Essay#4: Idea Draft

Essay#4: Idea Draft

-Think about how your attitude about (academic) writing has changed.

             My attitude about writing is revision. It is because back in my High School, I only learned how to write essay but didn't learn about how to revise essay. I think revision really important because we will have second chance to look about our essays and see what we are missing. Also, this revision will help us to be better writer.

-Think about how you have changed as a reader (have you ever annotated a novel before?What other types of ‘reading’ have you learned about in this course?)
          I have never annotated a novel before. I was just usually read all the book and look back the chapters. Then, I can remember it or not. Usually, I don't really remember in details. But now, just like I did for my book club: The Hundred Secret Senses. What I did was I wrote the main keys or summary in sticky notes. By doing that, it helps to remember more and more understanding the book.

-Think about how interacting with your classmates’ work in peer revision groups has changed you as
a writer.
        Peer revision helps because they might have some different thought than I do. So when they were revising my essay, especially Arlene helped me to fix my grammar. Also, when I read other people's paper, I can tell how they structure their essays and ideas. In these way, we can learn each other from peer revision.

 -Was there a turning point, or an “Ah hah” moment in the semester, or in a reading situation, and/or
writing or revising a particular essay?
    Definitely. For example, in my essay#4 first I was thinking about "how time makes me change the way of writing". But I end up writing other thing like "revision is main key to success in academic writing and reading."

-What do you see as your role in the academic community of SF State? The San Francisco
community more generally? (what work do you plan to do in your major and beyond? How will
academic writing/communication play a part in that role?)
          My future career is I need to interact with other people a lot. So academic writing and communication is really important for my career like having meeting with people about talking what is my idea on this project or blah blah. I mean not just only my career; everyday basic communication and every type of careers. It is because in these way we can communicate effectively and successfully.