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Showcased essay link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bGom4Jtb5DJZ-nYsheUIFeAGES4kTYWDssO2lPeBkfo/edit This essay shows that I am able to correctly cite MLA sources. My professor made a comment at the end of my paper saying that I did it in the correct way and it was formatted correctly. I put my sources in alphabetical order, used The Little Seagull handbook to correctly format the sources in MLA and used hanging indentations. I made sure to keep my font size and style consistent, titling the page “Works cited” ….

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Link to final draft of showcased essay: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bGom4Jtb5DJZ-nYsheUIFeAGES4kTYWDssO2lPeBkfo/edit Generally, I used my sources to build a conversation between myself and the authors, later relating that conversation back to my thesis. For example, on page two of my essay, I referenced a quote from Brooks’ article about Dorothy Day engaging in random acts of kindness. I paraphrased the quote, and discussed its implications, then related the implications to an experience from my own life, as a sophomore high school student. The story…

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Link to showcased essay (first draft):https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ezl6Qs0A-kLSGqCGNVafy-BVK4cWMA37N_RCS7V8pyw/edit Link to showcased essay (final draft):https://docs.google.com/document/d/1bGom4Jtb5DJZ-nYsheUIFeAGES4kTYWDssO2lPeBkfo/edit Globally, from my first draft to my final draft, I added a whole new paragraph because I felt as if I needed to further explain my thesis. I could not prove my thesis unless I added more textual evidence from the authors explored, as well as analysis and my own views to support the thesis. We were instructed to write the essay as if it were a conversation…

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Informal reading response:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1arLJF8F1iMNZTU0PXvBGvE9q1Tr_xUuzRhbQySPR3RM/edit Annotations above. Above is my annotations to “Reporting Live from Tomorrow” by Daniel Gilbert. Throughout the semester I have approached annotating by marking important selections with a highlighter that I could potentially use as ideas or sources for an informal reading response later on, as well and in possibly assigned essays. In terms of annotating through writing in the margins, I define terms that I do not know the definition to. I also ask questions of the…

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Peer review sample:https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VJ94Kbrtucqa_kIN53uvRTSu0TnrtgbPoGzbjM8Rg-k/edit In Abby’s paper, at the beginning, in reference to her introduction paragraph, I made the positive criticism that her thesis was made clear. I feel as if this was helpful to her because she would be able to know for sure that she was getting her main point across that she would be referencing throughout the entirety of her essay. I then referenced a spelling error because I felt that it hindered the readers understanding of her…

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We wrote a paper on the importance of Global Citizenship. Paper: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gDJ6QaU2B_bZ9ICPaPJbiyJDQNDBIhRAaD2m7gujnZM/edit  

My paper:Globalization Carly’s paper:Globalization Essay Nora’s paper:Essay 3 Draft 1

In sociology class we were assigned a song analysis paper. In this analysis we were asked to analyze a song through the lens of a sociologist, picking out the sociological terms and how they apply within the context. For example we would find a reference to race in the song and explain how it was a reference to race and the sociological connotations associated with that concept. I peer reviewed a classmates paper by first reading their song, then reading…

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While writing a species report, which is a research based write up about a certain species, their characteristics, behaviors, diet and a description of where that species lived, my class peer reviewed our drafts looking for spelling errors as well as ensuring that each of us had all of the requirements necessary to fulfill the items on the rubric in a satisfactory manner. I peer reviewed my friends paper, making sure she fulfilled all of the requirements and using my…

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Throughout the semester, I have developed my active reading skills into something I am prouder of and something in which I can use to help me with my other classes. It helps me to more fully understand the text that I am working with through wrestling with the ideas and summarizing concepts in my own words. This summarizing helps me to remember what I have learned while reading the text because writing topics down uses muscle memory to encode information…

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