Paul Boughner

Professor Rinke

Process Memo

February 14, 2013

           

            Throughout the time spent composing the essay, and creating the Animoto slideshow, this assignment has created a way for me to look back on my literacy and ask questions about myself as a reader and a writer.  “Am I a strong reader? Am I a creative writer?”  These questions are the questions that I thought of when we created our literacy timelines.  I have always had a thing for writing, but not so much for reading.  Not liking reading is probably why I don’t like doing research papers for school, and that I lean more towards papers that have a topic I can relate to with minimal research.       

            In my essay I talked about my writing experiences in high school where I picked up writing poetry.  This had a correlation with my expressions and feeling at the time and I just really like writing poetry.  My favorite styles of poetry to write were free verse, along with lyrical poetry.  These styles of poetry are eerily similar to lyrics of a song.  Very fun to write in your free time, which is where I found myself write most of my poetry.  Still to this day I write poetry here and there just for fun.   

            I have learned a lot more about myself as a writer and a reader, after constructing the essay and timeline because it was a time of reflection for me.  I had a lot of influences when I was young.  Some of these influences included my Mom reader to me almost every day, and my dad bringing me home some car magazines he would get at work so that I could see and attempt to read about.  This really sparked my interest in reading because of all the cool things I could see and learn about on television or in books.  I was really intrigued by learning new things about cars, sports, animals, and whatever else I was interested in when I was young. 

            This assignment I feel was very beneficial for me as a learner throughout my first couple semesters at college, to see where I stand with myself.  Am I satisfied with what I have accomplished?  Can I work more on my literacy skills and habits?  I think that there is a lot of room for improvement for me in my literacy.  I hope to take more advantage of the writing center this semester because last semester the two times I went for a class it really helped.  That service will be the key to improving my literacy skills so that I can become the better writer that I want to be.  It will also be the key to helping me with those hated citations for research papers.

            Overall I loved doing this assignment and hope that there are more in store during this course in the future so that me and other classmates can benefit from.