Metacognitive Blog: And Then There Were None

            In my previous draft on the And Then There Were None essay, I didn't include how the character felt when handed the exam, while taking the exam, and after the exam (reaction). I also didn't compare the character to myself as to how we would both react. When I was given feedback from my peer editor, they underlined what I did nicely and what I forgot to include. I tried to attempt to have a similar writing technique as Agatha and make my character (Vera) act like themselves like in the actual book. I didn't feel comfortable with the conclusion, so I went back and tried to rewrite and add more to the end to explain what writing styles I chose. 

            The written feedback on the essay helped me the most, and so did the peer review checklist. I liked having the essay read by another person to see if they understood the concept that I was trying to present. I didn't share my essay with an adult, so I don't know if that would of helped, but I tried to make the essay so anyone reading it could understand it. The review checklist was most help full because I could go back on my own, and read the essay and check off the steps that i've already done. Then, I could go back later on and see what I was leaving out and add it in the essay. Written feedback on the timed writing helped me a lot too because it showed me what you were looking for, and to have it reviewed by an actual person was nice. 

            Over the year, I will try to make myself a checklist if it's not provided and go through and proof read my essay to see if I included everything needed. Looking at a rubric would also be very helpful and writing the essays slowly would help because I would take the time and see for anything i've missed. I will try to see what others are doing to see what their strengths are as writers and learn from my peers. I will definitely read it to an adult to see if they understand the point I was trying to get across. Hopefully over the year, I will improve as a writer and find new ways to write an essay to the best of my ability.

           Some of my weaknesses are that I tend to state the same thing over again in an essay to try to get my point across. I don't add a lot of commentary and have a hard time finding quotes that match what im trying to say. I could try to mark important quotes while i'm reading so later on, I will have an easier time understanding the story. One important goal I would like to achieve is to use bigger words and improve my vocabulary so the words would flow better when i'm writing. Again, I hope to set high goals and achieve them and improve  as a writer and reader this year.