Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Week 4: Writing

Writing to me can come easy, but then there are those times where I cant think of anything to write at all. When I write I think of a million things I want to say, but when it comes to putting it on paper I really draw a blank. In class when we took our VARK test it really helped me understand what kind of learner I am. I can use the way I learn and apply it to my paper when writing it and organizing the ideas for the paper.

In class I learned I was a visual learner and knowing that really helped me to understand how I should go about writing my paper. I like using graphs and outlines to set up my paper so I know I can be organized as I go on with my paper. I like to keep my ideas and thoughts all together and I really think that using an outline helps me to do so. Although I am a visual learner I also found other ways that really helped me collect all my thoughts.

The play-doh exercise really helped me to think about how I think when I start to write a paper. When I made the sun out of bright yellow play-doh I understood I did the sun because of the color of the play-doh. originally I tried to make a teddy bear but that did not turn out so well. However, it made me realize I relate things together in order to make something out of them or to out them together.

As the class goes on I feel like I learn more and more about myself as a writer. As I learn more about myself I also learn better ways to write my paper and how to organize my ideas.

1 comment:

  1. Kristi, the more you know about your writing process, the easy it is to do. I'm proud of not only these observations, but also your analysis of what they mean.

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