Morgan Jones – Portfolio

While reading about sponsors of literacy I was a little confused because it was a new concept. Something that spoke to me was that sponsors do not have to be uplifting or empowering. Something that was challenging was just reading the article and putting all of the different topics in the article together.

Prompt:

Draft and publish a new blog post on your WordPress site by writing in response to any one or combination of a few of the questions on pages 60-61 in the Writing about Writing book.

Something that surprised me in chapter 1 was the create a research space (CASRS) by John Swales. I thought the steps of the CARS had good step into figuring out where to start with a research paper and evolve in the body.

Reading and writing go hand and hand with each other. While writing you have to be conscious of how a reader is going to take your writing or give feedback. Readers are about giving input on writers work to help become a better writer.

Key terms in chapter 1 –

Genre – a category of artistic composition characteristic

Context – the circumstances and order of something written that help clarify the passage.

Threshold Concepts – type of way someone thinks that does not allow them to see another way of thinking.

Writing is papers, essays,articles,and books that are put into phrases to give certain information about the topic.

Reading is information about different topics and ideas.

Research is in depth investigation about a topic or idea.

What good writers do is, they have multiple drafts, they do research, they know how to manage their time and they’re prepared.

Good writers are people who go in depth about what they are saying.

Good writing is , Formatting is right, staying on task about topic.

In this class so far I have figure out how to manage my time. I have notice that it is going to be a challenge to figure out how to stay focused of writing because of some of the topics. After reading the first pages in the book I have realized I have to change the way I attempt to learn more about writing. I have to focus one hundred percent onto what I am trying to learn.

Prompt:

Compose and publish a blog post using Activity 1A on page 9. Publish the blog post on your WordPress.com site.

One of my most important memories of writing is doing a research papers. In school I have written many research papers, which all have been written with passion. My experience with research papers were successful because I was able to love the topic I was writing about. In school I have never liked having to write essays/papers with a topic I was not interested in. Not being able to write freely about something that I loved, made me feel like I was writing just to turn something in. It was not doing anything for me or someone else. It felt like it was just another homework assignment. When it comes to speaking and reading I have never really had any important memories associated with speaking.

Be yourself; Everyone else is already taken.

— Oscar Wilde.

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This is an example post, originally published as part of Blogging University. Enroll in one of our ten programs, and start your blog right.

You’re going to publish a post today. Don’t worry about how your blog looks. Don’t worry if you haven’t given it a name yet, or you’re feeling overwhelmed. Just click the “New Post” button, and tell us why you’re here.

Why do this?

• Because it gives new readers context. What are you about? Why should they read your blog?
• Because it will help you focus you own ideas about your blog and what you’d like to do with it.

The post can be short or long, a personal intro to your life or a bloggy mission statement, a manifesto for the future or a simple outline of your the types of things you hope to publish.

To help you get started, here are a few questions:

• Why are you blogging publicly, rather than keeping a personal journal?
• What topics do you think you’ll write about?
• Who would you love to connect with via your blog?
• If you blog successfully throughout the next year, what would you hope to have accomplished?

You’re not locked into any of this; one of the wonderful things about blogs is how they constantly evolve as we learn, grow, and interact with one another — but it’s good to know where and why you started, and articulating your goals may just give you a few other post ideas.

Can’t think how to get started? Just write the first thing that pops into your head. Anne Lamott, author of a book on writing we love, says that you need to give yourself permission to write a “crappy first draft”. Anne makes a great point — just start writing, and worry about editing it later.

When you’re ready to publish, give your post three to five tags that describe your blog’s focus — writing, photography, fiction, parenting, food, cars, movies, sports, whatever. These tags will help others who care about your topics find you in the Reader. Make sure one of the tags is “zerotohero,” so other new bloggers can find you, too.