Category: Revision

When revising my final draft of the Reflective Learner Analysis essay I used some different methods than I usually would. Normally, when writing an essay I would read it over a few times, and look for surface level errors. This time I would make comments on the essay of things to fix, which was helpful because I could resolve them when I was done. Also, multiple people looked at my essay and either made comments or helped me make changes, which I thought was very helpful because I was a little bit unsure about the structure of the first draft. I also thought reading our essays out loud in class was helpful because I was able to catch a few more awkward sounding phrases that I hadn’t noticed before. I am pretty satisfied with my final draft of the essay, because I feel I put a lot of time and effort into it, Also, I was able to switch around the structure and add more content to it which I was having trouble with in the beginning of the writing process.

Throughout the project I utilized all of the processes on Bloom’s Taxonomy. I used remembering and understanding for reading the sources and my own experiences. I also applied Bain and Dweck’s concepts in the essay. Then I analyzed and evaluated how Bain and Dweck’s concepts related to myself and my experiences and incorporated that into the essay. Finally, I was able to create by “putting elements together” such as the essay and changing the structure, and the podcast into a cohesive project.

After comparing my first draft and final draft I was able to identify many more surface level revisions in my first draft. Some of the revisions included spelling, grammar, and punctuation. I also made a couple revisions regarding sentence structure and word choice.

I also did utilize global revision but not as much as surface level revision. For global revision I made edits to my thesis statement and where that was placed. I also used global revision to change up some parts of the structure of the essay.