Sunday, February 23, 2014
Reflection - Common Mistakes in Writing - Sec. 4 - March 10
Visit this URL: http://my.ilstu.edu/~jhkahn/writing.html to review some common mistakes of English grammar, mechanics, and punctuation. Did you find this resource to be useful? Why or why not? In addition, discuss your thoughts on today's class activities.
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ReplyDeleteGood Job on your explanation.
DeleteI found this resource very useful. I have been guilty of making some of the mistakes shown in it. It will help me to avoid any future writing mistakes. Moving onto today's activity, it was very helpful. We learned how to make a strong introduction to a thesis statement. I wish I had learned this earlier before the test. I will be definitely be utilizing these strategies in my future essays.
ReplyDeleteI got your idea I will take as always
DeleteIt is very easy to make mistakes when writing an essay such as grammatical, mechanical, or punctuation errors. When a person is writing an essay it is easy to overlook simple mistakes because they are focusing on putting their ideas in the essay. It is very useful to have the essay reviewed so that the author has a chance to change their simple mistakes. After fixing these mistakes, it will be easier for the reader to understand and relate to the topic in the essay. It is always wise to revise and look over an essay to correct simple mistakes that can make the essay better.
ReplyDeleteNice explanation I will keep that in mind.
DeleteI agree. When writing an essay, it does make you overlook the common mistakes and errors. That is what peer reviews for.
DeleteI agree too, after the peer review process we tend to learn from our mistakes and have a chance to correct them. As the result from this the essay will be more smooth and better when reading it.
DeleteIt is very easy to make those common mistakes! It is much easier for a reader to read an essay after those common mistakes are fixed!
DeleteI found it useful because I got to write better. The more I practice on my writing will help me in the near future. Always revise and recursive your answer. Always correct your answer and question. Rewrite the mistake to make it sound better. Always keep yourself on top. Never give up on any subject because writing is everywhere from school to work.
ReplyDeleteI agree this resource will help us to write better essays.
DeleteIn today's lesson I found it very useful. It gave me a better look about revising an essay. It's important to show your mistakes when revising so that you can focus on what not to make a mistake on next time. In today's activity was enlightening. It gave me a chance to help me through revising and also peer reviewing better.
ReplyDeleteYour right! revising our writings will definitely helps us to see our mistakes and to learn from it.
DeleteI agree, today's lesson is useful on revising an essay. The lesson gave us ways to edit an essay like symbols and other ways to edit the essay.
DeleteIt is very useful for use in future essays! It is important to mar down your mistakes, so that you know what to look out for next time.
DeleteYou are so right. It is very important for a writer to show their mistake so that they know what they should not repeat. Revising is extremely important when writing because it helps the author expand their knowledge and even their writing skills.
DeleteThe given resource was very useful and informative. It guides us students to a better quality essay by preventing common errors such as being sexist in writing, confusing the uses it's and its as well as effect and affect, and many more. Today's class activity was helpful in helping us understand the proper way of revising and editting or essays to perfection. As usual we are doing our brainstretcher activity which is by the way beneficial in improving our writing skills.
ReplyDeleteI agree, the given resource was very useful and informative when writing our essays. The resource also guides us to a better quality essay by preventing common errors.
DeleteI agree with you. I, too, often commit this mistake while writing an essay. Although my previous teachers didn't really marked it wrong, I know now that to its best to avoid mentioning a sex to avoid confusion of the reader.
DeleteThose common mistakes of English grammar, mechanics, and punctuation are very easily found all throughout essays. This website is very helpful in checking any errors you have made in your essay. Today's class went by well. We were able to practice stage 1 and 2 on the topic we chose. The essay brain stretcher was also a great activity, that involved my person thoughts on the picture.
ReplyDeleteThe activity was very useful and definitely gave me a better understanding of the revising process. It is so easy for a writer to make a mistake in their writing, they can easily overlook simple mistake. It is always good to get an outside opinion on the essay.
DeleteI found the resource given very useful. As I read through, I notice that many of these mistakes listed are majority of the common mistakes I make. One I am most guilty of is unnecessary commas, I often put way too many commas in unneeded parts of my essay. All in all I enjoyed today's activity because I was able to do and also share my first and second stage activities.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the resource given is very useful. Like you, I am also guity of using too much or too little commas. Sometimes I tend to misplace them in the paragraph. The examples are indeed common mistakes students often make while writing.
DeleteYour right! all the activities and readings we did today was very helpful.I learned many things from it.
