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Required Journal Entry 1: Me, A Writer?Attitude: After reading Chapters 1 and 2 in your textbook, describe your attitude toward completing this course. As part of the description, explore how your feelings about being required to take a composition course may affect your performance in accomplishing the course objectives. (1 paragraph, 6 sentences) Inventory: As part of this assignment, you’ll take the Learning Inventory quiz starting on page 32 in your textbook. Explain what you learned about yourself as a writer working through the inventory exercise. Discuss two ways you want to improve as a writer and why. (1 paragraph, 6 sentences)The ways I would like to improve as a writer include having better grammar and improving my spelling and use of vocabulary. The ways I plan to improve my grammar include reading more books and reading more books that concern grammar and the proper use of grammar. I also plan to go on the Internet to find out proper grammar usage and ways on improving my grammar through grammar exercises. In order to improve my spelling and use of vocabulary I also plan to read more books, as well as do Internet exercises to improve my spelling and vocabulary. I also have the goal of reading the dictionary in the hopes of improving my vocabulary. These are the ways I plan to improve my grammar, spelling and vocabulary.Required Journal Entry 2: Correctness in WritingAs you complete this assignment on writing correct sentences, consider the importance of correctness in writing. How do errors in grammar, spelling, and punctuation affect the relationship between the writer and the reader of an essay? What are your strengths and weaknesses as a writer? (2 paragraphs, 5–7 sentences for each question)It is very important to have correct sentences in writing because errors in grammar, spelling and punctuation affect the understanding that the writer will impart onto their reader. Errors in grammar can cause a misunderstanding because the writer could have intended to state one thing and the reader will understand something else. Errors in spelling may have the reader think that the completely different word was the meaning of the writing and the writer did not intend to communicate this mistaken message. Errors in punctuation can do the same where a misplaced comma, colon, apostrophe, etc. can cause misunderstandings for the reader in what the writer is writing. For all of these reasons above it is very important to have correct sentences in writing.My strengths and weaknesses as a writer include that I am not always perfect with my grammar, spelling and punctuation, however I am always willing to learn new things about correct writing to improve and strengthen my writing. As mentioned previously I would like to read the dictionary so I can improve on my vocabulary in writing. I would also like to do Internet exercises to improve my grammar, spelling and vocabulary, as well as punctuation. I also practice writing every chance that I receive and I keep a journal that I write in every chance I have. All these ways I am working to strengthen myself as a writer.Required Journal Entry 3: Prewriting and Thesis StatementBrainstorm: Review the description of brainstorming in your textbook on page 111. Then write a list of all the social media and social networking websites and apps you might use to connect with friends and family and to meet people. Respond: What are some differences among the sites you listed? How would you categorize them? (1 paragraph, 5 sentences) Write a thesis statement: Review “Writing an Effective Thesis Statement” on pages 122–124 in your textbook. Then follow those guidelines to write an effective thesis statement based on the types of social media using the ideas you developed in the Brainstorm and Respond sections of this journal entry. Reflect: Explain the position you’ve taken in your thesis statement and identify the items from your brainstorming list or categories that you believe will best support your position. (1 paragraph, 5 sentences)Social media and social networking websites are a great way to meet new people and to also connect with new people, as well as to keep in touch with people that you have met face-to-face, however with our busy lives do not always have time to spend with. Three sites in particular which are effective towards my thesis as examples are Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn. With Facebook it is a great way to keep in touch with family and friends, even family and friends who live all over the world. With Twitter, it is a great way to share with a wide network of contacts that you have information or news that is of interest to you – Twitter is great for online conversations. With LinkedIn, it is a resource that is particularly good for work and professional connections and could help me with employment opportunities. Social media and social networking websites are a great way to meet new people and to also connect with new people, as well as keep in touch with people that you have met face-to-face for all of the reasons mentioned previously.Required Journal Entry 4: Organizing and DraftingOrganize/Outline: Using your thesis statement and evidence from Journal Entry 3, select a method of organization from your textbook on pages 140–143. Choose one of the graphic organizers or formal outlines to organize your evidence so that it supports the position you take in your thesis