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    The student reflects that through the first half of the semester, they feel the class is meeting its goals of helping students realize academic writing is complex and multidimensional, and to read and engage with academic texts more effectively. The student also feels their personal goals of improving transitions in writing, experimenting with different writing forms, and reading more academic materials are being addressed. Peer review groups have been particularly helpful for revising papers and building relationships with classmates. Overall, the first half of the class was productive and enjoyable.

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    The student reflects that through the first half of the semester, they feel the class is meeting its goals of helping students realize academic writing is complex and multidimensional, and to read and engage with academic texts more effectively. The student also feels their personal goals of improving transitions in writing, experimenting with different writing forms, and reading more academic materials are being addressed. Peer review groups have been particularly helpful for revising papers and building relationships with classmates. Overall, the first half of the class was productive and enjoyable.

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    Kaigler 1

    Tahji Kaigler

    Professor Rieman

    1102

    3/2/11

    Middle of the Journey

    Coming into this class I had a lot of expectations based on the course goals. It seemed

    like we had everything planned out and a lot for us to learn and engage in. Through the first half

    of the semester I feel that we are meeting these goals and I am growing as an academic writer.

    Two class goals of ours are to realize academic writing is complicated, and

    multidimensional, and another was to read and engage with academic text. Before I came into

    this class I would read things and go straight into analyzing and reflecting on it. Now that we

    have tougher material to read and engage in, I understand that academic writing is complicated

    and it has steps. Now I take notes on the side and classmates gave me the idea to go look at

    reader’s reviews. Going through these steps made the semester go much smoother. We are a very

    active class and I feel like that was the intent. We move our desk in circles and when we are in

    the circle we talk. We post things online after we read to prepare for class. We are doing all of

    these things so I feel like we are meeting our goals.

    The writing to explore pieces also makes me think. They challenge me to make

    thoughtful writing decisions. The Sponsors of Literacies essay did that as well. Overall I feel

    comfortable with all the assignments that we have received thus far. The most challenging part

    would be the comprehension writings that we read, but the more we read them the easier it gets

    for me.
    Kaigler 2

    On top of the goals that we had as a class, I also had my own personal goals coming into

    this class. One of the biggest problems I have as a writer is making my paper flow. I always have

    good ideas to talk about, but it seems like it does not translate on the paper the way I think them.

    I felt if I could transition better in my papers that they would be much better. My easy goal

    would be to make my paper flow better. My medium goal would be to start doing things different

    with my writing. It seems like I always write the same way and it would be interesting if I could

    write in a different form rather than doing a standard essay all the time. It seems boring always

    doing it that way. My hard goal would be to read more academic writings on my own time. I

    think this would help my comprehension and also just help me understand a different type of

    writing. I’m usually busy with my schedule but I want to find some time to read more readings

    like the one’s in out book so that it becomes easier to grip the material.

    I really like our peer review groups. I feel like being in the groups helps the class

    environment that we are trying to promote. By putting us in groups helps meet people in class

    and the reviewing makes us open up to each other. This is good so when we get in our circles we

    will be ready and more comfortable to speak. It also helps the revision of our papers. It is good to

    get multiple opinions on your paper including your professors. Everyone gave constructive

    criticism so that really helped as well.

    This was a very enjoyable first half of the semester. In such a short period of time we

    accomplished a lot and I learned a lot. I feel like we met our goals and did everything we

    expected to do. If the second half is anything like the first this class will be successful.

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