Writing Blog

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                Writing has never been one of my strengths. I have always had trouble with getting words that are in my head on the paper itself. I think that I have improved a little from the beginning. I know that spelling, MLA format and a few other things were my ruff areas. I know that in the papers there was always something wrong with the format! One thing that always irritated me was I thought that I did really well on a paper but I never do. That’s not with just English though; it’s with some of my other classes too.        

                When I was looking over the papers I noticed that most of the mistakes were just common mistakes. Like spelling a word wrong, using the wrong punctuations, or the wrong format. I don’t know why but even if I read over the paper I still miss those simple, common errors.

                Last year for my WrAP I actually did better than this year.  Usually you are supposed to do better when you get older but this year I didn’t. I think it was because I didn’t really understand the topic and I didn’t really know how to write about it. Last year I got 4.5s all the way to a 5.5 and this year I got as bad as a 3.5 to a 4.5. For the WrAP I think that since the topic was an argument, it kind of threw me off, because I didn’t know what side I should choose and if I chose this side what would I say. Stuff like that. It just put a lot of tension on me and I got nervous about it.

                Next year I will defiantly try to correct all my papers a little better and I am also going to get someone else read it before I turn it in. I will use spell check and other sources to help me with spelling. For the format I will probably use the Norton or other sources from the internet.

The Common Errors List:

·         Spelling Mistakes- Dictionary, Spell Check, People, other resources I can find.

·         MLA Format- the Norton Field Guild, tutors, parents, anything that I could find on the internet.

·         CITATIONS- The Norton Field Guild, Internet.

·         Organization- I can get a tutor or a friend to help me with that.

·         Punctuation errors- Hopefully people will help me correct those because sometimes I don’t see them.