statement in the most effective way possible. Include your outline in your journal. Reflect: Explain why you chose this particular method of organization over the other possibilities. Why do you believe it’s the most effective way to present your topic to your audience? (1 paragraph, 6 sentences) view full The method that I chose to take for organizing my thesis statement was the hamburger paragraph. I believe that this organization method is effective is because the gives the reader the information of what will be coming in the paragraph from the sentence. Then the body of the paragraph includes the meat, or the examples that support your thesis statement. Once this is done, I restated my thesis statement to remind the reader of what I was discussing and what my thesis statement is. I do believe that the method of the hamburger paragraph is one of the best ways to present a thesis statement.Required Journal Entry 5: RevisingThis journal entry requires you to review the rough draft of the essay that follows. As you analyze the draft according to each of the areas listed, identify what needs revision. For each area, explain why and how you would change the draft. (4 paragraphs, 5 sentences each) Analyze the essay’s ■ Purpose and audience—Can you clearly identify the audience and the purpose of the essay? ■ Thesis statement, topic sentences, and paragraphs—Is there a clear thesis statement? Are there paragraphs with topic sentences? ■ Evidence—Has the author provided enough evidence to support the main idea of the essay? ■ Organization—Are the author’s points organized well enough for a reader to follow easily? Rough Draft: Email vs. Letters Instead of using emails, mail a letter to your grandparents, an aunt or uncle, or another role model who’s older than you are. We live in a fast-paced world. We use computers to send emails and instant messages. Some, though, don’t live in that time zone. Forget all the fonts, emoticons, and abbreviations like LOL. You point and click, but some people want to hold something, unwrap a letter, and smell it. A crayoned picture smells and feels special; no scanner can do that. People’s senses want to be used. We live in a physical world, not a digital one. People can touch something that’s mailed. Sometimes it’s as if touching the ink or pencil on paper helps them touch the writer. A picture can be held and used in so many ways. For example, I get to see how my grandkids’ handwriting is changing as they grow. I know how they feel just from the way they write the words. A letter gives someone the real thing. A letter exists in time and space. Even if someone emails you regularly, the surprise of a mailed letter provides something to cherish rather than to be deleted. Of course, family and friends may like getting through the Internet a photograph of you on the day of a special event. However, a printed photograph can be put into an album or used for a bookmark or posted on the refrigerator for regular review. They don’t have to worry about color cartridges or paper because you’ve given them what they need in the mail. Though they may have a hard time reading your handwriting, a letter is a tangible way to remind them that you care enough to take the time and effort to communicate with them and them alone. The convenience and efficiency of computers can’t be matched by regular postal service. However, they sometimes bleep and blurp in a frustrating conversation, one that older persons can’t always hear or understand. One wrong click here and another there can mean mass destruction. They may get a paper cut from your letter, but even sucking on a finger while reading makes their experience more memorable and satisfying. The cut heals; the letter remains alive..The purpose and audience of the essay’s draft is primarily for young people to use more traditional technology to communicate with older people. I think the writer does a very good job by helping the audience understand that a letter would be more effective and more meaningful to senior people. What I think the author does not do enough of is to engage the audience into understanding that by connecting with older people through letters, it is also good for them and answering the question: “what is in it for them?” The author focuses more on how it would benefit the senior person, which may not be the most effective way for promoting the change he or she wants. Although I do think the author does a good job, I believe the author could do more to engage young people to have a more effective impact on their audience.The thesis statement of the draft is clear. The author states it in the first line where he feels that letters are better than email for communicating with older people. He does this well and fills his draft with a number of strong examples, talking about crayons and pictures, as well as the power of paper. The author does do a good job to state his thesis. I am persuaded by the author’s thesis.The author has provided enough evidence for the draft. He discusses that grandparents are more from the generation where they are used to paper and he does not need to go into a lot of detail to express this. He discusses crayons and pictures and how an older person can see how the younger person’s writing has changed over the years. He also uses a powerful statement such as saying that by holding the paper it is almost like holding the person who has written it. He or she uses a lot of good examples and/or evidence. Yes, the