The Writing Center

After working on our "Romeo and Juliet" paper for a couple of weeks, Mrs. Guarino assigned my class to go look our papers over with Mrs. Swift at our school's Writing Center. I had my meeting with her yesterday, where she read my paper and gave me feedback on how I could improve my writing. I think that the meting was very helpful for me.

One area of my paper that we focused on was including more analysis of the actual play in my paper. She suggested to me that I include more of it by using my paragraph on language used in the double monologue. She suggested that I first present the lines as coming from the original text and then explain how they were altered and performed by my group. This was extremely helpful for me, as I knew before the meeting that I needed to include more analysis of the play in my paper, but was unsure of exactly how to do it. This was because of the fact that my paper is heavily center upon the double monologue, which was not originally part of the play, but instead created by my group.

I also benefited from verbally explaining parts of my performance to Mrs. Swift. I had to do this with the double monologue, as I needed Mrs. Swift to understand what it was without her  having to intensely read my entire paper. This is very important to improving my paper, as my whole paper is based on my group's work on the double monologue and more experience explaining it allows for me to be able to write about it in a more clear and precise manor.  

When I work on editing my paper, I will improve upon several different areas that were highlighted during my appointment with Mrs. Swift. I need to go over some of the grammar and spelling, again, as while we were reading it together, we both found small errors in these areas scattered throughout the paper. I also will work on including more analysis of the play in my paper, as I need to make the amount of analysis equal to my description of my performance. I also will consider dividing my paragraph on the language into one focusing on the original work and another focusing on the language included in our double monologue. This will help improve my paper, as I will be able to include more analytical writing about the play in my paper and make it easier to see that for the reader. 

After the success of the my appointment with the Writing Center yesterday, I think I will use it again, as it clearly is a very helpful resource. I also will talk to not only Mrs. Swift, but the Writing Fellows, also, as they can help me when I am struggling on my writing. I think I can use the Writing Center as a way to go over my papers with other people, who really improves my work. I can also use them when I need someone to look over my writing to see if it makes sense and is answering the question I am being asked.  

After going to the Writing Center, I am more motivated to finish writing my paper and making it a lot better. I really benefited from the advice that Mrs. Swift gave me and will use it to make my paper better over Thanksgiving break. I better go and look it over now, sadly. I'll write back soon blogosphere!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING!! 

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