Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Reflection on Critical Analysis

I was relatively pleased with my critical analysis. My evaluation of the characters were pretty good. My punctuation needed to be improved and I still used contractions. Bad, bad. Another problem that I didn't even realize I did was that I made the first paragraph last almost two pages. I couldn't believe that I did that.

Another problem was citing my sources which made my grade go down the most. I didn't put them in everywhere they should have been. Also, my title was not creative enough. I thought it had to be kind of formal that said what the assignment was. I will change a couple of sentences to make more sense.

I loved watching the movie and eating. That was a lot of fun. I went home and rented the movie and I think that helped get specifics down. My husband also watched it with me and gave me his viewpoints of certain characters, which I found very helpful. This paper was the most difficult of all the papers we have written so far. It took a lot of thinking and analyzing. It was so hard not to summarize the movie. I have never written a paper like this before. I think it was a good experience though, it made me think a new way. I was impressed with myself on my analysis. I can still revise the paper so it is better.

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Reflection on Evaluative Summary

On looking at my paper, there are many things I am going to change. I didn't explain as much as I could have about the details in the article. I think I was so concerned about getting the TS, CD, etc. in there that I left other important details out.

I did somewhat put my opinion in there but I think that could have been done better. I didn't say at all what I thought of the author's opinion of the original text so I need to add that in. Many of my key points need more support. There was not enough details in the paper to support those points. My punctuation and grammar seemed to be good but I needed to use more descriptive words. I always forget not to use contractions so I am changing that. Also, as hard as it is not to have is, was, were, are words in there I think it will sound much more detailed in the end. My summary needs some work too. As hard as it was receiving a 36/50, it definitely drives me to get it up.

Overall, I think the paper was ok but it will get much better, I promise!!!!

Thursday, October 11, 2007

Research Paper Free Write

For my research paper, I would like to write about the controversy over the vaccination for human papiloma virus(HPV). Since I am going into nursing, this is of interest to me. Another reason I would like this to be my topic is because my daughter is ten years old and they are suggesting that girls around this age get the vaccination. Some of my friends have already gotten it for their daughters and don't know the details. I am not the kind of mother to just give the vaccination unless I truly believe it is needed. My children have had all the vaccinations but that is because I believe they needed them. It will be interesting to do research to find exactly what it is, how long it has been out, and how long it is good for.

It will be interesting to me to find out all the details of HPV and whether there is a need for a vaccination. Obviously, people think there is.