author uses strong evidence to support their thesis. The author is fairly well organized in their presentation of their draft. It is a draft so it could be organized better. The thesis statement at the beginning could be expanded on so the reader does not get the impression from the first sentence that this is only an essay concerning emails and letters. It takes more time for the reader to read further into the essay to understand exactly what the author is getting it. It could be organized better.Required Journal Entry 6: EvaluationBriefly summarize each stage of the writing process that you learned about in Unit 1 of your Successful College Writing textbook. Identify three elements you learned that you think will be the most helpful to you as you continue in this course. Explain why. (3 paragraphs, 6 sentences each)The writing process consists of the following stages: drafting an outline, creating a rough draft, making revisions and rereading and the final stage is creating the final version of your written work. First I will discuss creating an outline for an essay. In creating an outline for an essay the main topics of that will discussed in the introduction, the body of the essay, as well as the conclusion should be outlined. The outline should give a sketch of what the writer will discuss in the essay and be in point form format and also included headers and sub-headings. This is how an outline is created. Next I will discuss how to create a rough draft of an essay.In creating a rough draft of an essay is important that the writing style follows the hamburger paragraph format throughout the written work. This consists of the topic sentence. Next, there are at least three supporting sentences that relate to the topic sentence. Followed by this is the concluding sentence that will wrap up the paragraph. For a rough draft also transition sentences are important. Next I will discuss making revisions and rereading the essay to reach its final stage of writing.In the final stages of writing an essay, this is when grammar, punctuation and vocabulary usage become important which can be improved upon through proofreading the rough draft. Once the rough draft is proofread for any grammatical errors, next the writer can move onto improving the punctuation of the essay. Once the punctuation is improved upon, next the writer can move onto vocabulary usage of the essay. A thesaurus may come in handy for a beginning writer to improve on vocabulary usage for an essay. The writing process involves drafting an outline, creating a rough draft and making revisions and rereading and the final stage is creating a final version of the essay.Required Journal Entry 7: Description and Narration PrewritingChoose a photograph that depicts an important event in your life. Describe: 1. In your journal, make a list of everything you see in the photo. Work from left to right and from the background to the foreground. 2. List two specific, concrete details for each sense that describes your experience of the event as follows: ■ Sight ■ Sound ■ Smell ■ Taste ■ Touch Compare: Write one fresh, creative comparison (one simile or metaphor) for one of your details. Narrate: Sketch out the narrative details of your picture. 1. Scene—Where did the event take place? 2. Key actions—What events led up to the one depicted? Did anything significant happen afterward? 3. Key participants—Who is depicted in your photo? 4. Key lines of dialogue—What was being said at the time? By whom? 5. Feelings—What were you feeling at the time the photo was taken? There is a photo of me on the beach. I am so close to the water that I can almost taste it. The sun is shining so brightly that I need to wear shades. The water is bluer than a turquoise ring. The sand is as brown as a desert’s earth. Required Journal Entry 8: Description and NarrationNarrate: Using the details you collected in Journal Entry 7, write the story to accompany the photo you chose to depict an important event in your life. Be sure that your story has a clear beginning, middle, and end, and that you use your dialogue and descriptive elements effectively to convey your feelings to your reader. (3 paragraphs, 6 sentences) Reflect: Does your photo tell an audience everything they would need to know about this event? What does your story provide that your picture can’t? Is the saying “A picture is worth a thousand words” true? (No specific length required)I was on vacation and went to the beach. In the photo I took: there is a photo of me on the beach. I am so close to the water that I can almost taste it. The sun is shining so brightly that I need to wear shades. The water is bluer than a turquoise ring. The sand is as brown as a desert’s earth. Next I will discuss how I arrived to the beach.Everyone wanted to go to the special resort and swim in the pool. I wanted to go to the actual beach. I went down the beach and enjoyed myself for many hours that day. At times I was even alone on the beach and I felt completely safe. The weather was absolutely perfect. Two things about the beach I want to mention. It is the best place to feel relaxed. It is one of the most beautiful places on earth.Required Journal Entry 9: Comparison and ContrastBrainstorm: Make a list of all the things you write each day such as texts, status updates, tweets, emails, reports, essays, and so on. Include all the people you write to or for such as friends, family, supervisors, instructors, clients, and so