I can't believe it.. I'm now in my first full week of summer school in COLLEGE! As the days progress I am happier with my decision to UTOP. My classes are going a lot better than I expected, especially my English 1101 class! :) I rarely like english classes as much as I'm enjoying this class. I love Ms. Ingram's positive attitude and the enthusiasm she has about our work; it makes me excited about completing my work.
My first college assignment actually went smoother than expected. I LOVE the idea of peer groups and revising our papers amongst ourselves before turning it in. I really enjoyed everyone sharing their work and honest feedback with me about my work. We even met after class to continue with our group discussion.
I plan on adding more detailing to my paper; I also have a lot of grammatical errors that need tweaking.
I'm not exactly sure what the difference is between revising and editing. Up until this class, I thought they were the same thing. In my personal opinion, revising is the act of getting feedback from other classmates; its a chance to add or skim from my story to improve its appeal to readers. Editing is more grammatical and a opinion not so much.
Although I am not fond of reading textbooks, it is more interesting than the monotone, bland high school textbooks I'm used to. I'm not sure how well I will do once I have a full schedule, but I definitely have high hopes.
You are definitely already on the right track about revision and editing! Revision, when you break down the word, is re-vision, or re-seeing. You re-see your work and try as best you can to see it as a reader to try to figure out how to best appeal to your readers. That means looking at "big picture" stuff like content, organization, word choice, and style, the "meat" of your paper. When you edit, you're looking at the "skin," the grammar and punctuation, the "packaging." It's all important.
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