Third Person Reading
She slouched on her chair at her desk in her dimmed-light room early into the evening. She sighed remembering how she promised herself she would do the reading earlier in the day, now look at her. She opened her textbook to the first out of three chapters she was assigned to read. She began to silently read only occasionally whispering certain words. She stops halfway through the first chapter to look at the time on her phone and goes back to reading. Once she finishes the chapter she turns to the next. Before starting to read the new reading, she gets up and goes to the kitchen to get a drink. Once she returns she briefly browses through her phone. She finally brings her attention back to the reading and motivates herself to finish. She then finishes the final two chapter though occasionally catching her eyes wondering around her room and daydreaming. At last she is done.
I do think that I could improve how I approach my reading assignments if I tried to stay more focused instead of constantly stopping to focus on something else. I could also improve my time management by setting up a specific time to do the work I need to.
Article 1: “The Slowest Reader” by Benjamin Percy
What does he come to realize about the importance of “reading as a writer?”
The author realizes that reading as a writer means that you need to take you time when reading to really understand and study what the reading is saying instead of rushing through it. Reading as a writer can also help you learn more about writing which can then help you improve your writing.
What do you think it means to be “the slowest reader?”
I think that being "the slowest reader" means that you take your time to fully analyze and understand what's in the reading.
How do you think being a slow reader and “reading as a writer” might apply to the essays we encounter in this class?
I think that they apply in that learning that being a slow reader and taking our time can help you understand what we are reading and "reading as a writer" will allow us to learn more about writing which can improve how we write our essays.
Third Person Writing
She sat on her chair at her desk in her brightly lighted room three days before her writing assignment was due. She opened her computer and went straight to the assignment page. She carefully read through the instructions for this writing assignment. She made sure she understood what needed to be done before beginning to write. Once she began she stayed laser focused on writing only occasionally looking at her ceiling to decide what to write next. Once she was about 1/3 of the way through the writing assignment she closed her computer deciding to continue writing tomorrow. For the next 2 days she did exactly as she did the past day at the exact time in the exact way. She did 1/3 of the assignment each day till at last she was done.
I think that I do a much better job at doing writing assignments than I do reading assignments. Though if I could improve on one thing it would probably be to take some breaks when doing the assignments because I do exactly this even when writing long essays and it can be tiring.
Article 2: “Writing an Essay: Here are Ten Effective Tips” by Joe Bunting
Two ideas from this essay that I think are the most important are "Before you start writing, ask yourself, “How can I have the most fun writing this?”" and "Overwhelmed? Just write five original sentences". I believe that having fun or just enjoying when writing an essay is really important because if you don't enjoy what you are doing regardless of what it is, you won't do it the best you can. I believe there are many ways to making writing an essay enjoyable for you. You could write about a topic that interests you or make the essay personal. Likewise, I think that writing 5 original sentences when starting an essay is an important and good idea. This is a tactic I use a lot when writing an essay. I would write one sentence than surround my paragraph around that sentence and it makes it so much easier and organized for me. I could use both of these ideas when doing writing assignments in the future for college.
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