Perl page 197

“By taking specific observable behaviors that occur during composing and supplying labels for them, this system thus far provides a way of analyzing the process that is categorical and capable of replication. In order to view the frequency and the duration of composing behaviors and the relation between one particular behavior and the whole process, these behaviors need to be depicted graphically to show their duration and sequence.”

For major project number two I want to explore the question “How do I write?” This paragraph will help me when researching the question because how will I understand how I compose if I don’t observe myself in the process of that? I have no idea how this will play out becuase as I write I know I take a lot of breaks and all of a sudden think about random things. Honestly I try to think of ways to procrastinate and put off the writing assignment as long as possible because I dread writing.

Mushfaking

When? Every tuesday and thursday I have a philosophy class, which I happen to find quite boring.

Why? I have no interest in peoples morals/virtues from 100 years ago.

How? So everyday I go and I pretend like I’m listening and I’m interested but I’m really not and I usually either get on my phone, laptop, or doodle on the paper I pretend to be writing notes on.

mid semester check-in

In this class I feel like I have gained a new perspective on things such as grammatical errors and what makes good or bad writing, as well as some other topics we have discussed.  I think that it is important for you to be able to look at things optimistically and through different perspectives.  I’m really glad I took this class because it has opened my eyes to a different way of looking at english.  Even though I don’t love to write so far I have enjoyed learning new things in this class.  I definitely have a different view on the things we have discussed in class now.  During the second semester as a class we should be thinking about other ways that we can be more optimistic when it comes to topics dealing with english and how we can be better writers ourselves.

revising

When I start revising my paper I’m going to first look for some more sources to back up my argument. I’ll probably read my paper outloud a few times because I find that it  helps you fix things that you may not have been clear about. I’ll probably also go to the writing studio and get some extra feedback in how I can make my letter sound even better.

Introduction to my research proposal

Dear QEP council,

I am a student at East Carolina University and I am currently in an English 1200 writing class.  We are discussing things that we see as problems in writing and English today.  I am writing to you to bring up one of the biggest issues that I see.  That issue is the use of rubrics and whether or not they are really helpful.  This topic has not received very much attention at all and some people don’t even realize that for some individuals rubrics are not beneficial.  People just assume that they are necessary for grading and also for guidelines.  I disagree with this claim and I’m going to tell you why.