on. Organize: Rearrange the items into two groups that represent formal writing and informal writing and the audiences who receive each. Write: Compare and contrast the style of writing you use when you write to friends and family with the style you use when you write to your coworkers, supervisors, or instructors. How does your interaction with your audience change? Describe the differences in your tone and your spelling, grammar, and punctuation. (2 paragraphs, 6 sentences)When I write to my instructors and co-workers, my tone is my formal and I always ensure that the spelling, punctuation and grammar of my written work are correct. The tone is more aloof, professional and appropriate for the occasion. Keeping a friendly and comrade-like tone, however still a bit distanced and not too personal since the people I am emailing are not a part of my daily life or my inner family and friends circle. Next I will discuss how I write informally.I usually write informally with my friends and family members either through emails, texts or on social media platforms such as Facebook. I may use text language such as LOL which means laugh out loud. I may add a smiley face to show that I am happy about something or add a heart emoticon with friends and family. This is a way of communicating that differs completely to how I communicate with my instructors and/or co-workers. There are different ways to communicate with different people through writing. Most people use formal language for business purposes and informal language for non-business purposes.Required Journal Entry 10: DefinitionRead the definition of plagiarism, including deliberate and accidental plagiarism, on page 602 of your textbook. Define: Prior to reading the definition in the textbook, what did you believe plagiarism meant? Explain where your definition matched or fell short of the textbook’s definition. (1 paragraph, 6 sentences) Reflect: How does this knowledge change the way you approach your coursework? (1 paragraph, 6 sentences)Plagiarism is when you use the work of others. The definition in the textbook does not differ from my understanding of what it is. Sometimes when a writer is paraphrasing the work of others, there can be confusion as to whether plagiarism has been done. A writer must make sure that they use no more than approximately five words in succession that are the same as the source material when writing their work. I do understand what plagiarism is.Required Journal Entry 11: Cause and EffectBrainstorm: List the causes that made you decide to return to school. Then add the short-term effects your decision has had on your life in the present. Finally, include the long-term effects that you hope your decision will have on your future. Organize: Review the graphic organizers on pages 466–467 in your Successful College Writing textbook. Choose the organizer that you think would best present the information you brainstormed to an audience of your fellow Penn Foster classmates and arrange your content using that format. Remember to include a thesis statement in your graphic organizer. (No minimum length requirementThe short-term effect on returning to school was to help myself receive a better job. The long-term effect is to encourage everyone in my family to have better schooling to improve their lives.Required Journal Entry 12: EvaluationReview the patterns of development that you’ve learned and used in your essays and journal entries in this unit. Explain how each of these patterns of development or organizational methods will be useful to you in your upcoming courses and your future career. (Length open) The patterns of development I have learned in this course will be useful to me throughout my development in upcoming courses, as well as in my future career. Writing is an important skill to have and I will be able to impress instructors and co-workers alike with my skills in writing. This will improve my grades and improve my career choices.Required Journal Entry 13: Evaluating Your SourcesDescribe when it’s appropriate to use sources in an essay. Why is it important to differentiate between facts, opinions, and bias when choosing sources for your research? (2 paragraphs, 6-8 sentences each)It is important to use sources in an essay to substantiate the claims that a writer would make that may be viewed as biased. By citing the sources correctly using a variety of methods such as CMS, APA or MLA, the information used in the essay to support the opinions of the writer will be substantiated. It is also important to use the correct sources in an essay from credible sources. When the sources come from the Internet it is also important to use credible Internet sources for research purposes in an essay. Next I will discuss more about Internet sources.Internet sources in an essay are important because much of the information that is out there right now can be found online. It is important to use sources that either come from the government which would designate online by .gov. It is important to use sources online that come from credible organizations, which would designate online by .org. It is important to use sources online that are from credible and accredited schools, which would designate .edu. These are some of the credible Internet sources that can be used for an essay.Required Journal Entry 14: Organizing Your InformationDescribe: Review pages 586–591 and 595–596 in Successful College Writing. Describe at least two ways to organize your