I prepared for my in class essay by going back into the text and highlighting the quotes that sparked the most conversation in my head, and the classroom. The day of the in class essay, I sat down and reviewed my notes and honestly, answered all the prompt questions. I wanted to be prepared for any answer that I was prepared to give during class. I liked all the questions a lot and had so many things to say. So, when it was time to actually write, I was ready to write anything. I tried my best to familiarize myself with every reading although we were given the option to choose whichever story we wanted.

For our group discussion, we made a group chat and someone shared it, so we could all keep in touch. We shared a google doc and made sure we all asked different questions and if we had similar questions, we would have to change it. It was helpful to have the shared doc so I knew what questions to add in and which ones were already there to give all my classmates credit for their work.

The actual in-class essay went really well. I do think I wrote way more than what I initially wanted to write but it’s okay. I like how well my writing flew, at least in the moment, while I was re-reading. I did find myself stuck in the second and third paragraph. I thought I was repeating myself too much and maybe I did? But, I tried to look back into my notes to add different points and perspectives.

For the future in class essays (that I’m already dreading) I hope to brainstorm a lot more. I feel like although we had those discussions in class and I had notes of what was said, I was more involved in speaking during those discussions so… I totally forgot to continue writing! It’s important for me to sit back and listen before I speak because it would’ve helped my thought process to write down things my classmates said during my group’s discussion.

Regarding my essay, I have not looked at it since it was submitted last week. Honestly, I’m kind of scared to look at it but I probably should. I want to have more of a structure to clearly get my points across because at some point I felt like I was rambling.

LASTLY 😀

It was really fun to lead a discussion in class and hear my classmates perspectives on these complicated stories. I enjoyed being up there and even when it went quiet I just wanted to say so much more. Hopefully we get to do that again and if not, I will be prepared to do so for my future courses.

I def just saw how you said not to list the answers </3 IM SORRY 🙁

This is how I feel about this in class essay and the semester? Even though its not over. I really want it to be overrrr