GO to the course homepage. Read the box "ON WRITING."
Post your comment below:
1) Do you already write this way?
2) Intuitively: do you think your approach to writing is better?
3) Do you write guessing what the prof. wants you to say?
Choose one or any of the topics and write.
REPLY: read your classmates comments.
REPLY to a comment with your counter-comments, ONLY AFTER AT LEAST 13 COMMENTS HAVE BEEN POSTED.
Don't start with "I agree" "I disagree." Be a bit more creative.
i read on writing , i think everyone has a different way of writing taking notes. i can be the first thing the garbs your attention to detail.sometimes you have to read everything until the end to make a thought on what you read or saw .
ReplyDeleteId say that you definitely have to read or watch something in its entirety to have an overall conclusion, but your own opinions and as they change can be lost if they're not looked into.
DeleteThis is the first time I actually see how to take notes on writing. Usually I leave my opinion on the writing at the very last. I try to catch the most important information when I'm reading, listening or watching something. When I look over my notes then I can form an opinion about what I just read or watched. It hard for me to think about my opining when I'm trying to focus and remember all the important things. I guess I should try this technique and see how it works for me. I do try and guess what professor would want me to say because every time when I express my opinion its always wrong.
ReplyDeleteI think one of the most important things about school and taking a number of classes is we get to experience different ways of learning. We end up learning what is the best way for us personally to not only learn, but also understand what is said. Sooner or later, we will all figure out the best way for each of us to learn. Also, your opinion is never wrong! Professors who do that just want their own opinions to be correct, so anything different is wrong in their eyes.
DeleteDepending on the type of response I’m answering to I may write in a form similar to the one listed, but my writing approach focuses mainly on fulfilling the criteria set. My emotional responses are less often presented unless I am illustrating an argument that panders to elicit an emotional response.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great point you made Martin about the the way you appoach your writing based on the criteria that is set.As a writer I think it's best to write according to the different task that is being given rather than focus on one style of writing for each task.
DeleteWhen I was younger, I wrote almost exclusively out of need, and save for the first 14 pages of a soon discarded diary almost never for personal reasons. Since it was schooling which demanded my pen to strike paper, I often found myself writing to say what I thought was wanted to be heard. If the teacher asked a question, I responded in the way of what I thought was the right answer, not what I actually believed to be the right answer.
ReplyDeleteNow, I could care less what the teacher expects, as ultimately writing is an art, and as a form of art cannot be wrong when done by heart. To say that a way in which someone writes is right or wrong, better or worse, would be the same act as critiquing Pollock's symmetry or Michelangelo's form.
When writing, the most important aspect is not to write in order to appease an audience (in this case, a professor) but rather to express what is believed, what is felt. The moment a piece of writing is created for anticipated reaction is the moment it dies; to do so would be the equivalent of trying to pass off drawing-by-numbers as art.
When writing I would usually stick to factual evidence of the argument I was trying to make and less on my opinions or the immediate feeling or thought I had when reading or viewing something. I think its beneficial to have a mental note of the first immediate emotional reaction because it can hold a lot more truth then if you have to sit and think on the feelings you might have had afterwards. Id say because often times we write to receive a grade we tend to write exactly what the professor is looking for and it loses authenticity. Overall I think this writing style will benefit my ability to think critically.
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ReplyDeleteWhen we are asked to do an ordinary college writing assignment, usually we as students are told mostly to form our arguments based around facts which we have looked into. To stay away from "I" and "me", to stick to the facts and work from that. This goes against what I would consider to be my natural writing style. I feel that sometimes limitations set by teachers can be overbearing and can limit our creativity as writers. I also feel that in the example of a research paper, or something for formal these limitations are well warranted. Most often I would say that I limit myself in writing what I think I should write, to appease to Professor or whomever I am writing for. In the end I think that people should write for themselves, and not to please anyone else. Writing is stronger that way and gives each person a chance to give personality to their writing, while still accomplishing the task at hand.
ReplyDeleteIn college, we face multiple forms of writing which require different approach. I like what you said on your last sentence about giving "personality to their writing, while still accomplishing the task at hand". It sounds like a challenge but I think in whatever form of writing that we encounter, it pays to make our paper distinguishable to ourselves by adding a little bit of our own ideas into the writing. Whether it's a limiting research paper or a more forgiving reaction paper, our ideas separate us, as writers, from each other.
DeleteMy style of writing have a lot to do with how I'm feeling which depend on what I'm writing about. The though that build up in my head when trying to develop my answers to the question or topic that's provided by my professor is how I take my time to view how I'm going to make my professor understand my writing and most importantly by elaborate my answers into every paragraph with supporting proof. I like to focus on making my readers understand my feelings and agreement into my writing and letting them know my reason on each topic as I write about what needed to be accurate. I think I'm still learning on improving my style of writing and making my writing become very professional and creative. I learn that writing is a very special thing no matter what you are writing about, I know that every professor want us to be connected to our mind and exploring our thought and giving into our feelings as I write and take challenges everyday.
