Final Reflection: Composing GRITT Hi everyone! Welcome back to my blog. I know it has been a while since my last post but I'm here to tell you about my experience in English 100 class. I will also attach a Reflective Writing and Genres in Academic Writing: Reflection just for your reference to see what I had to do to write this last and final blog post.
In this English 100 class, I had the opportunity to explore writing in a way I never knew I had. When it came to my memoir, I felt like that was my best writing piece that I have ever wrote. I also got the chance to write some incredible blogs that I felt help me improve my writing skills. When talking about GRITT your talking about the English 100 class that I am in. The G in GRITT stands for Genre. Genre awareness basically is everything we have done so far in our English 100 class from our memoir to our research paper. I felt as though when it came to my memoir paper it was the hardest. I knew what I want to write, but I did not know how to put it in format let alone MLA format. I then put my writing skills together and came up with a good memoir for my website. The next letter in GRITT represents the R, which stands for rhetorical awareness. Rhetorical awareness is understanding that successfully writing depends on your ability address the needs of your audience. I gave my audience the really life experience when I wrote my memoir. I believe it made them feel my pain and also be able to relive the memoir I wrote about. I in GRITT stands for identity. Identity is yourself as the author. When I wrote my memoir and research paper I try to make sure I was the author telling the story. It was kind of difficult when it came to my memoir because it was a little hard to talk about. My memoir was a dark place in my life that I had to encounter but I did the best I could. The first T in GRITT stands for theory of writing. My theory of writing is to take 3 to 5 minutes a day and just free write. Write about anything that is on your mind and do not stop writing until the minutes are up. Remember to write from within in my opinion and to become a good write you first have to write. The last T in GRITT stands for transfer writing to a future writing session. I know I will take what I have learn and transfer it to a future writing session I will have later in life. I will also take the knowledge and tools I've learned with me. These tools will better help me to bring out the amazing writer I know I have deep down inside of me. This course has gave me that and so much more. I am going to miss ever aspect about English 100 from the laughter to the blog posting and more. I will mostly miss the times I was able to write, and be myself or the fact that this class brought out the writing in me I never thought I had. Thanks for everything Professor Mangini.
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Hello to my wonderful English writers. Welcome back to my blog post. This week for blog post #6 we had the opportunity to counterfactual blog #5. We had to imagine how things could turn out differently for our memoir. So, I have decide to read the 4 links below to help me rewrite my memoir. I want to explore the what ifs that I talked about in my memoir. I hope you guys enjoy this blog post. Please feel free to read the links and comment below.
It was a beautiful sunny but hot day in July. The flowers were blooming and beautiful. My mom had just came back from a partner of her ‘s daughter funeral. My sister Shamika and I was sitting at the kitchen table in our 3-bedroom apartment eating cereal “My sister Shamika asked my mom, how was the funeral today.” “My mom said sad, I don’t know what I would do if I ever lost one of my kids.” “I went on to say, hey guys can we change the subjects.” “I don’t want to talk about funerals it makes me sad and depress.” “My mom said that’s fine. Let’s talk about something else.” My mom went on to ask my sister was she pack and ready to go for her weekend trip. The ride going down there was smooth my sister said. She said they did a couple of stops until they out there. She said they had so much fun. My family could not wait until they came back, so that we can meet our other cousins. When Sunday morning came about they were on their way back to Philadelphia when something went wrong. It was around about 5:55 am when the accident happen. The accident took place in Delaware not to far from home. My cousin dad fell asleep at the wheel hit a tree causing minor damage to the front of the van. Everyone in the van was okay because they were wearing their seatbelts. They only had minor cuts and bruises. We were so nervous as hell and scared. My family didn’t know what had happen but we were happy that everyone came out alive. “I cried and cried.” “I said than you Lord that my family is okay.” “My mom said baby girl you don’t have to keep thanking God, he already heard us.” “I said I know mom but I want to thank him a hundred more times.”
Hey guys! Welcome back to my blog! I hope you guys are enjoying English class like I am. In this blog post assignment for English, I will annotate three text. These 3 text talks about the writing process. I will be setting up my own roundtable discussions about the writing process. I will also include 3 quotes from each writer Don Murray, Anne Lamott and Mary Karr. There will be a totally of 12 quotes, 9 from the writers and 3 from me. I hope you guys find this story creative and worth reading. Below is a link to the 3 text that I had to annotate on. Please click on it if you would like to read them.
