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Student outcome #6: This learning outcome involves the crafting of reasonably well-formatted sentences. (Word count 203). If you know me at all you know that spelling and grammar are not my strong suit. When I’m texting, autocorrect is my best friend and my closest friends have adapted to reading my flawed typing style. When I’m …
Student outcome #5: (Document work MLA) This learning outcome is focused on the ability to integrate quotes in a sentence and include a properly formatted Works Cited list at the end of a paper. (Word count 182). I have been writing using MLA format for all my English classes but shockingly enough I have not …
Student outcome #4: (peer review) This learning outcome is focused on the ability to critically read a peer’s essay and make constructive suggestions for change, in addition to the ability to evaluate one’s own work and identify opportunities for specific improvement. (Word count 301). This year peer edit has been anything but a topic that …
Student outcome #3: (active reading) This learning outcome focuses on active reading and a range of informal writing activities that develop understanding and enable us to engage meaningfully with what we read. (Word count: 303) Annotating has helped me a lot this year with understanding the texts that we read. My annotating style is honestly …
Student outcome #2: (integrating ideas) This outcome is focused on text engagement, on your ability to represent the relevant “conversation” between texts, and on your ability to position yourself in that conversation. (Word count 421) You know at the beginning of the year when your teachers ask you your strengths and weaknesses for the class? Well …
Student outcome #1: (recursive process) this outcome is focused on revising in ways that strengthen the ideas and structure of a project between the first and final drafts. (Word count 398) Peer editing and revising is something I’ve been doing all through my English career, but it’s not always been my strong suit. In the …
Advice For The Future Student: My College Story College. It was a topic talked about all my life but I never really imagined that the time would come. Now I’m 18 and living in a shared dorm room two hours away from the life I’ve known forever. I’m writing this as I’m nearing the end …
