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Blog Synthesis Example 1

Throughout their English 102 course, the cadet wrote multiple blogs that allowed for reflection on writings and assignments. These blogs helped the cadet develop as a writer through pre-planning, post-assignment reviews, and consideration of peer feedback. Writing blogs advanced the cadet's skills and opened new perspectives on the research and writing processes. Specifically, Blog 1 helped the cadet understand how research is part of everyday life, while Blog 5 allowed reflection on lessons learned from a mini-research project. By the end of the course, the cadet had improved planning, focus on details, and understanding of the importance of steps in the research process, thanks to writing reflective blogs throughout the year.

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Blog Synthesis Example 1

Throughout their English 102 course, the cadet wrote multiple blogs that allowed for reflection on writings and assignments. These blogs helped the cadet develop as a writer through pre-planning, post-assignment reviews, and consideration of peer feedback. Writing blogs advanced the cadet's skills and opened new perspectives on the research and writing processes. Specifically, Blog 1 helped the cadet understand how research is part of everyday life, while Blog 5 allowed reflection on lessons learned from a mini-research project. By the end of the course, the cadet had improved planning, focus on details, and understanding of the importance of steps in the research process, thanks to writing reflective blogs throughout the year.

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Cadet Name

Prof. Manley
EN 102
May 2015
Blog Synthesis
Throughout the year of English 102 multiple blogs were written and reflected
upon. These blogs allowed me to look deeper into my writings and work and allow me to
reflect upon them. Whether the blog be for a plan before the initial start or a post-essay
thought. It allowed me to develop myself as a person and writer and gave me a whole
appreciation of the power of reflection and thought. I am used to just jumping right into a
project and not doing much pre-planning, writing blogs made things a lot easier. Also,
writing post-assignment blogs got rid of my mindset of just turning a project in and
forgetting about the lessons learned throughout. Throughout the year writing blogs has
advanced my writing skills, opened up a whole new perspective for me, and showed the
importance of reflection.
I have always enjoyed writing in all subjects. Research or personal narrative was
always one of my favorite things to do. Research was not absolute favorite, but some of
the blogs made me realize and understand researching. For example, blog 1 Why
Research? used the textbook and applied it to what we were doing in class. This allowed
me to have an understanding of both in-class work and develop myself outside of class.
Blog one made me realize that we research everyday and dont even realize it. I applied
my attendance of Valley Forge to the questions and made parallels between the
admissions process and the research process. I never realized that I when picking the
school I had help from outside resource While researching I had a lot of help from
counselors, peers, my parents, and mentors. (cadetname Blog 1) If it wasnt for that blog

I would of never been able to realize the importance of the research process. Writing
blogs has advanced my writing skills exponentially.
Reflecting on my work and pre-planning while writing blogs has opened up a
whole new perspective of writing papers. With peer-feedback like in Blog 12 where we
considered peer-review of our work it developed me as a writer. From the little feedback
I received, many liked it and were impressed. (cadetname Blog 12) I was able to think
about the feedback I had and give me a positive boost in my writing skills. In specific
moments like getting feedback from peers it grew me as a writer by giving me a new
perspective of audience and peers.
Nothing has grown me more as a writer than writing reflection blogs. Blog 5 is a
perfect example of this. Blog 5 was the reflection assignment for the mini-research
project. Usually after I complete an assignment I fire and forget. Meaning that I just
turn in an assignment and forget the lessons learned throughout. Reflecting allowed me to
use the lessons learned and implement them in future projects. I still need to work on
applying it to other classes. Using for example, the LASC center, during my research
process and reading through my assignment and reflecting with the tutors helped me a lot
get a general focus on what I wanted.
Throughout the year I have learned a lot about professional writing and the
importance of doing the steps in the research process. Usually I go into things unplanned
and I dont focus on the nitty-gritty. But focusing on the outline, or your audience
really helps make your paper better. If I could change anything about English 102 it
would be the end of the year textbook questions on conclusions and introductions, I did
not think they helped me create my paragraphs. I enjoyed myself throughout the year and

learned a lot and the professor did a very good job of helping us and answering all
questions I had.

Works Cited
Cadet Name [Cadet Name] Blog 1. Moodle. Moodle, 23 January 2015. web. 04 May
2015.
Cadet Name [Cadet Name] Blog 12. Moodle. Moodle, 27 April 2015. web. 04 May
2015.
Cadet Name [Cadet Name] Blog 5. Moodle. Moodle, 17 February 2015. web. 04 May
2015.

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