DeleteI agree, the source is very useful. My biggest mistake is not ever putting commas in my sentences. It has always been a struggle of mine not knowing where to insert a comma in my sentences. It is simple but can be very big when writing an essay.
DeleteI really think that this is a very useful resource. I always have a hard time wording and punctuating my sentences accordingly, especially during the writing and revision process. This resource has helped clear out a lot of my common mistakes and errors, and I think I will be looking at this resource for future reference. Besides learning about common writing mistakes, we also tried doing the first two stages of the writing process. I have previously done these two stages at home, but it is very different doing it at school. I hope I could be able to do all three processes in the future.
ReplyDeleteThe given resource was indeed a good reference in the future when revising and editting our essays. Like you, I also have a hard time with punctuations. I always confuse as to where and when should I place them in a sentence. In today's class activity where we have to perform the two stages of writing, I had a hard time writing because I guess the environment is different. I'm so used to writing at home where there is no time limit, but I am trying my best to perform well in class activities.
DeleteWhen writing, I often make simple mistakes that result in errors. These errors can be easily over looked if I do not get my essay revised and edited properly. The source given is extremely useful and points out simple mistake that all writers make when writing.
DeleteI found this resource to be useful for my future essays. This resource will help me improve on my mistakes that I commonly make on my essays in the past. I will use this resource to guide me whenever I am having some awkwardness and struggles on my essay.
ReplyDeleteToday's activities includes the reading of Leah's essay which is on "The Prison Sweat Lodge" and the writing stages for writing the essay. The writing stages will be useful for writing my future essay especially when I am having a hard time organizing my thoughts about the essay. In addition to today's activities we also did the essay brain stretcher and found out our grades for test #1.
I agree that the given resource was helpful in terms of improving our writing skills. Also, it will help us keep an eye for errors that may occur in the future, which leads to less corrections and revisions on our essays. I was glad that the results for test one was in because I was anxious to know for days now about my grades and how well did I do.
DeleteYes, I agree. Having these examples will help and guide us through future essays and writings.
DeleteI agree with you! Besides the reference provided here, Leah's essay can also be a great reference to look back to when writing an essay.
DeleteI found this resource very useful. I have done many mistakes in my previous writing, so I had to practice more using this resource. Always revise our writings, it helps a lot. Today's class helps me to keep working and learning on how to write the right way.
ReplyDeleteI agree. This class really enables us to keep going back to the basics to make sure that we are doing everything systematically. By the end of this class, I really hope I could be able to write well-written essays.
DeleteI thought this resource was very useful. I now know of a list of common mistakes which I can refer to on my next essay. I'm glad I was afforded the opportunity to view this resource. This will definitely make my essays more effective and precise. Today's activity was helpful because we reviewed the writing process once more. It really helps me to familiarize myself with this process. Great class today!
ReplyDeleteI agree. The lesson will help me be more precise on my next essay. It also is good to keep reviewing the writing process, so that it sticks with you.
DeleteI agree the resource was very useful on the common mistakes that writers' have. Also I agree that the resource will make my essay more effective and precise especially when others read it.
DeleteYou are right, this resource is very helpful! Now we can use this resource as a reference to double check our upcoming essays! I agree that it will help make your essays more effective and precise.
DeleteExactly my thoughts! I'm glad that we were given this list to look back to for future essays.
DeleteDoes a free write or a rough draft always have to be as grammatically incorrect as Leah's essays? I find that inefficient, and she could have tried harder the first time. However, her final draft was written well. I understand what this lesson was trying to convey, but a lot of those steps could be bypassed with one good draft.
ReplyDeleteI agree that you could bypass some steps, but it is also better to take the time to search for errors. It may be time consuming, but worth it in the end.
DeleteThe reading we did in class was very helpful. Brainstorming makes writing a first draft more easy. A lot of times we make mistakes. Stage two helps us make a better final draft, just like Leah's. These are very helpful for the future.
ReplyDeleteIt is very helpful for every student. It will help them in their writings.
DeleteI agree that the reading we did in class was very helpful. It guided us step by step as how should we approach each level of the writing process. Because she followed every necessary steps, Leah's essay attained its perfect and high quality state.
DeleteThat reading we did was helpful! Brainstorming does make it more helpful, it gives you the chance to write down all your ideas.
DeleteThis resource helped me realize how difficult the writing process can be. To create an effective essay, so many factors need to be considered and edited. The transformation from the first draft to the the final draft really amazed me. This resource highlighted why the writing process was so important and how it can be used to create an amazing essay.
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