Learning Log for February 3rd 2012

What we did

Ms.Lees talked about the criteria’s of a good detailed answer when answer questions it was something like this:

Ÿ Always answer the question with full sentence; your answer should be the kind when you would know the question just by reading the answers for it.

Ÿ Avoid “I think...” and “In my opinion...” The answers are what you are thinking, so it is unnecessary to put words like “I believe” because it is like saying I think I believe. Usually in all sentences just erase I think or I believe and the sentence would still make sense.

Ex: I think the fire in Ursula’s home started…

The fire in Ursula’s home started…ßworks too.

Ÿ Always point out what the pronoun was before writing it. When reading the answers it would be difficult to understand if you just wrote start off with a pronoun and not the name. You have to let people know what it/she/he you are referring to before writing them.

Ex: She is the kind of person…ßwho is she?

Britta is the kind of person…she…ßyou can put pronoun after you have the name.

Ÿ Be specific about your answers what this or that means, don’t let the readers question because it is not detailed enough. Explain your answers.

Ÿ Watch your spelling and try to avoid grammar mistakes.

Ms.Lees paired us up and we critiqued, marked and went over our chapter 3 and 4 questions, we also added some details to our answers after that. Ms.Lees told us it is very important to actually go over your answers with your partners not trade papers with your partner and mark each other’s work.

Why we did it

We edited our chapter questions because Ms.Lees wants us to work on answering questions very detailed and formal. As for why we did it in pairs it was because sometimes you can’t see your mistakes in your writing you need someone to edit it for you. Also when you write something not very detailed your brain might fill in the details and so you won’t realize your mistakes in your writing, but when you let someone else read it they will point out the mistakes.

Connections/Reflections

I worked pretty well with my partner we finished the editing before class ends. The only thing was that I still have some answers that are not thorough enough, and a few grammar mistakes.

Editing is very important, and not just because if you want to be an editor, editing is important throughout your life. When you hand in projects, homework you need to make sure it is fully complete and you wrote a good answer for it. Writing good responses, it doesn’t have to be in school it could be in work.

Homework

Correct your chapter 3 and 4 marked questions.

Tips

Let someone else check your work, it might help.

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