Today, we were challenged in my writing class to make some goals for reading and writing during this semester. We got a list of some ideas for improving our reading and writing skills. As I went through the list, there were three that I thought would be really helpful. Specifically, I decided I will take notes, make a purpose question and note down questions about things that I don't understand.
There are a few reasons I chose these three techniques for improving my reading in writing. First of all, taking notes will help me pay more attention while I am writing and will give me more ideas as I start to write. Next, writing down a purpose question for everything I write and for what I am reading will really focus my thoughts and help me to understand the subject more. Finally, writing down anything I don't understand will allow me to search out answers to my questions, helping me to be better informed and more prepared for future reading and writing.
As with all good goals, they need to be based on a plan to implement them. So, I decided I will start this out by having a notebook to write down my notes and questions in. I will start by writing my purpose question at the top of a paper. This will be followed by notes on the subject down the middle column, with questions I may have written in the left-hand margin.
I really believe implementing these techniques in my reading and writing over the course of this semester will help me to improve all my writing and to get more understanding from all the assigned readings that we will have in this class. I really want to get the most out of this class and I think that this is the way to do it.
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