Writing Class: Course Analysis

Over the course of the semester, I have learned to apply crucial aspects of writing to my papers. For example, prior to this class I did not know how to brainstorm I would start writing without jotting down the main points of my essay or what I was going to write about. Throughout this semester I have been focusing on brainstorming first and it has helped me so much. In the beginning, I would not do this and I can tell from the quality of my first essays to my essays now, how much brainstorming has improved the level of my work. I now think of the main points I want to write about, and then about the sub points for each main point. I will write these down as I am thinking about it and then organize them into an order that makes the most sense

In particular, the fourth one, which is being able to use multiple drafts and peer review to improve my own texts. I feel as I have met this course outcome for I will write my essay and then tweak it on my own and also after peer review sessions. I will take all the feedback I get from the review sessions and work it into my essay. I also will print out a draft for each paper, because it is easier for me to catch stuff when I see it on paper, and then revise them. I will do this two to three times; by then it is typically ready to turn in. Another course outcome that I met was the third one stated which was, being able to interpret, analyze, discuss, and evaluate a variety of readings. I have met this outcome through the work of my critical summaries. While writing the critical summaries, you go over each aspect of this course outcome. For example, when we had to write our summaries we would have to be able to interpret the article to get the topic it was trying to convey. As well as having to analyze the article so that we could pull out the main topics to later write and/or discuss in class. Lastly we had to evaluate the readings to truly understand the meaning of the writing. The third course outcome that I believe that I met was the fifth one, which was use generating, organizing, revising, and editing strategies that are appropriate to specific writing situations. I believe that I met this one throughout

I added a comparison to another eating-place to justify why people would still eat at the Downunder Café even though the horrible review that I gave it. I think that it bolstered my argument because I said that the café was horrible yet I also said that it is always busy. These two statements contradicted each other without further explanation given that there are not many other places to eat for students living on campus. I added detail to the environment of the restaurant and also to the quality of the food because my paper was lacking in that department. This helped make my argument more convincing and strengthened my overall paper. I included ways that they could improve to bring together the top things that could be changed that would lead to the café being more enjoyable for