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Moving from humid Florida to the desert of Arizona was a big change for me and it didn’t really affect me until this semester. Not being able to go home and see my family this semester affected me as a writer and in my classes because I was often thinking about home and my family. But now it feels like I have two homes. One where my family is and the other where my friends are. It’s been a huge adjustment getting used to the desert vs the tropical weather in Miami but I’ve actually enjoyed the change because it has allowed me to grow as a person. These two contrasting environments have had a significant influence on my writing, which is largely influenced by my love for the environment, ocean and interest in different cultures and also by my goals to create a business that is diverse, environmentally sustainable and profitable. Throughout the semester I feel like I’ve developed so much as a writer through the feedback and peer reviews from our 3 main projects, where I made mistakes that I didn’t know were mistakes until I received feedback and had to go back into the project to fix it. I also think that throughout this semester I’ve learned a lot more about the Borderlands topic, which is really important to me because my Mom is from Nogales, Arizona, as well as I still have a lot of family down there. I think the biggest struggle I’ve faced throughout the semester is procrastination and waiting until the last minute to do my assignments, which creates unnecessary stress when I could plan out my time better to get it done before the deadlines.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OTZyzOnFTcoT7hY0Kk-REWyXJy_gOJscBFlU6uUYmhk/edit?usp=sharing This first Papelito Guardado is about what I consider to be my home, and how its changed me and affected me as a writer. Before coming to UofA I would have only considered Miami to be my home, but now that I’ve been here so long and I’ve met so many new friends I now consider UofA to be my second home for now. Being away from home has also allowed me to develop as a person and writer, and I’ve been able to actually write about things I’m interested in, rather than just writing an essay for a grade.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NEVUehGxRcHiWrQxc-q0Vp2dt4xdsmPaWQaGixLtfoY/edit?usp=sharing In this Papelito Guardado I talk about how I first learned how to properly take notes in 8th grade and how I usually take notes. Although you might think that note taking isn’t related to how someone writes, I think that it’s actually had a big effect on me as a writer because it was the first time I was actually becoming organized and taking organized notes. This organization has since then translated into the ways that I make my outlines, drafts and how I give feedback because it’s all relatively connected. By learning how to take notes that are efficient and easy to quickly understand, it showed me that I should be doing that with my outlines, which have since then become a lot more organized with proper spacing and being able to write down my ideas clearly to avoid losing them in a unorganized mess words and thoughts when I want to look back on it or actually use the outline in my writing.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FWcao94cGLOStTGkg1_8QgTCAMfxj3bVyAsx6HWccbg/edit?usp=sharing Finally, in the third Papelito Guardados I define academic writing, and then give my opinion on it. Throughout my schooling up until college all of my writing has been academic writing that is based on a rigid prompt or question that doesn’t give me much freedom to write about what I’m actually interested in. Then, when I came to college I realized that academic writing can actually be interesting if your taking the right classes/teachers who give you a bit of freedom on how and what you write about, which I’ve really enjoyed this semester. On the other hand, academic writing can sometimes be easier than free writing or writing about something you enjoy because in academic writing you usually have a rubric to follow and specific guidelines so that you know exactly how to get the best grade possible, whereas if I’m free writing or writing about something interesting without a rubric I get carried away or lose focus of the actual idea behind the writing and I end up having to set parameters for myself for my own writing.

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Understanding our cultural contexts as writers at the University of Arizona

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Understanding our cultural contexts as writers at the University of Arizona

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This artifact is a discussion board post from the beginning of the semester that talks about UofA’s land acknowledgment statement. I developed an awareness of UArizona as a land-grant institution because of this class, which was due to us talking about it in class and having a conversation about what it means. Additionally, throughout this course we’ve seen many different movies or articles that talk about the issues with the US/Mexican border, bringing light to them and trying to influence change. Being a writer at UofA I feel that we have a responsibility to at least learn about the history, and bring that into some of our writing to remember, or give respect, to the the tribes that occupied this land before.

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This artifact is a reflection on my research essay comparing and contrasting three different with the purpose of reflecting on how my writing. I used meaningful and ongoing reflection to inform my writing processes, create a writing identity and think ahead to future writing situations by looking back on what I do good or bad. This quote from the artifact is a good example of reflection “Typically I approach editing and revision by rereading my writing a couple times and making the necessary changes to ensure that it flows properly. I also will sometimes have a friend proofread it after I’m done to make sure I didn’t miss anything. I think I could do this better by asking more people for feedback to get a wide range of opinions for me writing” as it shows how I look at how I have handled things in the past, as well as I recognize that there are things I could do better. Reflection can help make my future writing better because it will compound on top of itself, leading to my writing improving as I realize what went well vs. what didn’t go as good.

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Create a new document and edit with others at the same time -- from your computer, phone or tablet. Get stuff done with or without an internet connection. Use Docs to edit Word files. Free from Google.