information effectively. Choose the method that would work best for you and explain why. (2 paragraphs, 6 sentences each) Reflect: Take a look back to your response to Journal Entry 10. Briefly describe what counts as plagiarism. When is it appropriate to cite information? What information doesn’t need to be cited? (1 paragraph, 6–8 sentences)The method that works best for me for effective college writing includes two important elements: brainstorming ideas and creating an outline. In brainstorming ideas I may take a walk to come up with ideas, watch television, look on the Internet and also discuss the issues of the proposed essay in class, as well as with family and friends. By taking in all of the ideas from various sources, this helps me to come up with a strong topic for the essay. The second most important element to effective college writing includes coming up with a strong outline. Once I have my ideas I must organize them clearly and coming up with a strong outline including headers and subheadings in point-form will help me to organize my thoughts. These two elements of effective brainstorming and effective outline creation will help me to create an effective essay.In discussing plagiarism, it is not appropriate to cite information if you are using it from a direct source and claiming it as your own thoughts, as well as from sources that are not credible. It is very important to cite properly the information that you use in an essay. Some of the proper ways to cite sources in an essay include MLA, CMS and APA. Various writing disciplines also have different sources of writing style guides. As well, using information that is from a source that is not credible is not good for an essay. One should not use Wikipedia or Facebook as two examples of sources that are not good to use for effective college writing. Therefore, in discussing plagiarism, it is not appropriate to cite information if you are using it from a direct source and claiming it as your own thoughts, as well as from sources that are not credible.Required Journal Entry 15: Using Your Sources ResponsiblyReview the definitions of direct quotation, paraphrase, and summary in Chapters 23 and 24 in Successful College Writing. In your own words, define these terms. Then explain the most effective use of each of these three types of sources. (2 paragraphs, 6–8 sentences each)The definitions of quotation, paraphrase and summary will be discussed in the following. With quotation, the writer is using a direct quote from the source that is being used to support their biased opinions in a college essay. With paraphrase, the original source that is being used support the ideas of the writer are being summarized by the writer into their own words. With summary for sources in a college essay, the original source information is being summarized in order to be used for the essay.It is very important that in quotation, paraphrasing and summarizing that proper citation is used in all of these factors. Without this, then the writer can be guilty of plagiarism.Required Journal Entry 16: Planning Your ArgumentStudy the argument essay topics on page 180 in your study guide and choose your topic for your argument. This journal entry will help you begin to plan, research, and organize your paper. Please note that both topics are very broad, so you should narrow your chosen topic appropriately to suit your purpose and interest as well as the research and length requirements. Review “The Basic Parts of an Argument” on pages 501–507 in your textbook. Once you’ve chosen your topic and identified your issue, you need to develop support. According to your text, the three common types of support for an argument are “reasons, evidence, and emotional appeals.” Follow the process outlined below: I. State your claim A. Identify the type of claim (fact, value or policy). B. Explain your purpose or goal for your research paper. II. Identify your reasons A. Reason 1 B. Reason 2 C. Reason 3 III. Start your research to develop support for your claim (provide at least two examples of each): A. Support your reasons with evidence 1. Facts* 2. Statistics* 3. Expert opinions* 4. Examples* 5. Personal ExperiencesEnglish Composition172B. Identify your emotional appeals 1. Appeal to needs 2. Appeal to values * Cite your sources using MLA citation and documentation format (that is, parenthetical citations and a list of works cited). To research effectively and efficiently, use the Expanded Academic ASAP database in Penn Foster’s digital library. For more information about using Expanded Academic ASAP or other library resources, visit …Pornography on Internet Have you ever been searching for something on the Internet and clicked on an innocent looking link and been sent to some pornographic site?? This happens more times than most people realize.? Many times dead links or incorrect addresses will automatically direct you to a pornographic site.? The way that pornography on the Internet is accessed needs to be changed, so it is not accidentally opened. ???? There is a lot of controversy over whether pornography should be on the Internet or not.? Personally I could care less whether it was on the Web or not.? I do not look at any of it nor will I ever care to.? There are some people out there who do choose to look at pornography.? I feel that is their personal choice.? As long as the person is 18 or over they should be able to stare at pornography on the screen till their eyes cross