involved adding quotes to my essay. By doing this, in both cases, it made my argument stronger. The new quotes supported what I was saying and also incorporated the authors opinions. The first quote I added was from Richtel. He was making a counterargument to what … [Read more…]

Revision Plan for First Draft

Write a 250-300 word revision plan for your essay that addresses specific comments from your peers and how you might attend to them. Also, address the bigger-picture needs of your essay as you move into a new draft.  Going from my first draft to second draft I will be focusing on rewording my sentences so … [Read more…]

Essay #2 Peer Editing

Through my peer editing I think I made good comments to help my classmate progress in her writing. On the first page I made an evidence based comment where I suggested that she mention the increase in attention disorders. This is something that Richtel mentioned in his article. I think it will support the argument … [Read more…]

Essay #1 Reflection

After reading through the comments on my first essay, the one thing I must work on most is using multiple authors ideas to compare and contrast on one idea. I did a good job of using the authors opinions to support my idea, but I did not show how the authors opinions differed. There was … [Read more…]