Thlog #2

So  with septa being on strike last week, I had a hard time making it to school. I felt like I was so far behind because I was sure that I missed a whole lot. When I came back Zack informed me that I was little behind but I could definitely catch. On Wednesday we talked a lot about hedging. This concepts always made sense to me because I feel like making huge generalizations sometimes does not make sense because it isn’t accurate. I hope that I can fully apply this concept to my WP2. I try to incorporate every new writing thingy (lol) that I learn to all recent assignments that i have been giving. On wednesday we also talked about PB2A which i was eternally greatful for. Being as though I missed a few classes I took that time to absorb everything that was said and noted about this assignment. Also I’m happy that a fair amount of my classmates did theirs on time because I got a chance to read over theirs and get an even better understanding of what was expected.. Also I like the fact that I can look back at the lesson plan when I’m at home because I feel like everything that I missed and is going to be there. Or even if I didnt miss class that day, if forgot to take notes on something we talked about, I can find it in the lesson plan. The fact that the second half appears to be slower paced than the first relieves me. But I have no doubt that I will have just as much trouble, if not more, trying to write WP2.

Thlog #1

So unfortunately this is my very first thlog. But I just wanted to talk about how challenging I thought Wp1 was. I had a hard time trying to figure out how I was going to format my paper and things like that. The thing that helped me the most with this paper was the highlighting exercise we did in class. It helped me see what I had and what I should include. When I used the highlighters in my first draft, I realized that I did not have enough quotes and evidence from our course readings but I did notice that most of paragraph included a lot of language that had a lot to with my thesis so I knew that my paper made sense. I wrote my paper probably about 3 times and I felt like each time I tried another draft, the easier ideas flowed with me. I do think that Pb1A helped me with this assignment a lot because it helped me understand genre better than i did before. Also the article on First and Second order thinking really helped me out because I learned that when I just keep writing and organize at the end, I formulate a better well thought out paper. I feel as though I can apply both of these things that I learned within PB1A and Two kinds of thinking with my other classes currently, and in the future. I was beyond relieved when I finished my first writing project. I was so happy because then I was able to give my brain a break because I was literally like a deer in headlight when I first started writing it. I’m glad these thlogs can be written with first-order thinking because I’m sure this post is all over the place with just random thoughts about Wp1. Maybe I will revisit and help it make some more sense lol.