Senquetta Brittingham
Writing Workshop
Prof. George
April 19, 2014
Dear Senquetta,
Your work ethic and critical thinking has improved tremendously throughout this
semester. It all started when you began working on your first “media memoir
essay.” After working extremely hard on this paper and seeking extra help to
receive evaluative responses you thought you would receive a decent grade. To
your surprise you only got a C on this assignment. You didn’t understand why
you received a C on this assignment. It made you think that weren’t a good
writer. Were you going to receive a decent grade on future assignments? How do
you go about redeeming yourself on your essays? How can you fix this? Well these
were some of the questions that you began to ask yourself after you got a C.
This assignment was your greatest learning experience this semester because it
set the standard for all of your future essays in your writing workshop course.
Initially you would just receive help from the writing center, now you have
your friends as well as the writing center review your papers. This tactic
proved to be more effective because you received a much better grade on your
last paper (Media Memoir essay).https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7353950077414133025#editor/target=post;postID=7046027356294143666;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=18;src=postname
One of your most exciting experiences during this semester was visiting the
Eastern State Penitentiary. You remembered this assignment very vividly because
you didn’t want to do it. You remember it being extremely cold so you didn’t
want to go. When you actually did you found the place to be intriguing. You had
prior experience of visiting the Eastern State Penitentiary during Halloween.
During your experience was completely different because it was more exciting
you liked the thrill of being scared so it was difficult for you to capture the
essence and story behind Eastern State Penitentiary. When you went with your
class it was a totally different experience. The air was stark cold as you
entered the building all of the stories about those who lost their lives made
you have an immense amount of empathy. In your Writing Workshop class you had
to do a free write talking about your experience at eastern state penitentiary.
In this free write the class had to describe their experience and recall
certain places at eastern state penitentiary. You enjoyed this free write and
trip because it educated you about a topic that you weren’t that familiar with.
(esp Freewrite))https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7353950077414133025#editor/target=post;postID=7640161025154569563;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=9;src=postname
Your “Writing for the Internet” essay would have to be one of the essays you’ve
connected with the most this semester. Since you have a grandmother who suffers
from a disability, you were able to speak openly and freely about this
topic. This essay was geared toward finding a way to improve Temple
Universities Visionary Voices website. In this essay you came up with the idea
to create a tab that acted as a resource to help supply the disabled with
equipment that they made need. This topic was very easy for you to discuss
since you have a family member that has a disability (writing for the internet).https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7353950077414133025#editor/target=post;postID=8273727540086726643;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=16;src=postname
When you wrote the “code of freaks” free write it furthered your knowledge
about people with disabilities. This short film helped you to be descriptive in
the sense of learning about people with disabilities. The film that you have chosen
to analyze was The Blind Side. This film was one of your most
difficult assignments because you had to depict how you felt that the character
in The Blind Side exhibited habits of someone with a learning
disability. This film was also more interesting because it gave you more
creative ability to approach this assignment.
In conclusion Senquetta, you’ve learned many
different methods to begin and end essays in your writing workshop class. This
class has set a standard for all of your future essays. Your media analysis
essay was one of the last major assignments. In this essay you had to further
explain how the Code of Freaks related to the film The
Blind Side in regards to how disabilities are explained. In this essay
this will transform how your writing has evolved throughout the semester. So,
this is one of those essays which means the most to you because it show the
growth that you’ve gotten over the course of this semester.https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=7353950077414133025#editor/target=post;postID=3014935755175873949;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=postname
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