Boy oh boy, do I have some news for you guys! Let me just start out by saying that the literacy narrative is working out better than expected. For those who read my last blog, yes, I am a liar liar with pants on fire (I will not be reviewing Feed). The reason I'm not talking about it is because the literacy narrative was a bigger challenge.
I actually didn't have much trouble developing the story, or coming up with the name. The title I used is the first one that came into my head; WrAPped in a Bind seemed to summarize the whole story pretty well, or at least the idea behind it, which was about my struggles during the WrAP. The story I made was very basic: "give vivid details in organization." When I say this, "vivid" refers to... well, being descriptive. Trying to make the reader understand the position you are in is an important factor to writing. "Organization" could apply to order and sentence fluency.
Revisions were another joy to me. In the past, I normally had little written revisions, because I normally corrected my paper as I continued on the computer. This time however, was different. Instead of having a computer copy in front of me, I was prepared with a printed rough draft and a red pen. With the addition of Diamond and Emory giving me beneficial ideas to improve my work (Thanks to you guys if you are reading!), I succeeded in fixing many errors, whether they be conventions or vague ideas. If you compared one of my rough drafts from middle school and the one I made just a few days ago, you'd be surprised. Overall, I think my writing and processes have significantly changed in only a few months because of my fellow students and the teacher who developed this system. Thank you all.
8/17 - 40min., 8/18 - 35min., 8/19 - 40min., 8/20 - 35min, 8/21 - 30min.
Total - 180min., wrote 3 pages
Very cool! Glad to hear the writing process is working out as well as mine. I too was very shocked by how well it started. For me I can tell how good my essay is going to be in the first FIVE minutes of writing or brain storming. Again a big part of this is the topic that I must connect with, in this very lucky case my brain instantly clicked and before I knew it I had a full four pages typed, and over one-thousand words! And that was just my first draft. By now I have rounded it out to a comfortable five pages and over sixteen-houndred words, and by this point the only major revisions I am making are comma additions, simple grammar, repetition, and other small punctuation problems.
ReplyDeleteI to also believed the whole process of group revision, and editing TREMENDOUSLY helped my writing process. With out that a major factor of my narrative would have been left out and I thank the people in my group for shining light on my essay ( Julia, Christine, and Marie!) Thank you all again, and best of luck to you Akbar in your narrative as we begin to wrap up this project.