4-18-11

I think that my writing has dramatically improved since I've taken this course. The main thing that I improved on is my thesis statement. To me, that is the most important part of you're paper because one sentence explains what you are trying to prove. At the beginning I thought it was okay to have just a observation, simple thesis topic. But now I know that you have to think academically and you must think outside of the box. One of the exercises that helped me figure out the best thesis statement is the "Who, What, Where, How, Why?" questions.. If I could answer these questions thoroughly then I was heading in a good direction. I think the paper that was easiest for me to write was the Dr. Faustus paper, just because I understood it and it was easy for me to complete my thoughts on paper. In all the lessons we did I personally think the discussions we did on We, because the book was so confusing for me that the discussions really helped me figured out what was going on in the story. Overall I do feel more prepared to write a college level paper... The last paper we wrote, I feel like it was a test to see if we could actually do it.