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  1. Torrence Grady

    Final Assessment

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    This being the final blog post of the semester, I think it is appropriate to my progress in the EH 101 course for the spring semester. There is learning goals that each student should achieved while taking this course and each are fundamental to for any writer to improve. The learning goals that I have accomplished or applied to my writing, starts with me knowing how to brainstorm and map ideas for my writing, and knowing how to effectively compose a rough draft. The rough draft to any of my posts is usually typed, and then I read and revise the material before I post any of it as a blog. Considering that the brainstorm and rough draft writing process happens before I publish a blog, there are other learning goals that I accomplish to accompany this process. The other learning goals that I achieved while taking the EH 101 course, is knowing how to effectively revise my writing and how to effectively edit and proofread my writing. I can't provide an example that I could link to this post, because the four learning goals that I have mentioned, are usually accomplished before I publish any blog. There all pre-writing processes actually.
    Other learning goals such as: knowing how to integrate others’ ideas into my writing and knowing how to document others’ ideas in my writing, I have learned achieved. Integrating others idea into my writing would mean taking their intellectual property and using it in a piece of my writing, yet giving due credit to the author of whatever I may have used in my own writing. A blog post that I published February 7, 2012, entitled Blogs vs. term Papers (http://eh101tsasser.blogspot.com/2012/02/blogs-vs-term-papers.html), is a great example of that learning goal being achieved. Knowing how to document others idea's in my writing, would mean that I know how to properly give credit and reference the used material of the source to the author in my writing. A blog post that I published April 3, 2012, entitled Haiku it up! (http://eh101tsasser.blogspot.com/2012/04/haiku-it-up.html), would be a perfect example that learning goal being achieved.
    Learning goals such as knowing how to develop a thesis and how to support my thesis, I have achieved with the published blog entitled, The Transformation (http://eh101tsasser.blogspot.com/2012/03/transformation.html). The remaining learning goals that every student taking the EH 101 course should have this semester is knowing how to take effective consideration of my role as writer, how to take effective consideration of audience, and how to take effective consideration of writing purpose. There are actually two different blog posts that I published which fully incorporate the three learning goals that I mentioned in the preceding sentence. My blog posts, To Study, or Not to Study? (http://eh101tsasser.blogspot.com/2012/02/to-study-or-not-to-study.html) and Practice to Perform (http://eh101tsasser.blogspot.com/2012/02/practice-to-perform.html) are both great examples of the remaining three learning goals that I mentioned being achieved.
    From all the learning goals that I have learned in my EH 101 course, there are not any that I have failed to attain; or any I didn't apply to my writing. I believe that I have made progress as a student, writer, and scholar. Every learning goal that was produced by the course instructor, I have achieved. Each learning goal enabled me to improve, and throughout my EH 101 course I certainly have.

  2. Torrence Grady

    A New Me!

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     This being the last week of my Eh 101 course for the spring semester, I decided that for a final post, I would show the world how silly I could be. All of my posts have been quite serious, but today I chose to have even more fun completing assignments that I usually would. As I have said numerous times before, in several of my blog posts, DS 106 is a great and creative web site for English students; today I will show exactly what I meant by creative.
    All of assignments that I have completed form the DS 106 site have included pictures, or some form of art, which allowed me to be creative in every step. This week’s blog post is no different. I not only used a picture of myself, but I was able to modify the picture to show the change or twist from the original.














    The Instructions are to take an existing photo of yourself, and edit in a way to give the picture a different look. Color your hair, change your eyes, whiten your teeth, get a "tan", etc.
    As you can see, I went all out. I was able to edit the photo to my fondness. I actually like the photo to the right; I had fun editing certain feature of myself. However, I do not think that I could survive my everyday life with fiery red eyes and purple hair. 
    I really enjoyed this assignment, although it was more of a creative assignment that involved writing. I followed the instructions exactly, and my product seems to be quite frightening, but I hope the pictures do not scare anyone.














  3. Torrence Grady

    A Different Life!

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    Hmm..., either I am too small, or something in this picture doesn't belong; which is it? Am I trying on clothes, or am I purchasing food? In person, I stand 6'1", yet I am the smallest person in this photo, that's odd.Well for this weeks DS 106 assignm...
  4. Torrence Grady

    Haiku it up!

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    DS 106 is really a fantastic site to use. The assignments presented on the site are simply genius, and the level of creativity really forces whoever doing an assignment to be completely original. For my blog post of week 11, the first DS 106 assignment...
  5. Torrence Grady

    The Transformation

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    In high school I was not a great student, I'm in no way implying that I am now, but my high school years were filled with lost potential and underachievement. I always knew I could do better though, and I knew that taking my high school courses more se...
  6. Torrence Grady

    Blog Post 9

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    I decided to title this blog post by its file name, blog post 9, in an effort to express my appreciation for these types of writing assignments. Instead of our class instructor, Tanya Sasser, having the entire class write weekly essays, she allows us t...
  7. Torrence Grady

    To Study, Or Not to Study?

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    From the title of this blog post it's pretty easy to conclude that studying is the topic. Also, with thetitle being the question that it is, it's pretty obvious that I am really not a fan of studying. Honestly I am not! I really need to improve these h...
  8. Torrence Grady

    Practice to Perform!

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    In my last blog post I addressed how to better ones writing. I gave tips on how to become a stronger writer and how to independently improve one's writing style. I mentioned several times throughout that blog post, that in order to become a better writ...
  9. Torrence Grady

    Try Very Hard!

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    Writing isn't something that come naturally to everyone, yet it's like playing sport, you practice to improve. Any author would tell an aspiring writer to read a lot and write a lot; writing is something that needs to be practiced. I think that I'm a d...
  10. Torrence Grady

    Know Yourself!

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    Living changes people. As a matter of fact, life changes while living. People who are now old were young once, and there are numerous accounts of the rich and powerful losing all the money they may have accumulated through their work. I said that to sa...
  11. Torrence Grady

    Blogs vs. Term Papers

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    After reading the New York Times article, Blog vs. Term Papers, I completely agree with Cathy N. Davidson, an English professor at Duke, and believe that the term paper should be eradicated. The term paper can be very stressful to students. I also conc...
  12. Torrence Grady

    Complete the Task!

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    What I have realized through many years of schooling, is that- a task must be completed! Class assignments are not given randomly to occupy a students time, or even waste it; but to instruct. When I was younger I would reason that if I skipped an assig...

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