Reflection
Reflect on the writing process for your first essay. Answer these questions:
- What did you do well in your essay?
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of your essay?
- Where did you struggle, if at all?
Quick Write
What green issues can we research?
Specific Research Questions
The topic or issue will help narrow down what you can research for your report. A specific research question will help focus your research to a specific area.
A broad question like “What is global warming?” is way to big to write about and try to research in our time allotted. Plus, that one has already been answered. A better, more narrow question on this topic would be, “How does global warming affect the California shorelines?”
This research question narrows down a broad topic and connects it to you. If you are a Business major, you might want to ask, “What are carbon credits, and how might they affect the California economy?” This question connects your interest or topic to your major.
Report Purpose and Topic
Answer questions.
Review what is already known about a subject.
Report new knowledge.
Green Team Topics
What topics should we learn more about for the green team?
- Nuclear, Natural Gas, Coal report
- Donations
- Compost
- Educate on tech/ paperless
- Report on Eco Club
- Compost Community garden?
- Survey Trash
- Buy Local
- Bike/walk to school/ bus?
- Commercial on what we should go to be green
- CSA
- Proper Pumpkin Preparation (PPP) tips
Extra Credit
- Trash tag 10XP
- Recycle Tag 15XP
- DIY Reuse something blog post 25XP
Reality is Broken Introduction
What is McGonigal arguing for in her introduction?
What points does she make? How can we implement them in this class?
Report Back Excursion
In small groups, survey the local area for your items and take pictures. You will report back what you found.
- Trash Cans
- Recycle bins
- Water refill stations
Homework
- Chapter 9 (“You Mean I Can Say It That Way?”: Academic Writing Doesn’t Always Mean Setting Aside Your Own Voice)
- Gerald Graff, “Hidden Intellectualism” [p. 369] JOURNAL 10
Professor Ramos' Blog 
I think I did well trying to relate and understand with both parties discussed along with showcasing the outside influences throughout the stories tension. I struggled with trying to sound unbiased yet it was overcome and critiqued by explaining the motives and responsibilities of both, Clemencia and Drew.
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In my essay, i feel i was able to analyze Clemenica and her life very well. I could portray the flaws she had and how they all tied back to some point in her life. My strengths were the quotes i was able to tie into my piece to describe Clemencia’s instabilities. I also was able to incorporate vivid details throughout my literary analysis. I did struggle with stretching it into one thousand words. I was cut short and had to find places that needed help and could use another sentence or two. Overall i was able to overcome these minor distractions in my writing and get it all pieced together fairly well.
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My weakness definitely has to be in my reasons why I made certain choices. I did my reflection a couple of days after my creative leaving me almost blank with what I should include in my reasons.
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In my literary analysis I believe I covered Clemencia’s mental illness rather well. Focusing on how her traumatic upbringing caused for her to have a mental break later in life. A strength I can say is my personal understanding of schizophrenia. It has affected a close relative of mine and I can see the same mental patterns in them as I do in Clemencia. with understanding, I dove deep into the psychological aspect of the story rather than the simple she was an adulterer that was blatantly shown. A weakness I had was rather than putting my own personal experiences with such brain disease into the analysis I had to find the correct sources, someone who is credited and a reliable source. Doing so allowed me to understand a more in-depth knowledge of the disease and the toll it wears on the person and their state of mind and even physical health. The struggle I experienced with this paper was mainly that of citations and work cited as well as an emotional affect. With the availability of adequate resources, I was (hopefully) able to overcome and execute the struggles rather than allowing them to hinder my growing experience.
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I think i did a pretty good job on creating a story that went very well with the goal i wanted to achieve. I also think i did a well enough job explaining what i did in my story and why i did it. My strenghts of the story are the ease of reading it, my weaknesses i feel are making a good story. I struggled in making the story very interesting for others to read although the topic i wrote about was interesting to me.
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What I did well in my essay, I think I was able to balance the information in a good way, having a good amount of chip and salsa. The argument I was making wasn’t the most controversial so I didn’t really need too much background info, quotes and research, the chip, and with that I put in an adequate amount of commentary, the salsa. My strengths were the fact I was able to structure it in a way that would be good for what I wanted to say, and would allow me to have enough details and then commentary. My weakness would be the fact I struggled on what to put on paper, so I was very loose and probably vague on what I wanted to say. I struggled in the fact I couldn’t find research I needed for a while, took a while to find a couple of good articles to use.
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What I did well in my essay, I think I was able to balance the information in a good way, having a good amount of chip and salsa. The argument I was making wasn’t the most controversial so I didn’t really need too much background info, quotes and research, the chip, and with that I put in an adequate amount of commentary, the salsa. My strengths were the fact I was able to structure it in a way that would be good for what I wanted to say, and would allow me to have enough details and then commentary. My weakness would be the fact I struggled on what to put on paper, so I was very loose and probably vague on what I wanted to say. I struggled in the fact I couldn’t find research I needed for a while, took a while to find a couple of good articles to use.
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