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Alyssa Literacy Memoir Draft 2 Techer Coments
Alyssa Literacy Memoir Draft 2 Techer Coments
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me, I dreaded every writing assignment I faced. I felt stuck in the traditional frameworks of
writing that I had been taught in my English classes. I struggled expressing my thoughts and
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showed very little creativity. My whole perception of writing was changed when one day you
told me to just write.
Of course when you told me this I immediately groaned, sighed, and began writing a
basic five paragraph essay that we were all taught in middle school. Then, you stopped me and
told me to write down everything and not to worry about structure, or even punctuation. Once
all of that was out of the way, the words just began to flow onto the page and when I was
finished the structure came later.
After all of my thoughts were written down the editing process was surprisingly easy. I
organize all of the similar ideas into groups, then turn these groups into paragraphs, and order
them accordingly. After paragraphs are formed, I fine tune some key sentences, fix grammar
problems, and address punctuation. Finally, I read over my paper to ensure fluidity and make
sure that it follows the rubric and completes the writing task. This way of approaching writing
made it extremely easy for me to convey and organize my thoughts and ideas on almost any
Commented [t4]: You switched tenses after the first sentence.
Usually we try to keep a paragraph in all the same tense.
topic.
This new way of writing was so groundbreaking to me, because all of my pervious
teachers had strict writing procedures that limited my creativity and made it difficult to express
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biggest struggle with writing is meeting length requirements, because in order to do that I feel
like I have to stretch out my ideas and it almost dilutes their value. But Im sure as I continue on
through college, my ability to lengthen my papers will strengthen with every research paper,
essay, and narrative I am assigned.
You have truly done your job as an educator. You changed the way I view writing
completely! You showed me how to enjoy writing and make the most out of every writing
assignment, even if I find it boring and irrelevant. Although you are a young teacher, your
ability to relate with students and show them how to write with ease and take some of the
pressure off of writing assignments is impeccable. You have undoubtedly had more impact on
my life and the way view writing, than any other teacher I have had, and likely will ever have! I
am sincerely grateful for all that you have taught me, and I hope your past, current, and future
students benefit from your teaching as much as I did.
Thank You,
Commented [t6]: You are not really using this word correctly.
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Alyssa Rankin