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Over this semester I have grown a lot as a writer. I was able to be more creative and original with the writing that I do. I also was able to improve my research skills. I became more comfortable with the svsu library databases as well. Additionally, I became more comfortable with sharing my work with others. I am now more confident with my writing because of that. Overall, I feel that this class has helped me improve in several ways as a writer.

Final draft of revision piece

I am very happy with the final draft of my revision piece. I feel like I did a good job revising an essay into something that I could turn in as a final copy. I think that I chose a good piece to work with. The major change that I made was turning the essay into a narrative. I rewrote the essay in the form of a story to depict my feelings and actions. Overall, I am happy with my final draft of my revision piece and excited to see what grade I got on it.

Revision Piece

For my revision piece I chose to write a descriptive story. I have a ridiculous fear of airplanes, so I wrote about the first time that I ever flew on an airplane. I chose to do this piece because it was the most interesting of all of my in class writings. It began as just a paragraph on my biggest fear, and I revised it so it sounded more like a story. I like writing descriptive accounts of things that I have actually experienced so I believe that I will be able to do well on this. I feel that I can to do a lot with this piece and I am excited to continue to revise it.

Reading and literacy in my family

Reading and literacy is something that I feel my family finds very important. My parents have always instilled the importance of education and doing good in school to my brother and I. I feel that good reading and writing skills are essential for being successful in school. Therefore in order to do well, we must take reading and literacy seriously. My family always turns to each other when writing something important for school or work. My brother and I go to each other for advice on papers for school. I also frequently have my mom proof read my papers. My dad even asked my opinion on something that he had to write for his job before. We all take education very seriously and therefore reading and literacy are important aspects of our lives.

Success of My Short Project

Overall, I feel that my short project turned out well. My topic was about the affect that music from the 1960s has had on music today. Therefore, an article for a music based magazine was a great way to relay my topic to an interested audience. I feel that I incorporated all of the crucial aspects of a magazine article into my project. I formatted the article into columns that were justified. I also included bold titles and pictures that pertained to the topic of the article. Overall I am happy with my final project and hope that I did well on it.

Short Project

For my short project based on my research paper, I have decided to write a magazine article. The article will be something that you will most likely find in a music based magazine, such as Rolling Stones. I plan to depict how music of the 1960s has influenced musicians of today. I need to keep it concise, up beat, and interesting. I also need to include pictures with appropriate captions that go with my article. To make it look like a magazine article, I will format my article in columns that are justified. I also will have bold and catchy titles to keep my readers interested. I feel that this is the best way to convey the material of my research paper to the intended audience. 

Using Sources

When working with sources, there are always things that seem to come easy to me and also things that are a little bit more challenging. For this paper, I found that finding useful articles that contained history and interviews pertaining to my topic was very easy. It did not take long to get all of the information that I needed. Using the library database also was simple and very useful. The difficult part of using sources for this assignment was the fact that we needed to have a primary source. It was hard to find an adequate source that made sense for my paper that was just uninterpreted data and facts. It was also difficult to make sure that my sources were legitimate and unattainable through Internet search engines. Overall working with sources is kind of a double edged sword, there are aspects of it that are simple and others that take a little more work.