Post 13

Through out my time in the writing center I have learned a lot, not only in my writing but in other peoples writing. First thing that I noticed about myself is that if I am not focus or not really reading the sentence I will read words that are not there and miss that the person has not actually written it. Another thing for myself is that now in my writing I do not use "this" or "that" I explain what this is. Like if I were to say "this is really important" I now say "it is important that we all take time to proof read." I am still working on this but the use of a comma I have become very familiar with and know how to use properly. After my time in the writing center I really do feel like I have become a better writer just because I have been able to pick up on little things I do that I did not notice and I able to stop myself and fix it. I also feel pretty amazing about my ability to revise a persons paper, going to be honest not going to find everything wrong with it but I can help out and make a difference. At the begging of the semester I was scared to revive a paper but now if someone were to ask me or I had to do it in class I feel a lot more confidant about it.

Post 12

I have one more week left in the writing center. Though this week in the writing center I helped on thesis statement this girl had; it was 32 pages long. The only thing we did with it though was reread it to check for grammar error and just a fresh pair of eyes. This helped me out a lot because what I learned about myself is that even though the words are not there I tend to think they are and miss in their paper that the word is missing. Example: a sentence my read "I went to the store, and milk." but to me I will sometimes read it as "I went to the store, and got milk" even though "got" is not there. So for me how to fix that is slow down and take my time.

For my final portfolio the things I need to work on are revision strategies, sentence-level revision, active or passive voice, and plain and simple not being lazy and waiting for the last minute to write a paper.

Post 11

This week in the writing center we had no one coming in again. We believe it was because it was the week after mid terms. I really do not like when we have no one come in because I do not get a chance to learn and become a better writer.

This is what I have for my flayer, the point is simple and anyone can understand it. This is for future people who if whatever project they work on and need a table this can be a easy accesses to anyone and they do not need to go through the hassle I went through. For having a animal my friend who works in the cub told me there is nothing that we really need to do, but I want to double check so I have one more place I need to go and I will put that part up when I am done. Though just in case I am not done in time here is what I have so far.

STEPS TO GET A TABLE:

1.     Go to scheduling.wsu.edu and login with your network ID (same as zzusis login)

2.     Choose the option “Reserve a Cub table” scroll down the page and then click “I understand the policies and want to receive a table”

a.     Then fill out the information given to you (i.e. date, time, and quick explanation). Then submit request.

3.     You will receive a confirmation email within 24 hours, letting you know if there is room.

a.     Take in consideration what is going on during the week you want a table. DO NOT wait till last second; a week in advance is good amount of time.

DAY OF THE TABLE:

1.     Go to the information desk and tell them “you need a table for (whatever group)”

a.     They will set up the table for you.

2.     At the end of the day pack up whatever is yours, and then let the information desk know you are done.

a.     They will also take the table down for you.

post 10

In the writing center this week I worked with a new style of citing that I am not use to. Chicago style of citing was very new to me so me and the tutor had a little harder time to make sue we were giving correct information. I felt very confident in myself this week aside from the citing, I help the student out with comma's  and giving very positive feed back.

 

In order to get a table for the cub or for the mall there are a few steps that you will need to do. First thing is to go to this website scheduling.wsu.edu and login in. There will be a login sign that you click on, and then you will have to use your network ID to login (the same ID you use to login with to zzuis). There will be a few different options, but the option you will use it the “Reserve a Cub table.” You are able to choose if you want the table on the cub or the mall, you fill in the time and dates you want the table and give a little description of what will be going on. Then you summit the information and will get a confirmation email letting you know that your spot is available and it is reserved for you. Then the day that you have the table you going into the Cub were the information desk is and let them know you are here with whatever organization or club to get a table and they will set the table up for you. Then at the end of the day when you are done with the table just pick everything up that is yours and let the information desk know you are done and they will take care of the table.

This is just a per rough draft of my thoughts. What I plan on doing it make this a instruction sheet for others to read and know how to get a table at the cub without any trouble. What else I need to do is find the information on what we need to do in order to have an animal, like what papers we may need to fill out or provide.

Post 9

This last week in the writing center believe it or not no one came in during my hour. So what I did was work on my Garbaology paper for Anthropology, I had some for the tutors go over it and help me with organization. Also Beth you helped me out with the what I am going to focus on like the common themes, that help out so much so thank you.

Kaycee was not in class on Wednesday so she had all the paper work. For my part I had to go to the cub and ask about a table for out group and what we needed to do with having a dog. I went to the main office but no one was there, so after spring break I am going in to set up a time at least once a week.

