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why the author wrote the way they did. In this course our literacy
inquiry was an amazing way to get students to read and think critically.
Analyzing our own literacy journeys helped me to pin point several
events in my life that got me to the critical thinking level Ive achieved
today.
Composing Processes
After attending public high school Ive written hundreds of papers over
the course of my academic career. Consequently Ive been exposed to
various composing processes to jump start papers. Each process
varying differently has enabled me to culminate aspects from each one
to create my own unique composition. My writing has been influenced
by each literature teacher Ive ever had and theyve left an impression
on my writing. This course has been effective in finding ways to
conceptualize our writing without making it seem so dreadful. Writing
various prompts and putting them together has been a super efficient
way to get ideas down on paper and to combat deadlines. Through this
course and others Ive been able to adapt composing processes to
different context and occasions and various genres of writing. Ive
become more flexible now and I can develop ideas through more
questions, which enable me to complete research papers faster.
Knowledge of Conventions
The sole fact that I participated in so many English courses has help
me mold my knowledge of conventions. Talking to various audiences
and writing about multiple genres has built up a library of information
for my to pull from. The more you write the more knowledge you can
gain about various conventions. If I hadnt wrote half of the papers I did
I probably wouldnt know many of the things I do about genre,
language, or formatting. In middle school I remember joining the
debate team for a brief period of time, which taught me about political
correctness. Even in courses outside of English I learned about
conventions. Psychology courses helped me realize that when you talk
to certain people you must use a certain voice and jargon. Very similar
to how we switch voices according to the genre were writing and the
audiences were writing for. In this course when we studied activity
systems it helped to see where conventions could really come into
play.
Critical Reflection
Throughout my academic career Ive been ordered to reflect on almost
every assignment Ive completed. Even on test were ordered to look
back over our work, which is a primary example of reflection.
Reflection is important to growth, because we cant grow from our
mistakes if we dont understand why we made them. Reading complex
books from a young age I had many questions about things authors