Writing Center and Reading/Working Log

My visit to the writing center was very comfortable and I communicated nicely with my helper, while working on my literary analysis rough draft. She helped me figure out how I can go through my paper to find mistakes. By reading it out loud instead of in my head, my mind won’t skip over the details. I found and fixed a lot of typos by doing this, as well as improved sentence fluency. By doing this I also found things that were extraneous or out of order that would have made my paper really confusing to read.

My writing fellow also helped me decide whether or not to include several analogies I had written into my essay. I believe I ended up taking most of them out because they were slightly distracting. Most of them only made sense in my head and when I typed them up they seemed really far stretched. She helped discuss the few insecurities I had about things in my paper and either reassured me or helped me improve them. I wasn’t too sure about having my paper follow the plot, but I knew that in order for me to explain my thesis I would have to. When I asked her, she agreed with me and gave me reasons why it would be okay. I walked out of my visit at the writing center, more confident in what I had written so far and sure about what I still needed to work on.

Reading/Working Log

Rereading and annotating LOTF- 1 hour

Reading focus journal- 45 mins

Reading Focus Project- 35 mins

WHAP Textbook- 25 mins

I Thought He Was a Ventriloquist...

Prompt: The next time you're in a public place such as a coffeehouse, park, or a store observe the people around you. Pick a person, couple, or a group and imagine what their lives might be like.
        While riding in the car on the way to dance, I saw a man walking on the side of the road. He was holding a large blue bag over his shoulder that had the words ‘Little Anne’ on the side in big white letters. He looked like he was walking towards his car and he seemed to be having a long day. Automatically I thought he was some sort of ventriloquist. He probably wasn’t a very successful one if he was coming from a performance in an orthodontist’s office.

        His main act, ‘Little Anne’, wasn’t much of a hit for the audience of thirteen year olds and mothers, in the waiting room of his uncle’s orthodontist office. He is working two different jobs, both earning him minimum wage. It is enough to pay to rent on his apartment but it wasn’t enough to keep his girlfriend around. He is thinking about moving in with his mom and quitting one of his jobs. After I wrote this I looked up ‘Little Anne’ on the internet, and it turns out I was way off. Little Anne is a CPR practice doll and he was probably an instructor.

Reading Log

Siege and Storm, over 2 hours, finished

Lord of the Flies, over 2 hours, finished