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Villa del Puente Dorm, North Highland Avenue, Tucson, AZ

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This artifact is the revision form for my Storymap project which was meant to show my progress throughout the project and the revisions that I had to make after the feedback. I engaged with the collaborative process in the writing classroom by participating in the peer review and receiving peer review feedback, as well as I used the instructor feedback to fix my project. After I got the feedback I took it into consideration and ended up implementing most of the feedback into my project which made my project a lot better. This quote from my feedback to Thomas shows my practice of peer review “I also think it resembles the selected genre well as it feels like a fotonovela when im reading it, which is what its meant to feel like. It has the bubble boxes and copies fotonovelas conventions that are used to narrate, as well as adding dialogue to make it feel alive. I think that you did a really good job following the expected conventions of your genre and it is really well tailored to your audience” because I’m giving feedback on his fotonovela and highlighting specific things he did well. Before this class and the feedback I get from peer review I didn’t think feedback from other people would be as valuable as it is. After doing this artifact it really showed me how much feedback and peer review helps when your working on revisions, which makes my writing better. After this work I think I’ll become a better writer in the future by asking my friends to review my things to give me feedback and taking other peoples opinions into account.

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This artifact is a StoryMap about Key Biscayne, Florida with a purpose to tell and preserve the history of the island. While working on this project I practiced genre conventions by closely following the standard conventions for Storymaps, such as the transitions, quote integrations, and formats, such as bullet points, images, and headers, while integrating a storytelling element to make the Storymap engaging and interesting to the readers, while still getting the main purpose across. In the case of my story map, I used a lot of in-text citations along with general citations in a work cited page because I had a lot of history in it, which I had to cite as it is not common knowledge to avoid plagiarism. This quote from my artifact demonstrates my practice of genre conventions “Once upon a time, in 1513, the island of Key Biscayne was discovered by Juan Ponce de Leon.  The island was named Santa Marta and claimed for Spain as it was discovered. As the Spanish began arriving at the island, the natives fled into the coastal woodlands, seeking refuge, and later the island became a popular stop for European explorers to replenish their fresh water supplies according to a Key Biscayne government website. (Bristol)”, which shows the in-text citations and history, which are also paired with a header and an image in the Storymap. My work on this project taught me a lot because prior to this I hadn’t ever heard of a Storymap so I had to learn how to do it from scratch, I also had to make a lot of changes because I didn’t realize that writing about history needed to have an in-text citation or else it is considered plagiarism. In the future as a writer, I already have this experience and have already made the mistakes so I see myself as being a better writer because of this.

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The Story of Key Biscayne: A Tale of Growth and Resilience

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It is important to preserve and educate people about the history of Key Biscayne so that it isn’t lost in time.

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This artifact is an essay analysis comparing and contrasting the three sources, The Line Becomes a River, the “Undocumented Migrant Project” website, and Border South. I practiced research, problem solving, critical thinking, action and participation in the Borderlands communities by researching each of the sources, and composing an essay that compared and contrasted them by using evidence found in my research. An example of how I practiced critical thinking and research can be seen in this quote from the essay, “To illustrate Cantú's use of diction and imagery, he writes that “I walked to the heavy wooden door and leaned with all my weight to push it open, causing a loud and violent scraping to rise up and echo into the dim interior." This example adds suspense to the story while creating a vivid image and sound in the readers' minds. Also Cantú's choice of the onomatopoeia "scraping" adds to the sensory experience by allowing the reader to imagine the sound along with the image. In comparison, the "Undocumented Migrant Project" uses pictures of migrants at the top of their website, providing an emotional appeal and humanizing the migrant experience.” My work on this artifact can influence my future writing because I now have experience researching and synthesizing research into an essay making it easier to do in the future.

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Richard A. Harvill Bldg, Tucson, AZ 85721

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This artifact is a discussion post where I did a rhetorical analysis to find the genre, purpose, context, audience, and appeals of the website. I practiced analyzing the rhetorical situation of the website by following the instructions on the discussion board to analyze the website which helped me understand other texts and the way that writers use rhetorical devices. It shows how I practiced rhetorical awareness when I wrote “The purpose is to guide the reader through the process of planning and outlining with tips and keys to success. The intended audience for the text is probably students and other people interested in creating a story map of their own. The appeal methods used in the text are logos and ethos as they use logos to get their ideas across to the readers by using organized lists and different points, as well as step-by-step instructions on how to do things. They also use ethos because the writer of the text is an expert on the topic of the text which establishes his credibility and makes the readers confident in listening to the tips”, showing how I analyzed the website and what I found. This work influences my future writing because now I have a better understanding of how to use these things, as well as an idea of how other writers implement them into the writing to get their message across, which I can take inspiration from to make my future writing better.