Five part paragraphs

          To write a good paper you need to include many things. You have to be organized, if you write things in different orders and mix up the points it makes it hard for people to follow. A good paper should include: topic sentence, hook (optional), at least three points, transitions and a conclusion. Also depending on what type of paper your writing you also need to include concrete details and commentary. The paper should be interesting and intriguing. I know that most people don’t like to listen to papers about boring things. They just lose their interest and think about other things instead of your writing piece. Vocabulary and grammar also play a part in this. I know that I like to listen to papers with big, exciting, and powerful words. It gives me something to think about like what it means and why the author choice the words. For example; A boring sentence: The cat laid on the mat. A interesting sentence: The cat gracefully walked onto the mat and stretched as far as he could so the sun beams would dance on his belly. I personally like the second sentence better than the first. A good paper requires time, patience, and quality work. Working on the paper for two minutes and scribbling your ideas on a piece of paper is not quality work.

          I know that I have a lot to work on. I need to improve on making sure that my writing makes sense to others. Sometimes I’ll understand what I’m trying to explain but it is almost impossible for other people to understand it. I need to have a better/ larger vocabulary. When I was reading my paragraph I got embarrassed because I forgot how it was written and how I put things together. I need to follow the paper more carefully, my commentary and concrete details were in the wrong order, which isn’t good. For the next 5 point paragraph I’m really going to make sure that it is all in order. I don’t want a repeat of what happened earlier today. My skills are always open for improvement so I’m open to new ideas and different styles.

          I think that the weakness in the classroom would have to be the concrete details. Everyone had a different opinion concluding if it fit with their topic sentence or not. I think that people need to improve on bringing out their own writing styles/ their voice in their writing. I know that we have to follow a paper telling us what needs to be in it but I also know that a lot of the papers were all the same. It was about prejudice, Scout, innocence and etc. There were many topics to choose and I believe that most people stayed in their comfort zone and didn’t step out of the box when it came to choose what to write about. Of course not everyone did that but this is what I felt when listening to the papers.