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Eportfolio Responses

Melanie Stanfill

December 9^th, 2008

ENG 319- Fall 08

Final Blog Response

Nikki- (Nikki stated from the very beginning that she loved writing and had a specific method of writing that she used. Right away I held higher standards for Nikki before reading her work. ) In the start of Nikki's work I found that she has overall great content and a strong voice. She uses book references smoothly but frequently. Her paragraphs tend to be a bit lengthily at times however, which can be over whelming. The more personal based the paper assignment the better Nikki's papers are. She has a strong voice and strong opinions.

Kayla- Right away after reading her about me section I noticed that her voice tends to me very technical. Kayla is a fun writer and has a lot of strong voice that is consistent throughout all of her pieces on her blog. Like I stated before she has a very technical sounding voice....meaning she uses larger words and she references books and authors a lot in her writing. She has an amazing ability of making her papers very organized and therefore very easy and enjoyable to read. I don't feel that she improved much over the course but I feel that she didn't need much improving to start.

Audra V- I had the pleasure to work with her a few times in class on various activities and truly enjoyed reading her writing. She is very soft spoken but has a real talent for getting her thoughts out. She was able to understand a good portion of our readings...which I did not....and so I would read her responses to assist me with getting a better understanding for them. Overall I think that although she is soft spoken in person her papers carry her true thoughts and great strengths in writing and reading.

Rachel- I think that Rachel has a lot to say about herself! She often refers to herself in her writing...I don't think this is bad, after all it is what she knows best.  I think she writes like a teacher...as do I... she tends to have lots of examples and opinions with in her writing, even if it is a very research based topic. She has great structure and organization in all her writings. I think by her last writing (memoir) she really opened up and cranked out an amazing piece of work. She talks about her writing struggles but has the ability to write about them so well. I think that she improved over the period of the course on letting loose and really expressing her thoughts.

Myself- Finally as for myself...I think I really improved over time. In my first paper I just brush the surface of how I feel (trying to hold back anything that could make me look dumb). This class was full of very smart English majors and very strong writers. I find writing to me my weakness, so I held back my voice a lot. After a while and as seen in my 2^nd and 3^rd papers I feel that I really let go and open up. I write to get my thoughts out and my very feelings. I think they are two of my strongest papers I have ever written! As far as the reading responses go.....I found most of the readings to be way over my head and so I half assed most of them do to that problem. Overall I feel that I improved as a writer and as a more confident person.