Reflection (Wk. 9)

I definitely could have added more examples and been more specific. I know I have trouble making sure all of my writing relates to my theme and staying on topic. I re-read my paper a few times for grammar and editing and things but I didn’t go over it once more to check and see if I stayed on topic and if all of my paragraphs at some point come back to my theme.

Here’s my paragraph. Not perfect, but better.

Creon is a king, meaning  he makes all of the rules. He believes that anyone who thinks he is wrong, or thinks differently than he does is stupid and should be punished. I think Sophocles is trying to convey that if you are selfish like Creon (and too proud) then you will have everything taken away from you. Creon’s son, Haemon, killed himself because Creon ordered Haemon’s fiancee to be killed for disobeying him. In return, Haemon’s mother and Creon’s wife killed herself because she couldn’t bear the fact that her son was dead. In the end, Creon is sorry for his selfishness but by then it is too late.

Reflection 4

I definitely have problems with using descriptive words in my writing but I’m working on it. I usually don’t use words that I don’t know the meaning of just because you never know what you could be saying if you don’t know what it means.

I have a lot of trouble making sure I use descriptive words in shorter things that I write but I find when I’m writing something a little bit longer I take more time to do it and I go back and edit several times, adding more descriptive words and taking out words that don’t have to be there. An example would be from the 25th with my comparison: “Jon’s point of view is harsher than Sara’s.” I could have said something different that was more descriptive or added the same information in a different sentence. It should have been: “Jon’s point of view is much harsher than Sara’s. He has feelings but has a weird way of showing it. Sara is one of the few people who understands that he is actually very compassionate.”  (Or is that too off topic?)

I do, however, use synonym.com or something similar if I’m having trouble finding a different word to use (like if every one of my sentences have the same word I just go ahead and use it but then I go back and edit all of the words). There have been a couple of incidents where I look up a synonym and I’m just like huh? What in the world does this mean? So I either look it up or just don’t use it, usually I look it up and I still don’t understand what it means because the definition is confusing (curse the people who come up with the definitions on dictionary.com, don’t they know it has to be simple enough for me to understand!? )

3rd Reflection (Sun. February 12th)

I really had trouble with my grammar and getting what I was trying to say down on paper. It’s hard for me to write anything longer than about a paragraph (a good one). It’s not like I can’t….but I prefer to type. Also, when I’m writing long paragraphs, I don’t pay as much attention to grammar because I’m writing fast and then when I’m done and I looke back at it, it’s full of mistakes and I feel like I didn’t even get my point across.

Maybe, like before, I should try some pre-planning on some of the prompts that I know are going to be longer. But as for grammar….I have no clue. Suggestions?

Weekly Reflection 2

I tried pre-planning this week in some of the daily prompts. With the longer daily prompts, it kind of helped. But with the shorter ones it was just a hassle, it took more time to plan it than it did to actually write it. So….my little experiment just proved that I (just me personally) don’t need to use pre-planning unless I have to.

-Polls- (Online/gaming)

*will add more*

-Polls- (About you)

*will add more*

-Polls- (Hobbies)

 

*will add more*

-Polls- (Food)

 

*will add more*

-Polls- (Animals)

*will add more*

Daily Prompt Thurs. Jan 19th

Today’s Prompt: Write about one thing in society that you really feel is not properly managed, or you feel outraged about when you think of it. Do you feel that there is any hope of an improved solution? Compare it to what you know of Rome so far. Do you agree with the way their society is run (think of the characteristics we learned about the other day, the ones the Romans favored above all others, as well as their war-like society)? Why or why not?

I really don’t like how part of our taxes go to the indian reservations. I guess I don’t really understand WHY we actually give money to them but I still don’t like it. A majority of casinos are on reservations meaning indians make millions a year. If you are part indian, you’re usually intitled to money once you’re 16 (or 17 or 18, somewhere around that age). I don’t understand why, if the indians make so much money off of their casinos, we have to give them some of our money as well.

 

Btw, if you are part indian, I don’t mean this as an insult. I’m part indian myself so…it would be kind of dumb if I insult indians, now wouldn’t it?