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[erinthomas02]

This relates to English when I am writing an essay, sometimes I lose focus and forget where I am going with what I was writing.

[baylacutrie]

Journal 13

I can use my writing process outside of the classroom for writing essays for job applications or anything like that. I can also use this process to help me organize my thoughts or ideas because the writing process includes the organization of ideas and information.

[erinthomas02]

I agree it would be helpful for writing applications for future jobs and is very useful to organize ideas and thoughts and keep track of information.

[erinthomas02]

Journal 13

“How can I translate my writing process to other work outside of this classroom?” I can translate my writing process to things outside of the classroom for when I get a job in the real world with writing reports and what not. It can also apply for when I am writing letters to friends or family. It also applies to my other classes that I am taking like history for example, that requires me to write an essay each week.

[nickgonzo119]

Journal 12

This semester, the most difficult assignment for me was the infographic. I am not very tech savvy and I lack creativity when it comes to things like that. The amount of frustration from that project was real; from things not resizing the way I wanted to things not turning the right color. The infographic was easily the most difficult project for me out of all my classes this semester.

I think i grew as a writer and gained some confidence in my writing ability. I still need to work on punctuation, but I think I have improved. I am excited to continue learning and growing as writer next semester in english 201, which I already secured a spot in Ms. Swinson’s class.

[erinthomas02]

I am also not very good at using technology and lack in creativeness. It was hard to move the text around me for me as well and couldn't figure out how to change the color of the background for a while. I also need to work on punctuation and grammar. I hope to grow in my writing skills onto the next English classes as well.

[erinthomas02]

Journal 12

The most challenging project for me this semester had to have been the Rhetorical Analysis assignment. It was a challenge for me because I am not a very strong writer to begin with. Supporting my argument in how the author used rhetorical devices was a struggle for me as well.

I think my writing skills have improved over the semester. I believe as though I have become stronger in supporting and finding evidence as I was challenged to use that skill in our past assignments this semester.

[taylorhendrixxx]

Journal #11

For my counter-argument on the infographic, I stated I believe universities and colleges must readily prepare themselves for situations as such, and any situations in the future. In proving this argument, that they were ill-prepared, I believe showing the drop out rates due to the pandemic would be a great point, along with the mental impact that the route these universities went down, has on college students. I know I can personally say I struggle with school in general, so the chaos around the pandemic and our education has just made it worse.

[erinthomas02]

I think your counter argument was very strong and a thing a lot of people can relate to. Including myself I think this would be an interesting infographic to make about. I agree using statistics of the dropout rates would back up the argument as well.

[erinthomas02]

Journal 11

For my counter argument I plan to address in my infographic how she can expand on pathos, ethos and logos, With pathos she can pull on to peoples emotions about the effects not doing something about using renewable energy to try and help climate change will do to the environment. Use more facts to support her argument and credible sources.

She used pathos in the beginning of her article to pull the reader in with talking about a memory of learning to swim to relate to the readers.

She had some facts she already had to support her claim but using more would improve on her argument and she did have one credible source she used in her article.

[baylacutrie]

Journal 10

It is important to evaluate a source because you need to know if it is credible or not. I would say that that was the most important thing from the reading as well.

Being reminded of this, I will now remember to look deeper into a source before I decide to use it or not because I want the information I am using to be reliable and not false. 

I might avoid just using general searches on the internet, and instead turn to using our library or scholarly articles. I could also look up the author of articles that I find on the internet and see if they are credible or not. 

[erinthomas02]

I agree it was a good reminder and refresher to be more aware of the sources we are using for information for research or just in general. Using library or scholarly articles are more credible and safer to use so I will most likely do that as well for the future.

[erinthomas02]

Journal 10

It is important to evaluate a source to help ensure that the source is credible and reliable and that is what I found from the text to be the most important reasoning. Knowing the key factors helps to point out if a source is good to use for a paper as well for the information to be correct and not so bias. From this knowledge I now will look more closely in the sources and articles I use at not everything on the internet is reliable as before I would just go with the first article I saw. It changed the way I read them as well in to look more into if there is a clear bias of the author and to read the dates especially if it is needed to have a more current article with evidence for a data.

[baylacutrie]

Journal 9

[erinthomas02]

I like the title page you made, very clever adding in the fork and knives at the bottom as its talking about eating. The article you chose seems pretty reliable and it backs up what your original articles argument was. I also liked the font choices you used for your title page.

