Project Proposal

Final Project Proposal

For our Final Project, I will be doing Option 1.  I do not think that if I chose the second option I would complete it with a respectable grade.  I did not like Frankenstein and feel that if I try and do a larger project on something similar, it would be a bad decision.  So I will be reading some of Jane Austen’s work.  My mother is and avid reader and feels that I would really like her work and be able to find a lot of information.  I am excited to get to read some pieces of my choice, and not something that is assigned to me.  I am hoping to read at least 3 books of hers, well at least parts of three books.  I am hoping to maybe find an author that I will enjoy and find it easy to analyze her work, since I have had a hard time with Frankenstein. I chose Jane Austen because after doing some quick research on the web, I feel like I will be able to connect with her stories and type of writing very easily. 

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Letter for Laura

Dear Laura Cline,

            This semester of English 102 has been quite difficult for me.  I have had a lot of personal things going on that are causing distraction with my class work.  This is upsetting to me because I strive to do my best at everything, and for there to be problems with my work because I was just being lazy, really makes me angry at myself.

            I have not had to time to successfully sit down and do my assignments to the best of my ability.  Most of the time I am rushing to get it done Sunday night, or I just do not turn it in at all.  I did not like the novel Frankenstein, and because of that, it took me a long time to read it and do well on the assignments associated with it.  I think if we had a book that I enjoyed more; it would not have been as difficult to complete the drafts on time.  The poem analysis was my least favorite.  I did not like or have a connection with any of the poems, and because of this, I did not care about the assignments.

            Learning how to analyze literature is very interesting, I have not yet been able to do this successfully yet.  I still have the tendency to summarize too often.  I really do not enjoy analyzing and find it harder than I thought.  As I wrote my poem analysis, I knew it would be difficult, but when I got my grade but I really appreciated the comments that you made because I was able to understand what I need to work on.  I have always been good in English classes, so after seeing what I have done, or not done, this far in this class is really hard for me.

            I am really upset with myself of the lack of effort I have put forth, and am hoping to step it up in the next half of the semester.  I wanted to pass this class with and A, but am fully aware that this is not possible.  Hopefully if I can do well on the rest of the assignments and complete the extra credit, I will able to pass it a B.  As for what I hope to accomplish in the next half of this semester is obviously completing all of my work ON TIME!  This will still be a struggle for me, but at this point in the semester, it is critical.

           

Sincerely,

Jessica Garcia

Revisions

Revisions

            After I have written a rough draft to any of my papers, I always go back and reread it.  By doing this I hope to not only catch any spelling or grammar errors, but I am also looking for good flow and structure.  During my writing process I will write my paper first, then make any markings, or add extra information, or take some out.  After I feel that my paper has everything in the proper place and it sounds like a great paper, I then type it up.  By writing it out first, it allows me to re-structure paragraphs better; I will just write what first comes to mind during my draft stage.  This probably isn’t the best way to write, but it helps me to not leave something important out.

            I have not fully completed my Essay #2 unfortunately.  I am almost completed and I will be having my husband review it once I am done.  He is very critical of my work because he knows how hard I work on my papers and wants to make sure I get the grade I deserve.  After I feel it is something I am ready to turn in, I am sending it to an online tutoring site.  I have not done this yet so I am anxious to see how they review it.

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