Post 8

Part One:

This week in the writing center I worked with Nina again, I really love working her because I learn a lot of technical writing that I really do not think of. We worked with this girl writing a paper for her English 101 class, and to be honest I had no idea what she was doing I was so confused. The concept she was working on was that statistic statement I still could not tell you what that was, I know it has something to do with explaining and because A happened B  happened. I also had a Anthropology paper I am working on and we took a look at the paper, the paper is still in a draft stage so I just had Nina help me with organizing the paper and my thoughts.

Part Two:

I would love to work with the fundrazing group I saw they have something planned and I just would love to be up front and helping out in the hands on kind of day.

Post 7

Part One:

This last week in the writing center I did something a little different, a young lady came into the center wanting help with citation. The kid Joesph who I was working with did not know MLA format, and I am very familiar with MLA. Not only did I take charge and help the young lady out but I was also helping Joesph out and he was able to learn from me. What I did was help her with incite and how to give credit for a author like (Daskam, 9) then also told her easybib.com was a very helpful source for doing a work cited page.

Part Two:

With the PSA we do not know what second chance wants to get across to listeners. So we will wait to see if they have a new event coming up and go form there to help them out with a new PSA. Also with the cat VS. dog penny war, it would be really good if they did that and made a rule that for every silver coin points are taken off.

Part Three:

So what I did was I explained myself more with the "thing" and I changed up the verb to be more stronger. I am still struggling with verbs but this is a good start I feel for myself.

Also one thing that I really need to work on in general is not waiting till the last few days to write my paper, in college it’s a little hard with all the other work but since writing is difficult I want to work on not waiting till the last minute to write a paper. What I want to work on this is semester is my weak points and get better at them.

With writing, one thing that I really need to improve on in general is not waiting till the last few days to write my paper, in college it’s a little more difficult with all the other work but since writing is a struggle with me I want to work on not waiting till the last minute to write a paper. What I want to work on this is semester is my weak points and get better at them.

Post 6

Part one:

This week I did not got to the writing center, do to my concussion and a I had a doctors appointment for my head to. I did go in and talk to the tutors to give them a heads up.

Part two:

The piece of writing that I have choice to revise is a paper from English 101 about sexual assault. One of the first things I saw right away was that I did not explain what I was saying this and they and not saying what this and they was. Another thing I saw was that I would put extra words in there just to fill it. Which I find this weird, take you may have a word limit or a certain number of pages you need to fill, what are you going to do? What you are going to do is fill that word count by putting pointless words in your writing, when you just need to get the point across.

A safety measure that the Washington State University uses is a program called Green Dot. Green Dot is a "violence prevention program that focuses on making our campus safer by empowering bystanders to become active members in reducing power-based personal violence" (Green Dot WSU). They define “personal violence” as anything that ranges from partner violence, sexual assault, or stalking (Green Dot WSU). This program promotes anything that promotes "safety and communicates intolerance for any form of violence" (Green Dot WSU). Green Dot offers Bystander Training, which informs a trainee about the role of bystanders in a situation of personal violence, which, in turn, also increases the trainee's ability to intervene in such situations (Green Dot WSU).

This program, I need to explian saying the green dot program promotes safety. This is just one example but I do it through out the hole paper.

Part three:

Chapter 6 was easy to understand, even before reading this chapter I started to courcet myself when ever I would write this or they. After being in this class for only 6 weeks I am able to stop myself before I write vage words like this and they and things, I start to explain what those objects are.

Post 5

Part one:

This week in my time in the writing center I worked with a different tutor but I can not remember his name. We looked at a paper a pre pharmacy student brought it, it was a little different because the teacher did not want his students to restate anything in the assignment he wanted them to get straight to the point. After we finally got what the point of the paper was the was not much the girl had to do a little fixing here and there. Like adding for information say what her opinion was and just rearranging a few paragraphs.

Part two:

Chapter 5 to me was very useful to me, here thinking I need to add information or build something up for the reader but really sometimes you just need to get to the point. Also with some word choice you think it great for what you are saying but to the reader it looks like you are not confident in what you are saying so it is good to go back and look at those words.

Here is a example from my letter:
In the Friday February 1^st paper there was an article in the opinion section titled “New Pullman parking policy shows too much mercy” by Dylan Parker just talking about the new policy that the city of Pullman is trying enforce about giving warnings to first time violators who receive a parking ticket. I strongly believe this is a great idea for the city of Pullman especially being a college town and always have new people coming in out. A lot of people are not familiar with where there is restricts like permit parking or free parking.

In the first sentence change the first part to in the February 1st. In the second part change that hole section to: This policy is a great ides for a college town like Pullman, where there are always new people coming through.

 

Part three:

So in this weeks writing center I ended up working with the same girl Nina I did last week.

My time in the writing center I worked with Nina.

-Here I just cut a lot of the nonsense that I did not need.

Post 4

I apologize I realized I did not do a revision for the last post.

