Self-Evaluation

• What is the thesis for your paper?  
• finding ways to get out of reading became a challenge for me, but now that im older i wish that i would have read those books.
• List the main points you make in your paper.
• my mom tried to get me to read
• ways i got out of reading 
• What was the most helpful advice you received from your peer evaluation?
• cleaning up my sentences
• What was the most helpful information you received in class for your paper?
• reread what i wrote
• How many drafts of this paper do you think you wrote and how/when did you write them? For example, did you compose at the keyboard, did you write lots of notes to yourself, did you pre-write or outline, did you write in small chunks of time or sit down and produce an entire draft at one sitting?
• i wrote one draft by hand then typed it
• What would you do differently with this paper to make it more effectively, or what did you try to do that you just don’t think you got a good handle on?
• reread to make sure what i was saying made sense
• What are most pleased with about this paper?
• this paper i got to describe about my life and how reading was something i didnt like to do.

questions

Being in English 100 has taught me to be a better writer, with the help of Ms. Chastain. I learned better grammar, sentence fluency, how to write in MLA format, how to write a work cited page, and many more.  Blogging was hard to remember to check for the homework because I did not have a piece of paper in front of me telling me how to do or what to do. But blogger was helpful because if I did not understand how to do the homework I could look at the teacher’s example or I could look at another student’s page, and see how they did it. Blogger was made it easier to turn in the homework because I was able to just post or send it in, but if I had to turn in a hard copy I would have to make sure I have ink in the printer, and I had to be sure that I did not lose the homework. Blogger was like a journal the only thing different was that we had a specific topic to write about where in a journal you it is free write. Changes in the tasks papers would be able to turn the papers in over the computer where it would be easier for the teacher to make comments and easier for the students to read what the teacher had to say. For the small journal entry to make those easier would be having questions that almost every student would be able to relate to the author, or what the author wrote about.

The lonely Good company of books

I don't read to often and if i do read it takes me awhile to find a book that keeps my interest. Once i find that sort of book I am not able to put it down or focus on anything else. When I was in elementary we had to do bookreports, me and my friend would read the back of the book and write a short summary over that, and as I got into middle school I found myself asking my friends what they read about the night before. The summer before I started high school, the last thing on my mind was reading, but I found a book that I couldn't put down. This book was apart of a series that I started and would finish a book in a day or to. So I think my experienc with books is similar to rodriguez's.

Before this course, what did you anticipate?

I thought that english would be alot of reading and writing of things I didn't really want to read or write about. We do read alot and we have writing assigments, but when we go over them in class i understand how im suppose to put together what to write. I didn't think we would be getting help like we do in class. I also didn't think i was going to understand most of the homework, but the teacher helps us alot so that we understand what to do and how to do it.

task three analyze

For task three I am not for sure what to write about, but I thought about using Kozol's book. I never had problems through school, but I was going to write about a teacher that was always there for his students. He looked out for everyone like: his football players, students, teachers, anyone he knew or saw. He taught everyone not only what it's like to work hard but also said every day how important it is to get an education.  A lot of people, like me are where they are today because of what they were taught. He was a coach/teacher and someone everyone looked up to.

Task-two

What makes him/her interesting and unique?

       -My cousin had to have half his brain cut in half, so this made it difficult for him to learn. He is now 25 and has the brain of a 12 year old.

What sort of questions would you ask and why?

       -What were some of his struggles through school, because he didn't learn as fast as the other students and when I don't understand something in class, I stress, so I would just like to know how he got through school.
       -Who influenced him through school, because I know he found someone to look up to and would go to them if he ever needed anything.

What sort of problems do you think may arise for Task Two?

       -Finding the right questions to ask, or finding something that he wants to talk about.

What do you anticipate? Why?

        -I don't know if all get a lot of answers beacuse he doesn't always understand what you are asking.

What questions do you have for Task Two?

        -I don't really have any questions at the moment.

Self-Evaluation

Self-Evaluation

What is the thesis for your paper?

