What are some improvements you could make on this assignment?
I can make my character introduction more interesting next time. I think I should write more details about Auggie because I only write about his extraordinary looks. I should also talk about how Auggie feels when others are staring at him. Maybe I could use sentences from the book to show Auggie’s feeling better. To make my paragraphs more interesting, I have to organize my paragraphs more and add more information or descriptive details.
How did feedback from your peers help you grow during the completion of this assignment?
This feedback helps me to reflect and make the assignment more detailed. Peers feedback helps me to understand how to make my presentation better like adding more details or related images. Adding more visuals makes the presentation more interesting and engaging. I could use this feedback to understand more about my weaknesses and apply the skills in future presentations. Plus, I learned to take the listener’s point of view and to make everything understandable for the listeners.
What did you do to make your writing clearer or easier to read?
I use a first person view to describe my first impression of Auggie. It makes my writing easier to read and understand. It also helps readers to imagine how I feel inside and it’s like they are also meeting Auggie in person for the first time. I also used some idioms about face such as keeping a straight face and putting on a brave face to emphasize the looks and how Auggie’s looks do not define who he really is.
How did this assignment help you improve your study habits?
It encourages me to do more critical thinking and close reading. I used to read the sentences and paragraphs without thinking too much about the grammar . But this assignment taught me that I should picture Auggie’s looks from the detailed description in the book and his classmate’s reactions. And it inspired me to put myself in Auggie’s shoes. Now I read each sentence carefully and search for unknown words.
Collaboration/Feedback
I got feedback from my classmates, they said that I could spend more time on writing quotes and explaining the quote, this can help the readers to understand my essay better.Also, I could explain more about August's appearance so readers could better understand the story or August.
Conventions & Polish
I could spend more time on this project so I could write more and more details to let the readers understand the story better. If I have more time I would like to focus on quotes, so the story could be explained in more detail.Also I could practise writing more words or make my essays longer and make the story more interesting.
I try to finish all my work and after finishing the work. If I have time I will check mistakes and ask my friends for feedback so I could know my disadvantages that I couldn’t see.
I always agree with the feedback my classmates gave me because my classmates could see the disadvantages that I couldn’t see.Also, some of my classmates have better English skills than me, so if I misspell something or my essays have grammar mistakes, they could help me and remind me about that.
Conventions & Polish
I feel most confident using structure editing skills, such as organizing the paragraph and managing the content of my essays.These skills could help my essays be easier to read for the audience and also make them feel easier to understand.
Class Specific
I always remind myself that if I want to succeed, I have to practise again and again so I can get better in English. Sometimes, my friends might distract me by trying to chat with me or asking if I want to play video games, I won’t reject because playing is also a part of learning(Relaxing) but I always have to finish my work before relaxing.That’s the way I handle distractions so I could be more productive on my work.