Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
The persuasive project was very interesting to me. I like how we had the choice to either
write a paper or create a website. I decided to do a paper so I could write more and actually
construct a whole paper to try and improve my writing skills. I also wanted to challenge myself
and see if I could meet the page limit, 4 to 6 pages. In high school I did not write papers. The
For my persuasive project I chose to argue that marijuana should be legalized for medical
purposes. It was not hard to actually find sources and information to help argue my claim, but it
was a struggle for me to use the information effectively, in my own words. I wanted to make sure
that my paper sounded like my voice and my own words and not my sources. To overcome this
struggle, I wrote out my paragraphs first just with my general knowledge and I then went back
and added 1 source quote in each paragraph. I also tried to make sure that I limited myself to no
Within my writing process I found that my peer reviews feedback was the most useful.
They were very detailed and made me look at the construction of my draft differently and
notified me on some important requirements missing. My research was the most successful part
of my paper. I feel that I argued good, accurate points that many people can relate too. I enjoyed
researching and reading about my topic. I chose to talk about marijuana because I know a lot of
people who smoke it and have debates with many of my friends about whether it is good or not
for the human body. With marijuana being so popular for recreational use as well as the
upcoming for its medical uses in the past years, I wanted to argue for myself to see if I would
second guess my decision or even discover some hidden answers for the legalization of
marijuana.
Overall, I have accomplished so many things that I didn’t even know I could do with
writing in this class. My biggest fear for the final portfolio is that I will not match my excerpts
correctly with the SLO’s. I know that I have completed them all, it is just a matter of time for me
to match them up. I am very proud of my paper. I feel that I, as a writer, have grown for the
better. I only want to go up from here. I fully intend to go be great and flourish!