Many times when I have entered Ms. Amezcua I get proven wrong. These first couple weeks have consisted of foundation material that we need to know before we can move along to the rest of the year. I keep thinking 'I know this stuff' but of course being myself I would be wrong. I learn something new, and helpful.
The thing that I knew I would have to focus on and change would be my response to literature paragraphs. When we were told to write one for "Final Salute" once I found the main idea I looked for multiple quotes that would support it. My mind set was 'More evidence the better, right?'. Wrong. The things we need is the minimum: author, title, genre, main idea, one quote, explanation and then conclusion. I realized that putting too much information in one paragraph will just make dilute the purpose of it. One strong quote could get your point across better then a million insignificant one. Once again, thanks to Ms. Amezcua I am improving my writing one step at a time.
I always get proven wrong in her class too.
ReplyDeleteI've always thought that you should add as much evidence as you can too until I learned that you shouldn't in her class!
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