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Archive for February, 2008

Essay 3 Proposal

Posted: Thursday, February 28th, 2008 @ 9:43 pm in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Since writing my proposal, I feel it has set a starting point and gave needed direction for Essay 3.   I now have a specific working thesis and a “plan of attack” of how to support it.  I was able to give a who, what, when, where, why and how of my topic.  If I wrote an effective […]

Essay 3 Topic

Posted: Friday, February 22nd, 2008 @ 10:32 pm in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Well, at this point, I know that I’m getting closer to deciding what my exact topic will be but I know it’ll have to do with exercise and/or bipolar disorder.  After completing Essay 2 this week, I feel like I’m getting a better understanding of how to present an argument in writing form.  It’s like […]

My Writing Process

Posted: Thursday, February 14th, 2008 @ 10:20 pm in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Until now, I didn’t know my writing process (drafting and revising)was very similar to the process suggested in From Inquiry to Academic Writing.  As I went through the steps creating my rough draft for Essay 2, it was much easier than Essay 1, but of course I still struggled.   
I just “rediscovered” the references to drafting and […]

My Synthesis

Posted: Thursday, February 7th, 2008 @ 10:58 pm in Uncategorized | 1 Comment »

This is my beautiful, very colorful Prima flower “garden”.  I am obsessed with paper flowers, specifically the brand Prima - made for scrapbooking.  “Planting” my garden took quite a bit of synthesis in that I needed to figure out where I wanted to buy my flowers, how much I wanted to pay each box/bottle and what variety […]

The Final Draft of Essay #1

Posted: Friday, February 1st, 2008 @ 1:15 pm in Uncategorized | No Comments »

Ugh…what a week.  After receiving feedback from Amanda, I had to completely re-write my essay.  I wrote more of a summary than a critque.  I must admit, I was so lost.  This is where it would be so helpful to me to be on-campus.  The exchange of information through the internet is grating.  For the […]