Metacognitive Blog: And Then There Were None

1. My first draft for my essay was vague and was sort of bland, so I added more detail and tried to make things more interesting for the audience. My essay also lacked dialogue in a couple of areas but I added it when nessecary and finished revising my essay while fixing some grammical and spelling errors.

2. The form of support that helped the most in this situation was the peer editing review check

list. This is because I received most, if not all, of my feedback. I had a good amount of fixing up to do after class that day we had peer editing. So when I got home, I revised my essay until I thought it had met all the requirements and had everything fixed up. When I had an adult look over it they had no other revisions to add onto the essay.

3. I believe that peer editing is very effective and we should continue to do that but I also think reading aloud your writing also helps. I think this helps with catching any common spelling and grammar errors but it also helps with how the story flows. All writing entries flow and use good transition words and keep from becoming boring and getting "stuck" so to speak. 

4. One area I need to grow into is writing essays on historical events or world issues. I believe  this is because these writing pieces don't leave any room for imagination and creativity. This is hard for me because I like to write fictional stories and take myself away from anything in the real world. So one goal I would like to achieve is to find a way to make factual essays entertaining to read and write. 

                                                                                                            ~A.K.A taytay