[erinthomas02]

Journal 9

This article, “Oceans Can Help Tackle Climate Change” by Savannah Bertrand and George Davidson supports the same idea of using the ocean to help with climate change. Their article is structured more for informing on ways to utilize the ocean and is more logos and ethos with lots of facts and credible sources. 

https://www.eesi.org/articles/view/oceans-can-help-tackle-climate-change

[cheynedaniels]

Journal #8

The purpose of this image is to display the damage caused by the wildfires in California. The intended audience is for people looking to show support or gain knowledge on the fires sweeping through California. The image uses mostly pathos as it displays a woman standing in what looks to be the remnants of her home, which appeals to the viewers emotional side making them feel bad for this woman.

The picture shows contrast as it has the trees that are alive in the background and then what looks to be fallen trees on the ground throughout the rest of the image.The photograph demonstrates alignment as the woman is strategically in the forefront of the picture and all of the damage lies behind her. It also includes proximity as it has a large open space surrounding the woman and trees very far in the background. However, it doesn’t really involve repetition other than the colors being dark and lifeless.

This reflects my understanding of the my subject as the photograph shows the damage done by the fires that have become more common and larger in size due to climate change, which is one of the largest environmental issues that our planet faces today.

[erinthomas02]

The image I used had a similar effect in showing how something can negatively affect the environment. I agree it displays pathos in having us feel a connection and empathy towards the women who is standing over the remains of her home. Your analysis is pretty spot on for how much it reflects the story its relaying. 

[erinthomas02]

Journal 8

This image is representing air pollution in the environment. It is a strategically used photograph displaying how air pollution is bad. This was from a website article named “Effects of Air Pollution on Human Health” The audience is for people researching the effects of air pollution for humans and people that need to be informed on the dangers of smog. The images purpose was to show how pollution is causing a negative effect as the guy is having to wear a full oxygen mask and everything surrounding him is dead in the environment. It displays pathos as a rhetorical appeal because no one wants to live in that kind of environment as it unhealthy and dangerous. It makes us want to live a healthier lifestyle and go down on the pollution. It does display the CRAP in contrast of showing the life pollution does rather than a healthier one, repetition in the idea of the negative effects, alignment on the writers idea of pollution being bad for human health and proximity as it leads into a negative look for pollution. This leads into the big picture of how pollution negatively affects human health and the environment.

[baylacutrie]

Journal 7

While reading “How to Write the Perfect Sentence”, there was one thing that really stuck out to me. It was when the Author said, “A line of words should unfold in space and time, not reveal itself all at once, for the simple reason that it cannot be read all at once.” This stuck out to me because I feel as if I tend to shove as much information in the smallest amount of space as possible. I am not quite sure why I do this or when I started doing this, but after reading that, it made me realize that I should try to “slow down” my writing. I mean that when I am writing, I should space out my information and fill that space with simple writing so that the reader can absorb all the information rather than being all of a sudden overwhelmed with a pile of information all in like two sentences. 

[erinthomas02]

I agree I usually try to put as much information in one sentence as possible. I always try to break up my sentences more or take out words that are not needed as much and “slowing down” when writing would be very helpful. 

[erinthomas02]

Journal 7

““If it is possible to cut a word out, always cut it out,” he ordered. Perhaps he should have written: “If you can cut a word, do.”” This quote surprised me because I feel like with writing, they always are asking to write more or elaborate more on something. The only time in writing where I was asked to write less was with science when we were recording data. 

[annadwhite3]

Journal 6

I remember doing peer reviews in high school but I have not done one in a very long time. I really liked when my classmates took the time to dive deep into my paper and give me feedback that I could actually use. Comments that I could read and then go back to a specific spot on my paper and change were the most helpful. Whether that was reorganizing my paper, tweaking my thesis, or grammar corrections. One thing I did not think was helpful was when my peers would just comment “great job!” or “I like this sentence”. Those are nice comments, but if you like something specific about the paper say WHAT you liked about it so the author knows what exactly they did good and they can take note of.

[erinthomas02]

I also have not done a peer review in a little while because it was done a lot more in high school when writing papers or stories for class. I agree that when getting a peer review hen the comments were just saying they liked what I wrote were nice were also not very helpful in what I could improve on. I like specific notes on what I could change and work on as well because it allows me to go back and change parts of my paper. 

[erinthomas02]

Journal 6

The last time I did a peer review that I can remember was from highschool and most the time it would be my friends giving me input. It was not always the most helpful for me but it definitely would help me critique some things. The most helpful suggestions for me were for grammar and run on sentences. I did not think any suggestions were not helpful as I can always find something to improve on in my writing. If I could change something about the peer review, it would be for it to be in person because talking it out and reading it out loud together would help me think about it more thoroughly.