It was a blazing but sunny Saturday afternoon, when I decided to drive to the grocery store. Before heading out to the store something came across my mind. It was the fact that I need to write my next blog post. I have been putting it off for a couple of days now, but tomorrow is the due date and I need to start it. As I was driving, I couldn’t figure out how to start it or what to write about. I thought to myself, what would Anne Lamott, Mary Karr and Don Murray write about? Then as I pulled up to the grocery store, I noticed the library right next door had a line of people waiting outside of it. I walked up to a man dress with a gray shirt and blue jeans on. I ask him what everyone was there for. He informed me that 3 great writers will be here for a question and answer book signing today. I then ask him who was the 3 great writers. He said Mary Karr, Don Murray and Anne Lamott. I said wow are you serious! Then that’s when I thought to myself, this is a great opportunity to ask them about their own writing process and how it can help me with mine. So, I began standing in line right behind the man with the gray shirt on. While waiting in line, I began thinking like how I’m going to approach them about what I want to write. Do I tell them I’m not a good writer? I write like I talk and that’s not good! Then I thought, I’ll just get out of line and don’t waste their time. But, then I said wait they will help me become a better writer. As I got closer and closer to the top of the line, I felt ready to ask my questions. Little did I know I was approaching Mary Karr’s table first. I reach the table were she was sitting and I froze. I couldn’t believe I was about to talk to Mary Karr about writing. I became nervous and didn’t know what to say. She then said hello how are you? That made me feel much better. I said hello, I’m find, thanks for asking. I then told her I’m trying to write a blog post on the process of writing but don’t know where to begin. She then told me that “Every writer I know who’s worth a damn spend more time “losing than “winning” if success means trying a polish page that lands in prints as is." So, I ask her what did she meant by that? She explain to me just write and everything will fall together. She also told me that “Since I was always interested in how to be a writer, I also gobbled up literary biographies—Walter Jackson Bate on Keats and Coleridge; Enid Starkie on Baudelaire and Rimbaud; Diane Middlebrook on Anne Sexton; Ian Hamilton on Robert Lowell; Paul Mariani on William Carlos Williams”. “Getting a sense of the person’s time in history often helped me to understand their styles in that context—what literary pressures and fashions and values of the day were forging their pages." So, I took that as her saying to me that I should start reading biographies and that will help me with writing. I then went on to the next table were Anne Lamott was sitting. I first notice how beautiful she was and the way she spoke was amazing. She was telling the person in front of me that one of her favorite quotes that she would tell her student was “The very first thing I tell my new students on the first day of a workshop is that good writing is about telling the truth. She also told him that “Start with your childhood, I tell them. Plug your nose and jump in and write down all your memories as truthfully as you can”. “Don’t worry about doing it well yet, though. Just start getting it down." I felt as though I didn’t need to speak to her now because everything she told the person in front of me I understood. I felt as though that now I have some what of a clear understanding about the process of writing. But, I still want to talk to Don Murray to get his understanding of writing as well. As I’m walking over to his table I notice it was completely empty. I walk right up to him and said how do you do sir. He stated to me I fine, how can I help you? I told him I was in the process of writing my new blog for my English 100 class and I need some help on where to begin. I also shared with him the advice I got from Anne Lamott and Mary Karr. He told me that “The writing process itself can be divided into three stages: prewriting, writing, and rewriting”. “Prewriting is everything that takes place before the first draft." “Writing is the act of producing a first draft. It is the fastest part of the process, and the most frightening, for it is a commitment." “Rewriting is reconsideration of subject, form, and audience. It is researching, rethinking, redesigning, rewriting—and finally, line by-line editing, the demanding, satisfying process of making each word right." All the information I receive today made me want to rush home and write my blog post. I was so happy with what they told me about writing. I am no longer afraid of writing nor am I having a hard time with writing this blog. “I will be one great writer." “I will learn to write my ideas down and put them into action." “The more I write the more successful I will become."