   He showed every player what it’s like to work hard, love the game, but also through games and practices, he taught us some important life lessons, like setting examples about not letting anything get to him, or being someone to talk to when I had a family/friend problem.

List the main points you make in your paper.

    Helping me through diffcult

What was the most helpful advice you received from your peer evaluation?

  Putting more detail into major parts.

What was the most helpful information you received in class for your paper?

   That I needed more detail in my second paragraph, I think the information made my more interesting.

How many drafts of this paper do you think you wrote and how/when did you write them? For example, did you compose at the keyboard, did you write lots of notes to yourself, did you pre-write or outline, did you write in small chunks of time or sit down and produce an entire draft at one sitting?

    I wrote only two drafts, first I free wrote on paper, editing it on the computer, and finishing my final draft on the computer.

What would you do differently with this paper to make it more effectively, or what did you try to do that you just don’t think you got a good handle on?

   When I write essays for class I feel like some parts I lose the reader attention, and I don't like when I do that.

What are most pleased with about this paper?

   I feel like I stayed on the topic and didn't drift off. I think I also showed how my coach impacted my life.

How it feels to be colored me.

When I am labeling myself, I think of me being strong because of some of the situations I struggled through in life. Growing up I did not have the perfect or even close to a good “father daughter” relationship. He was around but not really around. My dad was more like a fly on the wall, did not care about anyone or anything but himself, and did what he wanted to do, even if it hurt the ones closest to him. Some of the things he told me, made me realize that it was not true at all. The more I talked to my friends about it, the more I could brush his opinions off. I realized that everything he was saying to me he should have really been saying it to himself. Every time he would put me or another family member down he was really putting himself down. As I got older I realized anything he said did not matter to me or even bother me, and I could just ignore it. When I finally got old enough to decide if I still wanted him around in my life, I got up enough courage to tell him that I do not want anything to do with him, and that I wanted him to leave me alone and never talk to me again. The summer before I started high school was the last time I talked to my father, and from then on I feel like what I did that day I could take on anything.

Letter of Introduction

My name is Korey Jo McDermott, and in sixth grade I graduated from Pickett Elementary, then graduating from Truman Middle School in eighth grade, and finally on May 10th 2010 I got to walk across a stage accepting my diploma from Central High School. Going into college this year I am undecided on what I want my future plans to be. Ever sense I was little I wanted to be a vet, I was always around animals, but as I got older I got more into sports. In fifth grade I got the idea of becoming a professional basketball player, until I realized I was one of the worst players on the team. In middle school, my gym teacher thought it would be a good idea to try out for Truman’s volleyball team. I have to say I was better at this sport than basketball; I scored 14 points in one match. When I got to Central one of my close friends talked me out of track and trying out for the soccer team. Sophomore year I played my first Varsity soccer game scoring the last point on our own team, ending the game. After that I decided that playing sports wasn’t my thing, but I still loved being around the different games. My soccer coach told me I should be a manager/trainer for the sports I liked, and that’s when I got the idea of majoring in Biology to become a sports trainer.

I was born in St. Joseph Missouri, and lived in Faucett Missouri my first two years, and then moved back to St. Joseph. I graduated from Central High School last May, with 460 other students. Through school, I was never the quiet person of our group. I was usually deciding what to do that night, or where to eat after school. I don’t do much reading on my own, and I never really like what we had to read in my language classes. And most of the time I have to be in the reading mood or I fall asleep after half a page in the book.

If I have to write about something I would rather have a topic than a free write. Poems and essays are not one of my favorites. I usually put those off until last minute because I always get writers block. I could write a letter to my best friend for days.

Some random things about me would be I have tried to play almost every sport out there. My favorite color is orange, I was born on Halloween, and I have “orange” hair. My favorite show right now has to be Jersey Shore “fist pump!” I love going out with my friends and I’m hardly ever home, but some nights I like staying in making pop corn and having a movie night, watching all my favorite movies with my best friend.