Reflection

Reflection
Part I:
Nature
I was trying to figure out in this piece what the purpose of nature was and how my perspective of my nature walk coincided in with Emerson and Thoreau's perspectives. The main idea of this piece was to just show the readers how I felt during the nature walk and what I thought of. When i was beginning this writing process my class went on a nature walk and i had to think a lot about nature and a lot about the essays we read in class. Then when i started writing this piece i started out with a rough draft of just all my thoughts and ideas as i was going through the woods. Then i read the two Emerson and Thoreau stories again and found quotes that i thought best related to my story. I learned while writing this piece that describing things really makes your story better.
Mission Experience
While writing this piece i was just expressing to the readers about my miss happen and the process that went along with it. The writing work i did was first i brainstormed all my miss happen and i picked the one that i thought would most appeal my readers. Second, I wrote a rough draft on the piece. Last and went into my essay and found all the brushstrokes we had talked about in class. Three things that 8i have learned about writing are learning brushstrokes, absolutes, and just overall describing and adding effect to pieces.

PART II:
Nature
When I went back to look for my mistakes in my essay Mrs Turner had already commented on it. i needed to look for my comma errors. That is always a problem with me; Commas are probably my biggest downfall in writing. I also needed a thesis statement. "Emerson and Thoreau also talk about nature and their exciting encounters." That was my thesis statement that i added to the end of my first paragraph of this piece.
Mission Experience
Again with the commas!! I always mess up with the commas; so this time when i went back to my essay to look at what Mrs Turner had commented on i knew that there were going to be comma errors. And of course there was. That was my first step is correcting this piece. Also my being verbs needs work too. I had to basically re-do the whole essay and use being verbs.


PART III:
All of my classmates essays were good but Cauley's really jumped out at me. She used a lot of metaphors, similes, and alliterations; I believe that those a key to a good piece. These things are important because without good descriptions the reader might get bored of reading your piece.
Stephanie's writing on her personal essay was also good. From her piece it taught me that using all of the brushstrokes and participles really gives a essay more meaning. This is important to me because if my essay has no meaning then what's the purpose of writing it.
The last writing that is probably one of my favorites is Dylan's essay on The Crucible. His essay really has personality and pizazz. He got most of his information from the book and that's important; relating things to the book. It's important enough to remember because without support somehow no one knows where your info comes from.