I love to write and I do spend some of my own time at home doing it, so I believe that is why I was infact eager to read the assigned pages to see what they had instore for me .I had a pen and a stickynote next to my just incase I felt the need to write a thought or reminder down. As I was reading the pages and looking through the examples that were provided for me, I noticed that I was either nodding or shaking my head. However, there were so many things that I had agreed with and done before.
For example, In chapter two they discuss techniques for prewriting such as freewriting, brainstorming/ mapping, asking questions and lastly keeping a journal. All of these help you to generate ideas wether its for school or private reasons and personally, I have used every one of them in the past. I took a course in highschool called craft of writing; often when we had a assignment due that involved serious thinking she would have us stop and freewrite for 15 minutes to clear our head, so we would see what we had already written more clearly. I found that it truely did work for me and that it gave me a fresh new look and perspective on my piece. When I would be assigned any work in school that involved me researching or reflection, I would always ask myself questions. If it wasn't part of the grade normally I wouldnt include it in my final draft but no-matter what those question (who, what, when, where, why and how) also popped into my head. Maybe it was because I was interesting in what I was doing, or it was the fact that ever since you entered 5th grade, teachers stuck that in your head. Also, I have to say keeping a journal was a big part of my life, and extremely helpful. When I went through an emotional turn which seemed to be years on end, I would write down my thoughts, feeling or use it as a way to help me clearify what it was exactly I wanted to say to someone. Some people understood my need to write things down and others hated it.
In chapter one the book emphasized why its important to prewrite,write and revise; and to understand the subject of your writing, the audience who will be reading it and the purpose to why you are writing it. I honestly feel that these things are very important. When you understand the subject of your writing you can easily prewrite and write more quickly. I feel that elimates the steps of brainstorming or mapping.When you are aware of your audience and what age group or career they fall into, revising is made more smoothly. As far as the purpose to why you are writing, prewriting is without trouble.Therefore asking yourself questions on how to go about your writng style is effortless. I instantly made bried connections while reading, and once I starting writing i brought in the detail. I knew I had to add it into my reflection. It was one of those things where you didnt have to think twice. The writing steps are very important no matter what type of writing is it. From writing a novel that hopefully becomes famous to writing a daily entry in your journal, these are all things that should happen wether they are on paper or not.
Reading, writing and speaking well go hand in hand; thats bluntly obvious. If you can write, then reading a piece that someone else or yourself had wrote shouldnt be as hard compared to someone who can't write all that well. Therefore if you can read fluently, speaking should just be part of the flow. I have noticed within the nine months that I have been working at Dutchess, there are some people that dont exactly have the best communication skills. When I saw that the person wrote a note stating we couldnt take credit cards, my head turned to the side; it said "No Credit Card". I approached her and suggested that the note should say, "We can't accept any credit cards at this time, thanks!" And in that very moment I had remembered the time she called me asking what a certain phrase explained. It was then that I had recalled that those two go hand in hand.
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