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When we first started building essay 3 i didn't know where to start at. In my head i never did a research paper before. The assignment sheet looked very confusing and i had no idea what cultural product i wanted to do. After the weekend passed i came with the idea to do a music video. The thing i focused on the most is making sure that i had enough research to do 4-6 pages. Doing the research seem to be difficult also. It seemed like everything i looked up wasn't good enough. The articles that i did find were not helping with my cultural product. My final understanding of integrated reading and writing is that it is way different from high school. Also learned that you can have one skill without having the other. You will need these skills in lots of other classes. One of the skills i will take to my other classes is the quote integration. Leaving your quote standing alone just bors the reader. I know if i was the reader i wouldn't want to just keep seeing the quote with no juice in front ,  behind or either in the middle. Another skill i will take is having outlines for my essays.  During high school all i knew was brainstorm, rough draft and final copy. While having an outline it just seems like i have things more organized and more understandable. Lastly the reading log and having analysis along with it. So when it came time to write my outline i basically had everything and all i had to do was copy and paste. Me personally as a writer i don’t do bad if i know what im talking bout about. For example having lots of evidence helps me with my writing. Also introducing a quote i don't think i do bad at it. Something i may need to work on is my conclusion paragraphs. It's hard to conclude a paragraph without restating what i have said in my introduction. Another thing i need to improve in is rewording some of the the things i say.

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During essay 2 it was more interesting than challenging. During unit 2 i learned more things i never knew about which was interesting. My writing skills, i felt like i have gotten a little bit better. For example with the quote integration i feel like i have done better then what i did on essay 1. Reading the different articles i learned different things. My feelings toward america has definitely changed. America isn't how i always thought it was. Things i have dont well with was introducing my quotes.  For example in essay 1 i constantly stated just the quote but in essay 2 i was introducing it in a way that flowed with the essay. At the end of essay it seemed like i was getting lazy and started slacking with my quote integration. I think i can improve with that some more. It may be more challenging to do with essay 3 but the effort counts. I feel like i accomplished my progress not but it's alway space for more improvement. My view on the reading and writing process has changed. Actually doing the reading and writing will help you in the long run. Doing the actual reading logs and outlines will help me be successful when it comes to writing the drafts. In my opinion its not hard it's just time consuming. The actual topic was interesting and it made me want to do more. Things i will take from unit 2 and apply to other classes are the reading logs and doing some reflections. Having things that i have already wrote and being able to go back and look at them was helpful with the writing process. Doing things before actually writing the essay helped me alot with essay 2. Now when i move on to english 102 i plan to continue doing things the way i have been doing them for english 101.

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Over this past unit the reading process was a little bit challenging. I have learned that you can't really spend a lot of time on one particular reading. Also during the reading process i have read some articles i never heard of. Compared to high school where you read one book and complete an essay about it. Coming from that type of reading style to college where you explore different articles and videos was a big transition. During the whole writing process there were times when i wanted to give up. Even though this is just the beginning. Something i learned was how to have my sentences repeating the same thing over and over again. Using different transition links helped me a lot. The most difficult thing for me was the conclusion. It's hard staying on one topic without repeating yourself for me; during this class i have learned how to get around it. The reading and writing process works together equally. If you don't do the reading , when it comes to writing you will struggle. Also maybe even writing down a few notes about each article to have as a resource. Not everyone will remember what each article is about but that's why you take notes to look back. Without your notes it will be a little hard to look back for quotes without any page numbers. When it came time to revise essay 1 the main thing i was focused on was repeating myself. All three of my hashtags had some type of relationship in my opinion. Then when we discussed the transition links it helped me with wording my analysis. Also working on my conclusion was my main focus. During my years at high school i was told that all your conclusion is was rewording your introduction. With this essay my introduction was to be a certain way. Trying to reword it seemed to be impossible for me. I always found myself saying something that i have already once said. Strengths of essay 1 was being able to grasp the concept of using different transition links. Before learning it , it seemed like i was already using them in my essay.

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When i am in the process of writing, things i tend to do better is my analysis. This has its pro's and con's. Sometimes i feel like i am repeating myself in a way. Another thing i struggle with and could possibly become better at is , the pink part of my outline. Trying to mix my quotes with my analysis can be a little tricky. I plan to use my transition links more fluently. Have my paragraphs flow so that the reader can feel more engaged. Another one of weakness is the introduction & conclusion. Without giving to much information or not enough information in each paragraph. Then with the conclusion i don't want to state what i have already said.