This week has been a rough week, not gonna lie. With the WP1 due and midterms, along with what seemed like an increased amount of homework in some other classes, I've been pretty overwhelmed. The biggest struggle for me again this week was definitely trying to make my thesis stronger and incorporate an argument throughout my paper. I really struggled with the concept of that and putting it together was difficult and frustrating. The two activates on Monday, the reverse outline and the highlighting activity really helped me a lot. The reverse outline was something I had never done before this class but it was something I found valuable. It made it easy to go backwards and pull main ideas from each paragraph and figure out whether or not those main ideas supported the thesis and argument of your paper. I found the highlighting activity to be helpful too. Breaking up my writing project into such specific aspects, highlighted in different colors, made me look at my paper in a visual way, which I never really do. It showed me what aspects my paper lacked, and for me it happened to be use of course readings. I will definitely use that activity in the future for other writing projects. I thought the "murder" activity we did Wednesday was unique and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was a creative way to have fun, while learning. I love breaking into groups because it gives me a chance to meet new people and gather new ideas. I've realized that there are some pretty cool people in our class and if it weren't for talking to them one on one in our group activities, I would never know that!
I really appreciated Zack's changing of the syllabus because many teachers do rush through things and just expect us students to keep up. It's pretty clear that Zack wants us all to succeed and by slowing the pace of the class, he is showing that he is doing everything he can to help us. It's refreshing to have Zack as a teacher because he is unlike any other. His excitement and passion to do what he does makes me have a much better experience being in the class. You da bomb Z. Keep up the good work!! (p.s It feels weird telling a teacher to keep up the good work haha)
Catch y'all on the flip side,
Jrey
No comments:
Post a Comment