When I wrote my expository essay my thought process was all over he place. For some reason I hand a hard time forgiving out where to start. I had somewhat of an idea but it was vague. I had my stance and my evidence but I didn’t know how or where to start or use it. At the beginning the evidence didn’t have any importance. I guess my passion for the task wasn’t their the topic had no relevance to my life so it made it harder for me to progress. Along with having a hard time starting the task it was hard trying to manage all of the task that were required to complete the essay. Finding time to find and read sources to decide whether it is relevant or not to my topic. Trying to find the all of the information for my citations within my annotated bibliography. Writing a proposal for the first time about a topic that I have never learned about before taking FIQWS. I decided to pick what needed to be completed first for my paper.
Speaking of finding information finding sources was a headache. Finding information that support both sides as very hard. The articles were mostly pro so finding cons arguments was very rare. Due to the lack of opposing information I had to reuse articles and quotes. I didn’t want to reuse articles and quotes but there was a limited to certain information which became very frustrating. After I found decent informations writing my expository essay becoming easier. I think finding evidence to support my claim was the hardest thing and the biggest set back. After I overcame that set back writing the essay was a little easier. I am glad that I had these back because it made me stronger as a person and as a writer. I was able to strive for greatness in limited conditions.
Once I decided the order I should complete the task in it became much easier to progress. First I started with finding appropriate sources then I created citations than my summary for my annotated bibliography. Soon after I started to write my essay. I decided witch document I wanted to use first and or what was more relevant. Then I Separated the evidence from positive and negative and paired them together. Then I started to write my paper and it became a lot easier. Creating an order and organizing my paper took a lot of stress off of my shoulders I was officially one step closer to completing my paper. Soon I realized that their as a lot more to come.
Writing this expository essay was really a learning experience for me. I learned A lot of new things while completing this task. I learned that puppetry does actually benefit children and works in many different fields. Puppetry is used in health education, academics and in teaching children life skills. The experience of finding research to support my stance broaden my knowledge. Being able to increase land or expand my knowledge was and is very much appreciated. Before I Took FIQWS I didn’t know anything about puppetry it was a pleasure to write about it even though I wasn’t to passionate about he topic. I appreciate every learning opportunity thrown at me because it is very rare that kids get to join a early college program and learn about puppetry. Even though this task was very complex it was very beneficial ab challenge me a lot.
My review process was very long but was about 13 hours long, I thought I was never going finish. Since the expository essay was five pages constantly reading it was so repetitive and long. While I was reviewing my work I tried my hardest to eliminate all spelling and grammatical errors. I believe that the writer can’t always spot all of their mistakes so it’s important that the writer seeks outside help. That’s exactly what I did I had my twelfth grade academic coordinator help me revise my paper once more. I think that having someone there to help you further develop your ideas is very important because IT helps me learn what to look for when I have to edit my own papers. Learning how to edit my own ears makes me a better writer and college ready.
To go into depth with my revision process I would like to start with saying that it was that I have mixed emotions about editing papers. I understand the importance of editing but it is almost harder than actually writing the paper itself. Editing paper is more to time consuming than any other task in my opinion. However, I do appreciate the process because it just going to make me a better writer in the end. I am also grateful for this because he profession that want to pursue requires a lot of note taking and writing and editing lengthy papers all he time is getting me one step closer to my dream. This paper was well needed because this was the longest paper I ever wrote and edited, it was good exercise for my writing skills and really challenged me as a person. All the task like the proposal, per review, annotated bibliography and the essay made me work really hard. In order to complete you have to be persistence and have a strong work ethic. Overall writing this essay had so much in store for me it was unbelievable writing the expository essay cam with alot or positive and negative effects on me. Each good and bad experience was and is well appreciated becuase all writing the essay did was make me a better writer and person. While I was writing about how puppetry tuaght children academics and life skills writing this essay taught me academics and life skills.
