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Dear Aunt Kim, 

This is a letter that I will be telling you how in college writing 1 I learned and perfected my critical thinking, reading, and writing and composing in electronic environments. College Writing 1 I came not knowing what to expect. High school writing course were kind of a joke. They assigned papers to keep us busy, we couldn’t pick the topic, or length etc. I didn’t put much effort in these papers I thought if I write three pages on a random topic I don’t give a crap about I might get a B and I’ll be happy with that. I didn’t revise, or draft. If the papers are due on Monday, Sunday night I’m starting it. College Writing 1 has taught me to write early and often. Also, really dig deep into analysis and find what each and every word really means. 

Critical thinking, reading, & writing. These three steps are key to make a magnificent paper. One smaller key in this category is describe the rhetorical goals and strategies of the writer. By doing this you need to go deep into the paper analysis almost every word and think about the meaning. I learned this great skill in my work for the Article Analysis Paper. Dr. Kyburz and the class wrote page or so on the word “onslaught.” This is going to help me succeed in the duration of my schooling and also in the work world by reading a letter or book and really analysis the meaning of key words and try to really understand the piece and have an opinion it. This is one key thing I took from college writing 1.

Another key thing I took from college writing 1 is composing in electronic environments. Like I said above in high school I didn’t use the technique of drafting or revising it was one paper that I wrote, I turned in and that’s it. Dr. Kybruz was not going to let that fly in college writing 1. When a paper is due we start 2/3 weeks ahead of the due date. Drafting and peer reviewing is a key to my success in this course. These drafts I learned format and also grammar errors that I will stay away from in future papers. Also, I noticed in the peer reviewing sessions I learned from other people mistakes to improve my paper. My Microtheme paper would be a huge example how drafting helped my paper. My first draft was confusing and some grammar errors. After peer review session with my classmate I turned a paper that was confusing and hard to read to a paper that relayed a message I wanted to get across. I ended up getting an A on this assignment. I will credit this course to my success in recent writing assignments in my other classes.