8 October, 2018
Writing my Micro-Ethnography paper was a little difficult. I have never done an observation essay before, so it was hard trying to put that into an essay. In the last few journals, I told you about my writing process. Its pretty much similar as I felt but I learned a little bit more.
I believe my writing process is still the same. Before I write, I do not brainstorm or outline. I see the prompt and I just write. After writing a couple of sentences, I have to double-check it for any mistakes. Sometimes if I’m feeling little adventurous, I check my writing in Grammarly. Every week, it has gotten easier to write these blog posts. I know what to expect when I do these writing assignments. Its sort of like a habit now.
After my class on Wednesday, my professor cleared up some things that I was uncertain about. She said to write about what I observed and why it was important enough to notice it. If there was something in the observation and if it wasn’t in the observation anymore, how would it affect the story? After my class ended, I had to somewhat include the Toulman Argumentative Tactics. I don’t think that anything has changed in my writing. I use the same vernacular in every situation.
I know these changes had to occur. If this is what my professor was teaching in class, I think it was important enough to include it in the paper. I need to work on using the Toulman Argumentative Tactics. I need to get use to it for future essays.
It was hard to use the Toulman Argumentative Tactics correctly. When I was using this process, I didn’t know if I was doing it right. It was troubling to do the rebuttal. How do I know what my audience doesn’t believe in my words.
-Felicia Tran
Toontown 