English 111 Lesson 6

Thesis:There are dangerous people on the internet waiting for young innocent children to chat with them.
The cartoon depicted on page 227 of writing aruguments shows a picture of a young girl of about the age of 5 looking into a dark door labeled Internet Chat Rooms. In the dark background are white eyes showing in the room. This makes the white eyes seem mysterious but the young girl is unware of who that person might be. The person lurking in the dark speaks to the girl to gain her confidence to not be on her guard. The young girl does not feel that it would be dangerous to talk with the young girl. She feels this way because she is not able to know the identity of the person chatting with her. Children naturally trust someone who connects with them and would not think the worst of them. This is often the beggining of a predators way of trapping a young child into meeting them. This often is going on with the parents unaware. This can often end very badly for a young innocent child.

English 111 Lesson 5

Which of the techniques for generating ideas for essays has been most valuable to you? Why?
I really liked using the pro and con to generate ideas for one of the essays. I enjoyed this as it seemed easier for me to locate the information that I would need.

Give an example from the writing you have done so far.Which technique would you choose not to use again? Why?
At the beginning I thought that I preferred clustering but have found that I do not feel that it is something that works for me. It doesn't seem to generate too many ideas as quickly for me.

What have you learned about the writing process and/or about yourself during this lesson?
This lesson was difficult but I really learned more about reading through examples and following through. Doing a lot of the prep work to writing a paper is highly valuable.

What have you learned about the textbooks we are using for this course?
I feel that the writing arguments book is easier to find information needed on writing.

What have you learned about your instructor's expectations of you?
The instructor expects our best in the essays. There are many suggestions given to improve on the writing. I have appreciated the detailed suggestions or direction I have been given in this course. I look forward to this class improving my writing abilities.

Evaluation of supporting evidence

The information that was collected to support my evaluation came from 2 online articles about patience. Included what Steven Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, has observed while in his career. Mr. Ballmer's section of the article was very persuasive on what it takes to be a successful businees man. Included in the article was also a personal reflection given by Dr. Charles C. Manz. Dr. Manz conclusion of his weekness patience, he expressed the need to develop and grow this strength.

Which suggested tasks from Writing Arguments did I find most useful and why?
Freewriting: I have used this so many times in the past to just jot down ideas and thoughts to be able to review later.
Idea mapping: This works well give you news ideas and thoughts about how to share supporting evidence.

Which genre of argument would you most likely write on your own? Why?
Freewriting would have to be the one I use the most and favor. This can be a great process to flow through your thought and ideas. Once finished review and decide what is most important and supports the essay.

Did you ask anyone else to make recommendations about your revising process? Why or why not?
Yes, I have asked a person that I know who has a B.A. in English. She really enjoys writing and seems to understand and appreciate it more than I have in the past.

What is the goal of argument?
To share information with the reader. This can give a reader a different perspective on an issue. It is very important to have evidence that supports this process.

How did previewing sections of a book (rather than simply reading them) help you to understand the material? (If you are not practicing previewing the written material it will show in your work.)
Preview always helps me to get an idea of what is expected of me and what to keep in mind while reading through the information. I often take notes while reading to keep on track of what is needed.

Freerice.com

I decided to do the freerice.com as one of the assignment replacements. I have done this with my children in the past and they really enjoy it. I did enjoy it but it took way too long to get 35,000 grains. I believe I would not choose to do this again as a replacement. I did learn a lot of new vocabulary. Some rather strange words. The level I worked on was to level 60.

I did also do about about 1,000 grains of rice for grammar. This was the first time for me so I only went to level 10. I really enjoyed the grammar part.

English F111X Lesson 3 (Comparison)

I really had a difficult time with this part of the lesson. I had to catch myself many times from comparing and contrasting while writing it. I read through the articles to keep the comparisons similar. I appreciated the article written by Jean Anyon but felt it was less enjoyable to read and a bit drier. It was very informative though.

English F111X Lesson 3 (Summary)

I read through this article twice to make sure I retained the information to write the summary. I enjoyed the article "I just want to be average" written by Mike Rose. I ended up rewriting the summary a few times , I wanted the sentence structure to flow and to be easy to follow. I like the fact that the information in the article was related through a story line.

English F111X2 (Lesson 2)

As I was reading through this lesson, I was able to learn more about design documents. I have read what tends to appeal to the reader just in the format portion and that not always creating a resume that stands out is best. I have really enjoyed reading through this section as it seemed to refresh the basic rules that I have learned over the years. I did however, have a difficult time with writing out my writing resume. I do not have an extensive back ground with writing so I felt I was unable to fully utilize this assignment. I wrote it out as best I could with what little knowledge I have of this area. I look forward to reading through and learning more from the lessons to come. I would love to be able to express myself in my writing more fluently.