Hey y’all,

   welcome to my first post, in my  FIQWS class, my professor ask us to do a project called final portfolio.  The main point for this project is for sharing our writing section learning outcome in this semester. After being a college student for almost four months, I clearly know how to finish my work not just on time, but also how to finish it perfectly and reach all requirements.

For past few month, as a freshman I was panic for a long time. I felt like lost in the woods, everything I done is a brand new world to me. Completely different from high school, in high school, your guidance counselor has been setting up everything for you, which is not going to happen in college. For exchange, student have freedom to choose their own subject class and manage their own time. Today, for upcoming freshman, I will sharing what i learn for past few months. Overall, there are total of 8 learning outcome.

First, when we start our writing class, our professor ask us to explain two different image at beginning of the semester and after we finish the work we also need to wrote one more essay called reflective essay. This essay is based on recall what we do in order to finish work perfectly, and from this essay we can explore our improvement.  In my Reflection of my Literacy Narrative, I analyzed my writing process and how I looked at the genre and the rhetorical situation. This is very helpful for us to know how we progress in this semester.

Next, I will introduce how we develop strategies for reading, drafting, revising, and editing. Our of the way to develop your skill is to read feedback from you professors. My peer review for the Exploratory Essay helped me revise and edit the first draft of my essay. From feedback, you can find out what you miss. Though many times of editing, what you learn is what you have overcome. Sometime I might feel powerless, too. A little hint, don’t forget go to writing center! It’s really a good place for you to improve you writing skill .

Now, I will discuss a very important topic, Citation. As you know, plagiarism is not tolerated in any college, so learning how to citation is become very important to you. To me, I been looking for a lot help for my work due to I don’t know how to cite. In my Work Cited page I used the MLA Citation guide online to practice applying systematic application of citation conventions. At end of my work, I always have a page called cited page, which I use to explain where i got my resources from, and where i got my quotes from, so learning how to cite your page become very important.

While you work on your work, you will be ask to go to writing center to improve your writing skill. It’s a good place for you to improve yourself, at least all my professors ask me to go there. While writing the Literacy Narrative, I recognized and practiced writing key rhetorical terms and strategies when engaged in writing the Literacy Narrative. seriously, I never been to the writing center due to my bad timing, but I will recommend you to go their at least once, even  thought you don’t like it. Just go and check how they will help you to see if you like it or not.

Right now, we are half thought our first semester freshman year. In blackboard, we often use a thing called discussion board, where professor post homework or a topic and all classmates can discuss together to help each other improve. In class, I post my thesis statement on the
discussion board and my classmate comment on it, which proves that I and engage in the collaborative and social aspects of writing processes. Sometime teacher will post homework on it for you to do.

when you write a paper, first of all, you will need to address audience. when you have address the audience you can clearly know what you need in order to catch your audience’s attentions. Also when you are lost or you have any question, you always can use what I just mention on last paragraph, discussion board. In class, using the discussion board help me address my audience.

For me, what I like to visit most is school library which locate on second floor of NAC. No matter you need to print out something, need help on your work, or you need search information, there will always be a good place to go. Tell me what is it? LIBRARY !!!!!!!!   YES, when we came to library, we and engage in the collaborative and social aspects of writing processes.  Library really help me print out what I need, for me that will be all. Those will be everything i can tell you, rest of it will need to experience by yourself.

Finally, I will need to remind you about important of sources. When I wrote my exploratory essay, I that integrate the student’s stance and language with appropriate sources, using strategies such as summary, critical analysis, interpretation, synthesis, and argumentation. The most important when you wrote a paper is analysis, it’s the only way to show if you completely understand what you learn on class. please remember to cite you resources.

All above is what I think you need to know as a freshman, don’t push yourself too hard. Just be happy!!!! Those four or five years are last time you will spend in school, once you step in to the real society, there be more harder things for you to face, so no matter what you did in school, no matter you fail the class or choose wrong major, don’t feel sad. Remember, your grade don’t represent who you really are. Be confident to yourself and ask help whenever you need!!! School is a stage for you to express yourself not for competition, there is nothing wrong with getting a F. Don’t feel sad, you will find your talent!

THANK YOU!!!!!!!!

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