What is your understanding of the prewriting assignment in Week 1 Activity. 10? What do you have to do? What is the purpose of the prewriting assignment?
In my understanding, the pre-writing assignment is to help give us more structure and clarity on how to properly construct future essays and other assignments whilst integrating the MLA format. In week 1, we started off by reading “The Handsomest Drowned Man” by Gabriel Garcia Marquez as well as an article by scholar Dean Rader which distinguished the difference of primary and secondary source. We were then provided with several inks, some of which fully demonstrate how to use the MLA format and others were sample essays. I believe that these essays are somewhat based on how we are to write our upcoming assignments. I believe that with the proper pre-writing and understanding of the required format, our essays will be well written and up to Ms. Conwell’s standard.
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Shania, thanks for jumping in. Your understanding of the some of the layers of the pre-writing assignment is good. Be aware though that the student sample may not be a good model for your own writing. Your challenge in the written part of this assignment will be to evaluate this student essay.
Hi Shania, I agree with your analysis. First, we need to thoroughly understand both articles and use the additional writing guidelines provided by the teacher, such as the PowerPoint and some student examples, to help us with prewriting. I believe that as long as we follow the format requirements step by step, we will eventually be able to produce a very good essay.
Hang, you are so right that in this class if you follow the directions, you will do well. Students who rely on past knowledge rather than on new information and directions will not do well.