In this particular blog post, I had the pleasure of reading A Fable for the Living by Kevin Brockmeier. This story was an amazing story about a person life. I loved the story from being to end even though I didn't want it to end. This story was about a widow women who would write letters to her author self knowing that one day they still will not be answered. So, when I decide to write to my author self I took the knowledge she gave me to write my own short story to my dear author self. My short story is in titled Dear Scary Writer. This short story basically talks about how I am as a writer and where I see myself headed in the near future with writing. I I hope you enjoy this blog. Dear Scary Writer, Hey, how are you feeling today knowing your about to enter an awesome new class? Did you wake up in a good mood, ready to write? Did you think about the new English class you will be taking in the spring semester? I know it’s must be kind of scary since you say you don’t know how to write, and you write like you talk. I also know you tried your hardest to run away from it. There had to been times when you say to yourself, I am just going to drop out when the first week is over. Maybe I’ll drop out the first day after class is over or not take the class at all. Remember, English class is fun once you get the hang of it. Hey, learn to explore writing in different ways and you will love it. I understand when you took English 050 three semester ago, you wasn’t quite there as a writer, but this class is different. You must have the vision, tools and understanding that you will do well. Try not to be a procrastinator and do the work when the deadline comes about. That only makes you hate writing more. You should always try to give yourself enough time to give writing your all. A good paper deserve 100% of your time, dedication and effort. Let your mind be free and just write! It will all come together in the end. I know as writer we beat ourselves up multiple times thinking we are not doing our best when it comes to writing. But, we must try to look at it on a positive note to receive great results. Give yourself as much credit as you think you deserve when writing. Sometimes, it’s okay to say I got this, I know I am a good writer and this will be my best writing yet. That’s giving yourself encouragement that you can do it. We offend say to ourselves, do you know what it feels like when your trying to write and your mind goes completely blank? Shall I describe if for you? It feels like starting a car with no gas in the tank. It also feels like sitting at a stop sign waiting for the light to change. That’s how it feels when it comes to writing. You feel lost trying to find your way to write a good paper, maybe even a good book soon. But, we as writers must tell ourselves this, we will become a great writer. You will understanding the creative side that you have to writing. There will be no giving up or saying you can’t do it. You will have great success, and the knowledge knowing that you are one amazing, talent writer. Sincerely, Tiffany Hill
The focus of my blog post is to get my audience in tune to who I am as a writer. It is also a way to get them into knowing my style of writing, and how it relates to my English 100 class. As, you read my journey of writings , I hope it intrigued you to write your own story. Below are 4 text frames that I have read to help me create my multimodal website.
On a scale of 1-5, I would rank C.R.A.P. as a 5. The reason why I would rank them as such is because they are highly important when it comes to making a website. Contrast focuses on our attention when it comes to the highlight of the website. Repetition helps tie all images together. Alignment indicates the organizations, polish and strength of the website. Proximity creates a relationship within the images.
The Proust Questionnaire that became popular by Marcel Proust is something like my life and can be read on my blog page. Head over to my The Proust Questionnaire to find out more about me.
__1.__What is your idea of perfect happiness? Perfect happiness is when everything in your life is going right. When you have no worries, no concerns and no fears. Also, when you can do what your heart and mind wants you to do. Living out your best life with no regrets. __2.__What is your greatest fear? My greatest fear is dying. I used to think about it all the time, mainly when I went to sleep. There were some nights were I would have nightmares waking up in sweat. My husband trying to calm me down and have me think about other things. It has helped me over the years and now I am learning to pray when I feel like that. __3.__What is the trait you most deplore in yourself? A trait that I most deplore in myself is chicken. I don’t like any kind of chicken. No matter who makes it or what kind of chicken it is. People often tell me that I am not black because I don’t eat chicken or that I am weird. That’s okay! I will never eat it even if it’s the last thing on earth. Nope not me! __4.__What is the trait you deplore in others? The trait I most deplore in others is the way they talk and act around their children. Some people do not have respect for their kids at all. They talk and say whatever they want to around their kids in a nasty way. Parents wonder why their kids act and say the things they say because they hear it from them. __5.__Which living person do you most admire? The most living person that I admire is my mother. My mother is a strong, caring person with a great heart. She is always there for me and my family whenever I need her to be. She has dealt with a lot in her life but never complain about it. She is one of those people that will give you the shirt off her back and the food out of her house just to make sure you are okay. My mom is the best and that’s why I admire her so much. __6.