Reflections

Inquiry Blog

            The Inquiry Blog was an interesting part of our class. I think it was a good way for us to display our writing and comments to our peers in the class. We could get ideas from each other as we wrote our separate pieces. I learned how to operate a blog and piece my work together based on the topic I wrote about. At times, Blogger was a difficult site to understand and it wasn’t as easy as I had anticipated. Not all blogs were the same, which made it hard to comment on our peers writing. The news feed also wasn’t always up to date which made it difficult to compare my writing to others. I don’t believe the blog itself impacted my writing, but the essays and projects I posted. It was helpful to see all my writing together, but I think the portfolio is a much better display of my work this semester. Creating the blog guided my understanding on how to create a blog or a website, which will help me in the future.

           

Inquiry Project

            The Inquiry Project was the most difficult of the semester. Before this paper, I had never written an argumentative paper and it was harder than I thought. It is very different than a persuasive paper and I had to learn an entirely new form of writing. Although it was challenging, I did enjoy this assignment. I am very interested in the topic I chose to write about. I believe body language is a subject everyone should have knowledge about. I learned the more you have, the better off you could be in many different situations. My first draft was not the best writing I have ever done. I was writing more of an informative essay and had to change many aspects of the paper. After I understood the qualities to a good argument, it was easier for me to write a better essay. This assignment will definitely help me in the future because I am sure to be writing an argumentative paper again. I believe the Inquiry Project helped me become a better writing by challenging me and teaching me new techniques.