ReplyDeleteMy type of writing depends on what I'm writing about it changes according to the topic. I was told that the writing for this class is not like the other classes where it's critical writing and facts but more like what you are feeling and I think I'm good with those types of writing. Putting your feelings in connection to a specific reading or so in class on a paper.
ReplyDeleteFrom my perspective I know that when I'm writing, I always love to let my feelings poor to my writing and letting my readers not only understand what i'm writing about but also feel what i need them to understand. David I like when you stated that "putting your feelings in connection to a specific reading or so in class on a paper" which you are totally right, I felt that every stories or essay you have to write about you want to make sure you pour your feelings in and let your mind drown on what you are writing about. I like to make my readers have a sense of understanding and where my writing can actually touch their heart and make them feel what I feel. That's why I know that you are absolutely right David because writing is all about how much you want to give to your readers to make them understand your perspective and feelings you want them to feel as they read your stories or essay plot.
DeleteMy style of writing definitely depends on the task at hand. If I am writing an academic paper, I tend to fluff a lot and write what I know the professor is looking for. In my academic career so far, I've learned that there are many professors who will fail you if your essay does not address and agree with the professor's own ideas on the topic. However, not all professors are like that. When I know a professor is looking for my own ideas in a paper, I will write exactly how I feel and interpret the text or whatever the paper is about.
ReplyDeleteWhen I am writing creatively, I tend to express my thoughts in very abstract ways. I like to use references so the reader can relate and understand what I am trying to portray.
When I am reading something, I like to underline and write notes within the margins of the text. It is very hard for me to write notes on a separate paper. My notes are on the text at hand, why not write them right on the paper? My notes usually consist of random thoughts I have when reading, whether it is referencing another text or experience it reminded me of, or something much more critical, really delving into what the writer is trying to say.
Whenever I read a book, article, or watch a film I usually pick out the main idea, take notes on what is taking place and after write my opinion and reflect on how the information made me feel at the end. The way I write and gather my thoughts depend on the task that is given, from there I can think how I am going to structure the information I have, so that it flow and make sense. Personally I think everyone writes differently based on the way they take notes or understand the information that was presented.This is the same way I approach my writing and I will also try to take the professor's approach on writing to improve my style of writing moving forward.
ReplyDeleteI don't take into account my initial and raw reaction to a text. The emotion that is predominant in my writing is the one I get after reading or watching the conclusion, the diffused emotion. I used to think that I have ideas that are concrete after solely basing it on diffused emotions. I can see how this kind of writing can be ineffective. It lacks thought processing because I only care about my most present sensation towards an article. My arguments would deviate from the idea that I am trying to deliver. When my writing is criticized and graded, I write around my professor's criteria of writing, not on what he/she wants me to say. Should I write about facts, reactions, events, or the settings? I seek for the kind of format that he/she wants more than what I think his/her opinion of the matter is and try to match that.
ReplyDeleteWhen ever i write, it mostly based on what i am suppose to write about, but because i endup with so many different emotion based on the reading, text, etc I endup going off topic, because my emotions are all over the place. When i read a book that i find interesting, i hate stopping to take notes. I take notes mentally based on what was really important, that i really had an emotional response to. I write based on what am feeling at that moment, and not based on what the teacher wants me to say. The professor can read the same text, and the way we feel about it can be totally different. The way i write really depends on the class. If the class is based on opinions, and how it affect us, then i write what i want to say. But if the class is based on facts, research, then off course i mostly likely would write what the teacher wants me to say.
ReplyDeleteI don't write trying to guess what my professor wants, but usually there is a certain fact-based style that we're required to adhere to. In my majors, Early Childhood Education and Journalism, I don't get to write how I feel about what I'm reading. I write down the facts of what I've researched, and base my "opinions" off the readings.
ReplyDeleteUp until this class I've never really been asked to write my honest feelings on a subject not only at the end of what I had read, but at the beginning. It's been a different experience trying to discern what I actually feel from what I'm being told to feel.
since english is not my first language, sometimes when I'm reading a book, i have to everyone haad it a couple of times to fully understand it, but then again if i get stuck on a difficult word, i can alway read the context and understand it. but like i was reading the comments, everyone has a different style of reading and writing, and yes i don't think everyone writes like me, and I'm not saying that i write in very good, I'm just average.
ReplyDeleteThe way i approach writing is different from the way that i have to approach it in this class i think in this class in the assignments you are looking for a little more than just an opinion.
ReplyDeleteWhen I write, I don't express my opinion or write the thesis at first. I sort of start the writing with giving general knowledge about the topic. Then based on that, I express my opinion. I felt my writing style is not really similar to the one on the course homepage. Also, I don't really carefully think about what the professor wants me to write when writing something, especially when it is to express my thought on the topic because if so, then there is no point of writing my opinion.
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