“Demonstrate the ability to approach writing as a recursive process that requires substantial revision of drafts for content, organization, and clarity (global revision), as well as editing and proofreading (local revision).” Before I took this course, in high school I would always just write whatever I wanted or whatever I needed to for an assignment and pass it in without revising it. The only revising I used to do was spelling and grammar check. Now that I have taken this course, I take my writing and revising process seriously. I revise my texts over and over again until I can read it out loud without having to make any edits or revisions. I have also grown a lot with global revision. I can now look at my text as a whole and decide if my message is clear and makes sense and carries out through the entire piece.

“Employ techniques of active reading, critical reading, and informal reading response for inquiry, learning, and thinking.” I’m not even 100% sure what this standard entails, but it does sound like I could use a little bit of work in this area. If the reading is boring or long, I tend to do mostly passive reading. I always keep trying until I can actually actively read it, but sometimes I need tips and tricks on how to become more active while I read. I have no felt that I was passively reading for any reading required for this course, I have enjoyed all of the readings that were given and have felt active while I was reading them. But, I will need to work on this for the future, in other courses, when I am given a reading that leads me to passively read.