Friday, January 23, 2009
"This I Believe"
Using cognitive and metacognitive strategies to comprehend diverse texts applies to our This I Believe essay. By using cognitive stratagies such as, making connections, questioning, and clarifying. These stratigies can help you get your point accross when you are trying to clarify your personal knowledge. Using tools to revise your paper and getting peer editing feedback. There are many tools you can use to revise your paper, the word processing tools can help you with your grammer and spelling. Getting feedback from your instructors and from other peers will help you evaluate the errors in your paper. Using appropriate vocabulary in your paper such as meaningful powerful words that can add voice to your paper as well as support your information. Try to recongize awkward and unimportant words that make your purpose unclear. writing in the active voice and using words that relate to the subject and general mood, or voice can help your audience understand the meaning of your vocabulary.
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Good insight. I would like you to note the specific curriculum numbers when discussing the connections. Also, I would like you to apply more than one concept. In this class one assignment may apply and connect to 5 different curriculum concepts.
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