In-Class Freewrite Sept 21

1. What argument are you trying to make in your draft?

2. How are you using the text in your draft?

3. How have you organized your draft so far?

4. What do you like about your draft so far? If you had to identify one sentence or passage that seems to get to the heart of what you are trying to say, what would it be?

5. What are you struggling with in your draft? What questions do you have? What kinds of feedback would you like?

1. The argument that I am trying to make in my draft is that I have noticed many similarities between myself and the student writer in Ways of Reading on pages 13-15. i can relate to the student that they talk about and I find it interesting to see the process that he goes through to improve his writing according to the authors. My argument is that the authors are correct and we should push ourselves to further understand the readings in their entirety so that we can respond to the readings with the highest potential.

2.I am pulling a few quotes to try and help my paper establish Bartholomae and Petrosky's opinions on the writings. I am also quoting a few parts from the students writing so that I can analyze it before and after the changes have been made.

3. In my draft I am analyzing the reading and comparing it to my own writing. then I am trying to interpret Bartholomae and Petrosky's opinions on the students original writing and put down on paper how I feel that they feel about it. Then I am trying to compare what I could do to some of my writings so that I can revise it in a similar way to the student in the book.

4. I like that my draft can relate so well to the student writer and I can almost put myself into his position and criticize my own writing habits. it makes it much easier to get into the paper.

5. I am struggling with some of Bartholomae and Petrosky's writings in the book because I am trying to find the parts that are difficult for me to understand and re read them, as they had their student writer do. It makes it more interesting because it is helping me get a better grasp on how they feel but is very frustrating at the same time.