Blog #5 compII goals

Blog entry #5
Comp II Goal Statements

1. Demonstrate critical reading and rereading strategies for expository and persuasive writing.
Over the course of the class we were required to right four papers. Each paper had drafts associated with it. So working on all of those drafts has given me more experience with critical reading and rereading strategies for expository and persuasive writing. We also read over other people’s papers in the class. We look for specific things like, whether or not the statement was arguable or if there was first person speech used in the paper.

2. Demonstrate and analyze rhetorical approaches in texts for persuasive and expository writing.
The definition of the rhetoric is undue use of exaggeration or display. In one of my papers I overstated some of the evidence to more support my position. If I knew that we were supposed to use exaggerations in my papers I would have used them more than I did.

3. Evaluate and apply appropriate planning, drafting, revisions, and editing strategies for persuasive and expository writing.
As I said before we created drafts for each of the papers that we wrote. In my Comp I class we had specific due date for each of the planning stages, drafts, revisions, and final draft. If the kind of schedule was applied to Comp II it would be a lot better of a course. I felt that this course had loose deadlines for each draft, if there was one; the final draft had a nice and definite dead line. I also feel that there isn’t proper preparation for the paper portfolio. In my last class about this time, we were starting to put everything in a folder and organizing them. Because of the more strict and definite deadlines on each of the papers item was easier that it will be to set up a paper portfolio. I feel that most classes word work better with a strict but flexible schedule; a specific due date set up for each item, but the ability to shift dates around if things come up.

4. Identify and apply appropriate concepts from primary and secondary sources for persuasive and expository writing.
In Comp I we learned which sites are reliable and which one are not so reliable. Print sources like books and some magazines are more reliable than not. Online sources are not always easy to determine the reliability. There are a few easy one though, .govs’ are one of those and most .edus’ are also reliable. If you get you source from an online database like EBSCOhost which is reviewed by credible people than it will be credible. I got more practice with researching and finding credible sources in Comp II.

5. Demonstrate the proper use of Modern Language Association (MLA) or American Psychological Association.
I also learned how to cite sources in Comp I and received more practice in Comp II. I Comp I I received a packet that had the instruction on how to cite most sources correctly. I also found a cite called www.easybib.com this is correct most of the time, and very convenient when you need to get the sources down quick and have time to go back over the cited sources and check for errors.