Moving Beyond School Writing

At the bottom of p. 197 in Transition to College Writing, the last paragraph begins with a question: "In other words, how can you move beyond "school writing" . . . ?" It is not an easy question to answer, so your response will have to be, fittingly, an attempt to move past "school writing": you'll have to think about your point of view, think about your limitations and struggles, and then communicate your thoughts. Do you not have a definite answer? No problem. Communicate your uncertainty about what to do. But consider what you COULD try, how you might look for guidance, etc. If you do know what you need to do to move beyond "school writing," GREAT! Communicate it in your own voice--demonstrate your commitment to communicating honestly.

For full credit on this reflection, follow these steps and work for the amount of time in parentheses:

1. Complete the reading assignment from Transition to College Writing on the agenda for today: "Orientation" (pp. 1-16) and "Conclusion: The Whole Point of Writing" (pp. 193-200) (30 - 60 mins)
2. In your shared folder in Google Drive, create a document and name it "Lastname.Firstname.School.Writing.F19" (2 mins)
3. Reread pp. 197-198 of Transition to College Writing (10 mins)
4. Brainstorm in your Google Document about what you could try to do in order to move past "school writing" (20 mins)
5. Brainstorm in your Google Document about the details you plan to include in your paragraph (10 mins)
6. Write a paragraph in your own voice to explain your point of view on the topic as explained above these steps (30 mins)
7. Proofread your work carefully after writing (10 mins)
8. Give your piece an intelligent, thoughtful, two-part title that UNIQUELY captures your idea (5 mins)

Your "revision history" in Google Drive should show that you typed out your response and took ample time to go back and revise. Brainstorm, write, and revise in the Google document so that I can see your progress. Do NOT type your response in some other place or copy and paste into your Google document. Always do all of your typing in the Google document itself.

Your finished assignment (i.e., one or two paragraphs) should total at least 200 words but no more than 300 words. Make sure the paragraphs are the same length as each other if you have more than one.