__What is your greatest extravagance? My greatest extravagance is my bath and body works sprays. I have over 40 sprays and they are in different fragrances. Every time I get down to a half a bottle on some of them, I go and buy some more. Like five more to be exact. My husband always gets mad at me because he says that I don’t need that many. I love them though and you can never have to many as a woman. __7.__What is your current state of mind? My current state of mind right now is hoping that I do well in all three of my classes that I am taking right now. Currently right now I have a 3.25 GPA and I would like it to get better or stay there. I don’t want to have to repeat any classes. I just want to do my best. __8.__What do you consider the most overrated virtue? The most overrated virtue I think is friendship. I believe that friendship today is not the way friendship used to be. People are more enemies today then they have ever been. We as people must learn how to be friends and learn how to respect one another in all forms. __9.__On what occasion do you lie? I lie when I don’t want to do something. I will tell that friend that I must work or have homework to do. Instead of telling that person that I just don’t want to do it. __10.__What do you most dislike about your appearance? The thing I dislike most about my appearance is that my nose is big. Ever since I was a little girl I got tease about how big my nose was. People use to say damn look at her nose and that’s why her nose is big. What’s the crazy part about it is that my mom nor dad have a big nose. Now, that I am older and wear glasses, I don’t care what people say about my nose. __11.__Which living person do you most despise? There is only one living person that I despise of and that is Donald Trump who is the president of the United States right now. He is a lair and most importantly he does not have this country best interest at heart. We need a president who cares and loves this country, not someone that’s trying to bring this country down. __12.__What is the quality you most like in a man? The most quality I like in a man the most is the fact that he is caring and understanding. He takes his time getting to know you and the things you like. Also, being understanding to the fact that you might have children. __13.__What is the quality you most like in a woman? The most quality I like in a woman is the fact we are strong and independent. When we as woman are strong and independent we don’t need anyone for anything. We tend to lean on ourselves for the stuff we want to accomplish. We are at our best when we are strong. __14.__Which words or phrases do you most overuse? The words or phrases I use the most is happy, I can do it, what the hell, you got to be kidding me, why you do that and damn. __15.__What or who is the greatest love of your life? The greatest love of my life is my children. I am so happy that God lent them to me while I am here on earth and trust me to be their mom. They are the best gift I ever receive in my life. I love them with my whole heart and soul. __16.__When and where were you happiest? I was happy when me and my family visited Disney World this pass summer. We had the best time even though I had to come back two days early because of school. __17.__Which talent would you most like to have? The talent I would like to have is dance. I cant dance for nothing in this world. I try but it’s not the best. __18.__If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? The one thing I would change about myself is being to nice to nice to people. I need to learn when people are taking advantage of me and when to say no. It’s not being mean; it’s just being honest to people that take advantage of me. __19.__What do you consider your greatest achievement? My greatest achievement was when I graduated from medical assistant school. I was so proud of myself. I worked 40 hours a week and went to school. I didn’t think I could do it but I did. Now, I have a great job that I love. __20.__If you were to die and come back as a person or a thing, what would it be? If I die and come back, I will want to come back as myself. I would want to have everything in order before I started being someone’s wife and mom. __21.__Where would you most like to live? I would love to live in Orlando, FL. I know it rains a lot out there but I’m okay with that. __22.__What is your most treasured possession? My most treasured possession would be the pictures of my sister who passed away 21 years ago. I still have every picture of her. __23.__What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery? My lowest depth of misery was not being able to be there for someone that needed me to be. Also, letting them down when I know they was counting on me. __24.__What is your favorite occupation? My favorite occupation is nursing. __25.__What is your most marked characteristic? Well, I have been told that my hands are soft and they like the way they feel. I think it’s my communication skills. __26.__What do you most value in your friends? I value most in my friends is their communication and understand of friendship. __27.__Who are your favorite writers? Well, because I am not really a writer, I don’t have a favorite writer. __28.__Who is your hero of fiction? My hero of fiction is superman. __29.__Which historical figure do you most identify with? I most identify with Princess Diana. __30.__Who are your heroes in real life? My real-life heroes are my mom and dad. They gave me life and I’m grateful for that. __31.__What are your favorite names? My favorite names are Tiffany, Jordan, Jurnee and Frank. __32.__What is it that you most dislike? I dislike people who do not communicate, listen or care. __33.__What is your greatest regret? My greatest regret is not finishing school before I had children. __34.__How would you like to die? I would like to go in my sleep. No pain and no worries. Just peace! __35.__What is your motto? My motto is to be better than I was yesterday. |
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