P.W. 11/30

How are you feeling about the end of the semester?

- I actually don't know how to feel about the end of the semester. All that comes to mind is that we are halfway through the year and if I survived this semester, I will be fine in the next semester. I am a bit glad the semester is going to end because of the holidays coming up!

P.W. 11/28

How was the entire process of Essay 4 (research + writing)? What connections can you make between the 'change' you researched in your essay and the 'change'you have discussed with your group in the context of your Book Club?

- The process for Essay 4 wasn't too hard since I kind of broke it into parts and working on them individually and was able to bring it together into the essay like researching the topics one by one for each article and how they can come together to support the different points I was trying to make. When we discussed a 'change' in our Book Club, we talked about how the author would actually want to change. For my research, a 'change' would also be like changing the issue of domestic violence by doing something about it to help reduce the violence in the United States.

P.W. 11/14

How did you write your introduction for your Problem-Solution draft? What did you make sure to include?

- I didn't have an introduction yet. I started to write a bit of my body paragraph. I did include my inquiry question at the beginning of my draft.

P.W. 11/9

What is more important, the "They Say" or the "I Say"?

- I think that they are both important but the "I Say" is more important when you are writing because it is your stance on something and it is what you think - your opinions/point of view.

P.W. 10/31

How did your article/book research go? What did you find?

- For my topic of domestic violence, my research went well. I found a lot of different articles that were related to leading to depression. There were also articles about shelter advocates, violence relating to pregnancy (before and after), people witnessing domestic violence and how that affected them, implications for help, mental health, and help-seeking.

P.W. 10/24

General Reflection: Should [you] use this book again? Why or why not?

- I think that you should use this book again because there are so many stories that are about many different topics and different people around the world. Many people may be able to connect to some stories that are in this book and/or are interesting in them. You should use this book again because it is also somewhat different from other books that we have read so far because it includes photographs of the people that are being talked about in the book.

P.W. 10/19

Look over essay 3 assignment sheet and your draft. What did you do well and what do you want help with?

- I don't know what I did well. Something that I would like help on is if my first paragraph makes sense. I know that I didn't finish my draft but I would also like to know if the ideas I have would go well with what I have so far.
- I am actually going to take time to finish my essay instead of doing the workshop.