if they want to.? The only real problem I see is how a user can be so easily misdirected to a pornography site and trying to get out of one of these sites after you have accidentally been sent there can be annoying.? I am sure we have all had this problem, you somehow get sent to a porn site and all these little boxes start popping up to go to other sites, to look at pictures, and to buy things. Trying to click your way out can be crazy.? Every time you finally get rid of one box another one pops up.? If you try to use the back button to get out, you cannot because the site's designer has it set up so you are trapped in there. The way these sites are set up needs to be changed.? A user should not be sent there unless they typed in "pornography" in a search engine or they typed in a particular pornographic site's address.? Misdirection to these sites needs to be stopped. ? ?Many people argue that pornography should not be on the Internet because young children could get into these sites and see things they do not need to be seeing.? In my opinion, young children should not even be on the Internet without adult supervision.? There is a lot of information on the Internet that young children do not need to be accessing anyway besides pornography.? What I do not understand is that you can go to a store and buy a pornographic magazine or go to a video store and rent a pornographic movie and people are less bothered by these than the same thing on the Internet. ? I feel that just because there is pornographic material on the Internet that does not mean that you have to look at it.? If it bothers then just do not go near these sites.? Use the Internet for your own purposes and allow other people to use it for their reasons. ???? As long as the way pornographic sites are found on the Internet are changed so that people are not accidentally sent to these sites I see no reason why these sites cannot be on the Internet with all the other information out there.? I will never go to these sites so if they are removed it will not affect at all since it does not affect me now.? It is a personal decision that each person has to make for themselves and I think everyone should have the right to access whatever material they are interested in.Required Journal Entry 17: Recognizing Your OppositionIdentify: Identify and define the three ways you can recognize opposing views in your argument. In your own words, explain why it’s valuable to include the opposition in your essay. (1 paragraph, 6 sentences) Reflect: Read William Safire’s essay “Abolish the Penny” on page 541 in your textbook and review the graphic organizer on pages 543. In your opinion, does acknowledging his opposition strengthen or weaken Safire’s argument? Explain. (1 paragraph, 6 sentences)Although I believe the topic I chose is clearly persuasive against pornography on the Internet, it is still good to indicate the opposing side to make my argument even more persuasive. The other side of the argument ensures that the writer has looked at both sides of the issue. The author has also considered both sides carefully. When this is done a more balanced argument is before the reader and the persuasiveness of the argument you are trying to put forth will more likely persuade the reader. This is why I believe with the topic I chose it is clearly more persuasive by showing the other side of the argument.Required Journal Entry 18: Course ReflectionReflect: Review your journal, starting with your first entry and the learning inventory. Reflect on how knowing who you are as a learner has helped you with the course activities. Consider your progress as a writer through each journal entry and essay. How has your writing changed since you started the course? Identify the improvements you’ve made and the skills you still need to practice. (3 paragraphs, 6 sentences each) Evaluate: What goals did you set for yourself at the beginning of this course? Did you accomplish everything you hoped? Explain what you would have done differently, and describe the approach to writing you’ll use in your future assignments. (2 paragraphs, 6 sentences I have learned a lot by taking this course. I have learned many things such as grammar, punctuation and spelling to improve these skills. I also want to do more to improve my grammar, punctuation and spelling and I plan to keep practicing and to become a stronger writer. It is important to have strong writing skills for working with co-workers and with instructors in future. Good writing leaves a good impression. As well what I have learned from this course is how to organize my thoughts as a writer by brainstorming, coming up with an outline, creating a rough draft and reaching the final stages of my writing.In the final stages of writing an essay, this is when grammar, punctuation and vocabulary usage become important which can be improved upon through proofreading the rough draft. Once the rough draft is proofread for any grammatical errors, next the writer can move onto improving the punctuation of the essay. Once the punctuation is improved upon, next the writer can move onto vocabulary usage of the essay. A thesaurus may come in handy for a beginning writer to improve on vocabulary usage for an essay. The writing process involves drafting an outline, creating a rough draft and making revisions and rereading and the final stage is creating a final version of the essay. ................
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