Entry #18

I think multigenre writing is a lot more work than the traditional paper, but it can be fun because you get to create a variety of things, such as ads, lists, letters, and business cards. It has shown me that there are other ways of presenting your message to your readers. Plus, the freedom in how the message is presented allows the readers to be entertained and more willing to listen to what you say; its not just another 6 pages full of Times New Roman script about how something matters or why something needs to change. For me, the research has not been all that different from any other, so I really have not learned anything new about me as a researcher, except there are very few books comparing Mac and Windows. As for what I have learned about my topic if I had not if I was writing a traditional research paper, I think I have learned that there are a variety of ways to present my idea, as I do not really see much of a difference, for my topic at least, of the type of sources and research I need and had to do for my sources. I guess for some topics there might be a need for different information, maybe more about people instead of the topic, but I really did not need this information. However, I have had to look up pictures for use as visuals in my genres, so that is something I would not have done for a traditional research paper.

Entry #20

Hello future/current, I guess, ENG 110 students. After already taken this course, I can offer some advise for you. The first would be that you shouldn’t have to worry about having too much work. In the first part of the semester there is a lot of reading, but it tends to tapper off as the year goes on. You will only really have four major things to do as well, but you can’t procrastinate too much on them since you will have to do them in steps, like several drafts for peer editing. Sometimes the actual class time can seem pretty tedious as well, since a lot of what we did didn’t really help me much since I knew a lot about what we talked about, so be prepared to be bored sometimes. You will also have to blog entries, but they aren’t too difficult. That said; don’t just put them off as they do count for a lot of points (that also means they are an easy way to get points). I would make a plan for these and work on them gradually so you don’t have a lot to do at the end of the semester. I would also plan your projects out as well so you aren’t always doing them the night before or right before class. It made it easier for me if my drafts were written as the final as I did not have much revision to do later. A lot of emphasis is placed on peer review, which sometimes helped, but other times I thought it was just a waste of a class period, but it can be useful if you aren’t a strong writer. Hopefully this will help get a feel for what the course will be like. Good luck!