So in this weeks writing center I ended up working with the same girl Nina I did last week. She is very informed ed and I learn a lot form what she had to say. We worked with a student who was writing a letter to the Junior Writing center wanting them to look over his junior writing portfolio. While going over the letter I gave some advice that he needs for support to encourage the writing center to go over his papers a second look. After words what made me feel really good was that Nina was very impressed with my ideas how people need support in certain areas without making the paper sounding wordie and just putting words in just because.

In chapter 4 we learned about active and passive voice, right off the bat I looked at it as active voice is talking about what just happened, and passive voice is talking in about what happened in the pass. This is just how I saw it, I know they are both are the same but for me by looking at it this way I was able to understand it better. Also passive constructions promote the direct object to subject position and needs to promote relevance, proportion, and clarity.

During my time at the writing center I worked with one student who brought in a scholarship application to be looked at.

My first time to the writing center I was working with a student who had a scholarship applocation to be looked at.

The first sentence is active and I made the revison to passive by changing worked to was working.

Post 3

During my time at the writing center I worked with one student who brought in a scholarship application to be looked at. I was a little nerves because like I have said writing is not my strong point, but while I was working with him I was shock at myself at how much of a help I was. Just simply pointing out things like describe a little more on what you  did at this certain event,  telling him that he should reword some sentence because reading it I do not understand what you are trying to say here. I also was able to help him out because he kept saying he does not feel like he has enough information for each question, even though there was a word limit. I said that what you have done is great because by reading what you have said you are not trying to fill the word limit with fluff words you are telling me what you did and that is really great because as the person reading this you don't want to feel broad or that you are BSing questions. In the end I ended up staying a hour longer then needed just helping this one student out.

I really do not know what to say about chapter 3. I mean I understand what the modifiers do for sentence and how they make a sentece understandable, but it just seem like information I already knew expect I did not know it was called complements, modifiers or style.

Blog post 2

To whom it may concern:

Part 1:

            I am seeking a opportunity with your company to gain more work experience.

How I can benefit the company in many ways is that I treat everyone with respect and the why they should be treated, I’m not afraid to take charge and lead people, I am very creative and love to think of new ways to make some jobs easy and work fun, and I’m very outgoing. Have the qualities of a leader to get people involved and if I’m having a bad day I never let that interfere with my work. I have had work experience not only babysitting but in retail working at Hallmark for many of the holiday seasons and I have worked security at a company called Staff Pro for the Tacoma Dom and Quest field in Seattle. This last summer I got a paid Internship at HMS Host working at the Seattle Tacoma airport being a manager and working with Starbucks, Burger King, and Great American Bagel.

Thank you for taking time to consider me for the position at hand. If I am chosen I will not let you down, I have the drive to do the best I can at any situation given to me.

 

Part 2: In chapter one a few of the concepts that stood out to me where the Be Relevant and Be Clear. To me these two concepts kind of run together because if you are not relating back to your topic it will not be clear to your reader. Also with the Be Clear concept, when I am writing sometimes I think I am being clear at what I am saying but either I go back read it or someone else reads it and you can not even understand what I am trying to say. I think this is with my writing sometimes it is because in my head I think I wrote it down but I did not. In chapter 2 "the verb" for me is a very important concept because I know I use weak verbs. At times it's very difficult for me to find a stronger verb to use, and at other times I do not realized I used a weak verb.

 

Part 3: How I can benefit the company in many ways is that I treat everyone with respect and the why they should be treated

I can benefit this company in strong ways is that I treat everyone with respect and the way they should be treated

 

Post 1

               (Part 1) One thing that I like a lot about Toni-Lee Capossela said was that you are a consultant not a tutor, because people feel like a tutor can be intimidating and knows more then you. For me though I am a little scared because I am not a great writer and if someone needs more help on their paper then I can see, brings me to the next thing helping a writer with surface features. I feel like I will miss the small things like comas, different word choice, and simple spelling. I know with time and practice I will get better but I do not want to give a student a bad peer review.

 

               (Part 2) All through my education I have struggled with my writing, it has always been my weak point in school. As of know the writing I do is whatever my classes require of me and the simple social media, like Facebook, Twitter, and texting. When it comes to my writing what works best for me is to think about what I am writing about write down the ideas and then organize them in the order how I want to write the paper, then I just jump right into writing the paper and then leave for the night or day and then come back and revise it. My strongest point in writing is coming up with the ideas on what I am going to write on and know what I am going to say. I am really good at coming up with a good hook in the introduction and writing the introduction. My weak points in writing are coming up with a good thesis, conclusion, using different word choice. Also one thing that I really need to work on in general is not waiting till the last few days to write my paper, in college it’s a little hard with all the other work but since writing is difficult I want to work on not waiting till the last minute to write a paper. What I want to work on this is semester is my weak points and get better at them.