Finals

So far this year has been great because I have done a lot of work on my blog. Throughout the process of making blog posts  got to learn a lot about me as a writer, my blog, and my writing. I have noticed how my writing has improved a lot and how it has helped me not just in this class but beyond it. In a blog post I did in the past I would not really write about topics other then school subjects and I had a hard time finding the way I could talk about other topics. Here is a quote from one of my blog posts I did on Mr.Sutherland’s class, It was about his class,

What I want to write about in this blog is this class, writing class or is it English? well anyway, this is my favorite class where we actually have to do class work, other than periods. I don’t just like it because we barley get any homework( which i love !) but because of my teacher, Mr. Sutherand!

As you can see this post is based on a boring topic, not the class, but I didn’t really have a point in writing it. As we progressed on through the year we were assigned a lot of different posts to write based on a wide range of topics. Many of them were book reviews,discussions,  debates, vignettes, English Class, response posts. My favorite was vignettes because it was fun writing and I enjoyed what I wrote about. A topic I had difficulty with was response posts.I was never really introduced to writing response posts, but I had to this year. At first I wasn’t so sure on who to respond to and what t say. I didn’t want that person to think I was mean or I didn’t like their work In my other response post I also had the same idea,

“My most favorite thing of having a blog connects to having freedom, but I don't have to stick to     narrative essays.(which I find boring, sorry If I offended anyone). I don't have to worry about punctuation of grammar, which is great! Or follow a list of rules that conclude to an essay. I can focus more on my main idea of writing and let my essays flow more easily. At first, writing on the Internet was a weird introduction to a new exposure of our writing. I am going to be honest- I was nervous!  I thought of my work a lot- having to revise two or three times, and going over my other blogs. I didn't know what type of comments I would get on my style of writing.Through writing many blog posts, my fear of putting up work was over.”

Thinking about who I was going to respond to to was not the only thing that I was worried about.What I was going to write about was even more worrying. I didn’t want to sound stupid and it was hard to me to relate to others peoples writing since I never really have done it before. In this post I responded to a student, but my ideas were not to clear on the subject,

So there is this whole conflict of Justin Beiber and a lot of crap being talked about him. All what I have to say is Let him be ! I mean what has he ever done to you! People are just haters and are jealous,of him. (especially guys)

This post was on the subject of Justin Beiber. Now, I don’t think writing about him was going to help my writing, but my ideas on him and others. As I got exposed to writing more response posts I discovered other interesting topics that people were  writing about.This quote shows how having discussions on our writing helped me express my writing a discussion.

“I found that our first discussion made things a whole lot easier. Talking with the people in my group helped me understand parts of the story I did not know.I did not get how business related to the story idea, but after discussing about it I found out that it would help solve the case in the end.( well not all of it but most of it) We don't really know what going to happen next, but talking about what has happened makes things a whole lot easier.”

In this post I related on what we did in class and what we were talking about in our discussions on a book we were reading. I found out that writing about different topics not only helps me learn about them, but learn on how to respond to peoples ideas while having a different view point on them.This helped my writing I found that our first discussion made things a whole lot easier.improve on writing on different topics and learning to reflect on other peoples writing.

My writing has also improved my writing because people have given me comments on my writing and I get to l see what they think of my writing. We had wrote an older refection post and I found a quote that supports my point

“Having a blog has also been able to get me some feedback on my work that has helped and encouraged on my writing. ''I found this quote in Susan's blog that explains a lot of what...'' This quote shows the ideas I get from others in their blogs.Most of the feedback I get are comments, but sometimes I found out that some of the comments people gave me, made me think that my writing was not good. But, as I studied my writing I noticed that those insults

( better yet-advice) would be able to make my writing better. As I used the advice on my blogs, people started to notice and comment. It gives me a sense to be proud my work and encourages me to be more confident in what I write about.”

Even back then having a blog post helped my writing with having e feedback. I get to see what people thought of my writing and they sometimes give me advice or comments that really help me. I also get to help others with their writing and discuss it with them in posts. The discussions helps get my writing from paper, to a blog, to a discussion. This helped express my writing in different ways and be able to be comfortable with it. This format has taught me to process my work in different ways.  With all the practice and comments that my peers gave to me my writing I also got to learn  from my mistakes and how to improve.   

Overall having this blog has taught me to grow as a writer, and learn more of what I can do with my writing. I found out that my writing has improved by having a blog; by getting helpful comments and discussing in class. My writing has mostly improved by being able to write about different topics. This year has been full of surprises, one of them was having a blog. AT first I was nervous, but I got to improve not just as a writer but as a student. Thanks Mr. Sutherland for introducing me to the world of Blogs!