This week, we watched a presentation by Ms Abena on how to write a good reflection. The presentation really helped as I used to be stubbornly ignorant of the prompts. Hence the excessive waffling on almost every blog post. I really enjoyed learning about writing an effective reflection as I would now know how to produce a good reflection that will help me in the future and not just written for the sake of passing up an assignment.
In my previous reflection, I used the tips given in the presentation to improve on my reflections and felt that it was the best reflection I've written by far. I felt that I've detailed the lessons in a way that I'll be able to remember in the future. I also made a habit of putting the prompts in my blog post to guide my reflection while writing it and remove it once I've finished writing my post as this prevents me from waffling.
While researching on ways to write our essay conclusions today, it also made me realise the importance of mapping out an idea structure for our essays before writing. I have always been the type who simply writes an essay without a structure (and somehow managed to escape from getting stuck in writing essays miraculously ever since I started writing) but now, I find myself incompetent of producing a satisfying essay without proper planning. Hence, I will frequent the essay maps in the future to help me strategise my ideas before writing an essay. It will be good for me to have more practises on writing essays as this would help me get back on track and hopefully, prevent a writer's block from happening to me in the near future, as the saying goes, "practise makes perfect".
It does indeed! Some people do have the natural talent to write great essays without planning. Don't see it as something you have to stick to rigidly but more of a checklist 'have I included these features' type of thing.
ReplyDeleteWith all the frames and suggested layouts, it's just to get you to think more deeply about your structure, but there's nothing wrong with breaking the mould if that works too.
Basically what I'm saying is it's OK to be different from the conventional norm. As long as you have the tools to check yourself, don't doubt your own abilities or what you've done in the past. Ok?
Thank you, Ms Abena! :) I'll be sure to check my essays in the future with the tools and I really hope to polish my writing skills more. I really want to gain my natural flair in writing back again and I'll practise more!
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