Metacognitive Blog: And Then There Were None

1. The first draft I wrote was reasonable but it wasn't the best. It had minor grammatical errors along with containing few ideas that were not very strongly supported. When I got my essay revised, I fixed all my grammatical errors. Another think I changed was my second paragraph. Before I got my essay revised, the second paragraph was written in third person, but after I got it checked, I changed it to first. Lastly, in the last paragraph, I added page numbers and sourced strong quotes that would help support my statement.

2. I think sharing my essay with an adult helped me the most for improving my essay. I think it was the most helpful to me because adults are smarter than most high-school kids and they know more than us. They have more things to comment on us and know more ways to improve my writing. Also they take the time to really read over the child's paper and they give key statements that improve the child's writing. When other peers look at it, some of them don't really read it and they just put random stuff down or they just say that the paper was good. When I revised it myself, I didn't realize the mistakes I had written so I didn't know what to correct. That is why I think sharing my essay with an adult helped me the most.

3. What will really help me to continue improving my writing this year is if we got a lot of writing time. Whether if it is writing an essay or writing a story, it still will help me a lot because I would get a lot of practice. By practicing many times, I can realize what I need to work on when I am writing so the next time I write, I could fix it. Also, if we get a lot of writing time, the I could come up with unique ideas and change their writing style to make a story or a writing better.

4. One thing that I really want to grow is limiting unnecessary words in my writing. What it means is when I write, I have so much to say so sometimes I repeat myself over and over again. I want to cut my writing down and make it short but sweet. Another thing I want to improve on is using different variety of word choices. Instead of using the same word many times, I want to use different words when they mean similar meanings.