ESSAY #1: COVER MEMO
I personally had a challenging time understanding the question for our
essay. My first poem was a flop because obviously, I did not
understand the question. I did a lot of drafts before getting to my
original one. I almost did ten drafts and the reason I choose birds as
particular animal is because I admire them a lot, I think since the
time I left my parents' house and became all independent with lots of
responsibilities, I always looked upon them and considered them lucky
because they are free and full of life, I felt the same way when I had
my parents with them, happy, freedom and no stress. I just copied
Powell's layout so that I did not have to struggle a lot with the
layout or the tone of the poem. The only thing I struggled with was
the rhythm of the poem, finding the right words, and placing them in
the right place.
The first response was given to me by My Professor ,which helped me a
lot because he made me realize that I did not follow the layout of the
poem ,I was totally in a different direction but he also pointed out
some good things about my poem and one specific line that he liked
which gave me a little bit of confidence that I was heading to the
right direction. Hence right after that response from my Professor I
changed my whole layout of my poem and realized that it is not that
hard nor impossible to draft a poem, just a little bit of life
experience and the ability to bring out yourself and write how you
feel.
I do think that my writing has changed over the course of this unit
because I do not just answer my assignments questions, but I go more
in depth and describe each event thoroughly .I think my way of
thinking has changed due to this class. Now I see things at a
different level, I try to portray my life experiences and bring the
best in me.
My double entry journal responses are perfectly fine. I do not think
to see if there is anything else to change or add. Double entry
journals are an effective way to elaborate a poem because you get to
describe a specific line in your own way, either by using your own
life experience or through the book.
After my experience with my first essay, there are quite a few things
that I will change when it comes to writing my second essay. Some of
the things that I think I will change will be having more time to do
my rough draft, spending more time doing research and getting outside
help. Planning out my essay, making sure I get lot of time preparing
my draft and not rushing it. Also making an appointment in the Writing
Center to have someone check my draft. One more thing that I would
like to do at the very start of my draft is list the important terms
and lines that I will use in my essay and then brainstorm ideas.
I think I would rate myself as an 8 .I believe I did the absolute best
I could, since it was my first essay, I really did not have much
confidence I must say, but I am very curious to know my final grade
for my essay which will really help me in advising me where I exactly
stand and what things I need to change to do better for my second
essay. My thoughts played a particularly key role in drafting my essay
because I always tried to be more specific and think of real-life
events as part of the writing process.