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Week 8 Comments and Feedback

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Feedback I feel like in this class it could be really easy to feel like the work that we do is insignificant and that it does not matter; the comment portion of the class really does help to eliminate these thoughts. I have really enjoyed having the opportunity to receive positive feedback and constructive criticism from my peers because it makes me feel like other people really do care about what I am doing and what I like to write about.  Giving other feedback on their work has definitely been a challenge for me, because I want to make sure that what I am saying comes across in a kind, but also helpful way. Something I have tried to dow when writing comments is staying focused on the writer and the piece that they are writing rather than myself. This tip really has helped me a lot.  Recently, I have noticed more and more peers giving me and others feedback on things like sentence structure and grammar and I think that this is something that I could do more of moving...

Week 8 Reading and Writing

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Looking Back Over the course of the last seven weeks, I have honestly felt like this class was a whirlwind and I really didn't even understand where all the work I was doing was going or how I would ever pull it all together in order to make a project. Just recently, all of this doubt changed! I wrote the second story that I will include in my project and I feel so good about it. For my project I am doing a friends theme and writing stories that I can relate to the Friends television show makes me feel so good. I think that writing about something I love so much really does make me a better writer and I enjoy it so much more. Another thing that I have discovered is that I write so much better in the morning that I do at night. I know that is sort of weird, but it really is just my preference! All in all, now that my project is coming together I really do enjoy this class because it gives me the opportunity to express myself in a way that I never have before. Looking Forwar...