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Reflection
1. How much did you know about the subject before we started? I knew everything about what I was writing because I experienced it myself. I go to experience what it was like living in a different culture for two weeks and adjust to their ways of life.
2. What did/do you find frustrating about it? It was really frustrating not speaking in the first person. I was talking about the experience and what it was like living over there not my experience being over in Germany and Austria for two weeks, Not being able to speak in the first person was frustrating because I would have to re-werite most of my sentences so they wouldn't be in the first person.
3. What grade would you give it? Why? If I were to grade my own essay I would give it the same grade. you can tell that I struggled with topic and concluding sentences as well as not writing in the first person. There are certain parts of the essay that could be stronger than what they are now.
4. As you look at this piece, what's one thing that you would like to try and improve on? I would like to improve on learning new ways of not writing in the first person. When talking about an experience that I have done for myself, I want to tell my story because its hard not too.
Suggested Area of Improvement
1. Topic sentences owl.english.purdue.edu/engagement/2/1/29/ blog.udemy.com/examples-of-topic-sentences/ With topic sentences you need to have your topic and your main point in the same sentence. It introduces what you will be talking about in the piece of writing. If you don't have the main points in the topic sentence then its not a topic sentence. The video posted below helps me understand how to write an topic sentence easier and the right way.
2. Transition Words writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/Transitions.html http://www.gallaudet.edu/tip/english-center/writing/guide-to-transition-words-and-sentence-samples.html Transition words help you go from one topic to the next smoothly. That way it keeps the readers involved and it doesn't jump from topic to topic. It shows that the points made in the writing have a connection with each other. The video below explains how transition words work and how it is smoother to go into a different topic instead of just jumping from topic to topic.
3. Concluding Sentences aacc.edu/supportcenter/file/formulatingaconcludingsentenceforapar.pdf http://www2.actden.com/writ_den/tips/paragrap/closing.htm A concluding sentence wraps everything up. It reminds the reader what you were talking about in the writing and restates the main points. The video below shows how to write a concluding sentence and it explains how you need to wrap everything up and go over your main points again.