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WP 7
WP 7
given the opportunity to explore my ideas and work on my writing, as well as develop my
research methods. The writing prompts have given me a reason to put my feelings and struggles
into a written form, this has allowed for some closure of my past. The daily writings promote an
inquisitive mindset, questioning and refining my work as I go. Class discussions and
assignments and in-class activates makes for a more influential use of learning in relation to the
These factors make me and my peers improve our abilities to produce a better semester
long multi-model project. I have been given the skills and opportunity to expand on a research
topic that interests me and my partner. I will be constructing meaning through my writing,
recognizing the history and resources I have. Acknowledging the constraints, I will have due to
the time and limited knowledge. Throughout the future presentation, I will be an active leaner,
and am provided the opportunity to question the presenter. Rhetorically we have partaken in
presentations as well as class-wide discussions to improve our verbal skills. Personally, the daily
writings pushed me to investigate further into my life. For example, I researched the west house
near my neighborhood for the first time, with Mrs. Raymond in mind. The west house is an
undeveloped park that was previously owned by the cone brothers. Until my research, I referred
to it as the Pumphouse, because there is an electrical pump in Lake Jeanette for Duke Energy.
About the semester long multi-model project my partner and I decided to research the
effects of pollution in America. After the exercise in class of writing down three prompts that
would interest us we had a commonality of pollution. I took a geography course last semester
and was intrigued by the alternative methods we learned about for natural resources, whereas
Angela had recently watched a Netflix documentary about the poisons we consume on a regular
basis. If it had not been for the activity in class I would never had suggested this topic, it has
allowed me to learn more about a topic that I truly respect. The most challenging part is our lack
present a research project is going to be tricky, because of my wide range of related however