This semester I personally have learned
so much about my writing. I learned to focus more on the prompt instead off going off topic and then diverting back to what i was saying. Now i state my topic sentence for the paragraph and give three facts or statements o back the topic sentence up. Making my papers more organized and flow better.
Activity 2
Grammar and Spelling are my two big problems on my papers, because of my dyslexia i missed spelling word and don’t realize or i will use the wrong word and it cause my papers to feel choppy or not make sense.
I remember on the first paper i got back this year Maj. Garriott destroyed me on this one paragraph say that it just didn’t make sense at all and looking back though i the paragraph made sense to me however im use to reading may own messed up writing style. Because she didn’t understand my bad grammar.
Activity 4
Going into 102 i felt that not much was going to change compared to last semester prompts would just be a little harder and i would have to put more words on paper. This semester however my writing has greatly improved i can stay on topic and not go on about not important material. My grammar skills have also improved significantly causing my papers to flow better and be easier to read.
“This law change will help the criminal justice department because of the lack of funds provided by the United States government as well as the fact that they are excessively understaffed to handle so many criminal cases a year (Department of Justice).” This shows how my grammar can cause problems in my writing. This whole sentence got marked on my Paper 1 first draft because it didn’t make sense
“Changing this law will also help the federal, state, and local governments by gaining as well as saving them money. The government will get more money because now the people that did not have jobs will be able to get them. In doing this more of these people will be able to pay taxes to the government. With so many previous criminal and past drug, offenders gaining jobs it will get a lot of them off government operated support systems that drain the government of billions of dollars every year as well. Instead transforming those people into taxpayers that pay the government doesn’t have to worry about taking care of anymore.” This shows the problem i have with going off topic when i start talking about drugs in the middle of the paragraph. Instead of talking about how the law change would affect the government on all levels.
Activity 6
Both of these show the problems i had when writing papers at the start of the semester. Both with how grammar effected my paper comprehension and how i would get off topic in my writings.