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Quarter 3: War and Relationships

1. I want to have an arguable point/ claim for my thesis

2. I would like to integrate a better variety of lead-ins

3. I want to use transitions throughout my essay and not simply in between chunks.

Writing Goals

Color- coded highlighting demonstrating areas of growth. Key:
Blue: arguable point is introduced
Pink: use of lead-ins
Purple: use of transitions

Self-Reflection

I met all of my goals that I set from the beginning of the quarter. Normally, I did not struggle with including an argument in my thesis. However, after one of the more recent timed writes, I realized I did not have a claim in my paragraph when I was sure that I did. Since then, I have made a point to ensure that my papers have actual arguments to discuss.  I also realized while writing last quarter that my writing was still choppy despite the use of transitions here and there. I decided to improve my writing by increasing the use of transitions and spreading it out throughout the essay, not just in between chunks in paragraphs. Another one of my more recent problems in my writing has been the exact same structure of lead-in for every quote used. I experimented by including a different style of lead-in and in the future I hope to integrate more lead-in structures in my writing. Overall, I have shown that my goals were met by my most recent summative assessment process essay. Color- coded highlighting showcases the goals acheived through my writing.

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