Self-Assessment for Step 3

1. My goals for myself in writing this piece were to be creative but include the most information I could possible. I believe I reached my goal because I included all information that I found into my paper somewhere. I also took risks when writing the creative piece because I had to include myself in it which was difficult.
2. After writing the 3 page "joining the convo", it was easy to add on 2 more pages because I already had a direction in which I was going. It was easy to keep the conversation going and add more information because I had a lot of information gathered from the beginning. The class was helpful in writing this piece because we had done many activities before hand that had forced me to gather information that I would use in this paper.
3. I saw my writing changing because I don't usually write creatively. Throughout this class, every essay has been formal so it was a good change to write how I wanted but still include information. I used my peers responses and changed my paper to make it better. I added more information about each topic and added personal experience in like they said to do. I didn't, however, include more of an introduction because I felt mine was already strong.
4. I contribute my papers success to the authors of the books that I got information from. Without the information they supplied me with, I wouldn't be able to educate other people about my topic through my paper.
5. I have learned that I thoroughly enjoy creative writing more than standard academic writing. I learned that others may prefer formal writing but I find it easier and more fun to be creative but still incorporate facts and information.
6. The hardest part of writing the paper was gathering the information and formatting in a conversation. It was difficult to gather what each person said and put it in conversation form while others are refuting or supporting them with their information/ideas. The easiest part was incorporating my own opinions and experiences into this paper because I have lots of experience with learning styles. I took risks when being playful with the characters. I made some of them get mad and some of them joke around with each other.
7. I'm most proud of the fact that the conversation flows well and the characters/authors's ideas work well together.
8. I could still improve the parts of my paper that include where I gave my personal experiences. I tried to incorporate my opinions and experiences in at a good time where the authors were talking about each learning style.
9. I started this paper by gathering information from each book and assigning an author/character to the information. I sorted the information out so that some would be supporting others and some would be refuting others. Then, I thought of a setting and wrote from there. After workshopping 3 pages, I took my peers advice and also added on 2 more pages. It was easy to add on 2 more pages because I already had a head start to the paper. I finished the paper by including a personal experience. I feel like this piece is one of my strongest yet.