We have gone over proper MLA source guidelines briefly over the past few weeks. Two sources that have really helped me with citations were the little seagull book we were asked to buy at the beginning of class and the OWL Perdue website. The little seagull helped me properly write out my citations for my work cited page. It was especially helpful when I was completing my significant writing project because it had a specific way to cite Pollen. OWL Perdue was recommended to me by my professor and turned out to be a great tool in citing some of our less conventional text such as our peer’s favorite meal essays that had to be used in project 2. I had previous experience with MLA format and in-text citations but with the extra review and resources provided in class, I feel I accurately cited and addressed the sources I used in my writings. When ever we had a class discussion after peer review local revisions always came up at first. These are small things such as spelling, grammar, citations, and so on. All were less pressing matters during peer review but by the end of your papers lifespan should be sufficiently addressed. My biggest improvement with local revisions was my spelling. Initially, my spelling wasn’t at the top of the list of things I needed to work on. I assumed because I have autocorrect on my computer it would work out fine but then I realized I couldn’t always rely on the computer to fix my spelling and grammar. There were actually instances where it confused my writing and put in random words instead of the words I was trying to spell. This lead me to start taking more time in rereading my drafts and reciting my papers aloud, so I could better catch my errors. Now in my final drafts, there aren’t nearly as many errors as there\ was in my starting papers.

Grammer Comments in Essay 1:

Grammar Comments in the Significant writing project: