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1. Before you begin reading this section use a dictionary to define the following vocabulary:

Overall the book was a good read and touched on some various topics that are discussed in our class.

Pursuing something new is fun and exciting, especially if the pursuit positively impacts someone else. I am grateful for the opportunity to re-enter grad school, this time at the doctorate level, to realize a dream that I’ve had since the

I am an independent learner, so this course is perfectly suited for my learning style. However, I find that I am somewhat of an auditory learner. Reading subject matter that I

Lorber creates academic diction through formal language to appeal to a target audience. "As a social institution, gender is a process of creating distinguishable social statues for the assignment of rights and responsibilities. As a part of a stratification system that ranks these statuses unequally, gender is a major building block in the social structure built on these unequal statuses" (p. 66). Lorber is careful not to use informal or slang terms in her writing. Academic diction is an effective tool when addressing a certain audience.

Before taking this course I was really excited about what I am going to learn. And I was right! This course is not only interesting but it is also helpful. I have learned that the grade I am having right now is the reflection of my try throughout the entire semester.

For each of the following definitions, indicate the key term from the list above that best matches by placing the appropriate letter in the blank space next to the definition.

My favorite part of the class were the discussions that followed the readings. I enjoyed the different views people had over topic and what they read. In my opinion, “Thirty-Eight Who Saw Murder Didn’t Call Police” by Martin Gansberg brought up the most discussion and was my personal favorite. I and other people in the class could not believe, no one helped Catherine Genovese any of the times the man came back to finish the job of killing.

Though our reading list looks challenging, I am much more excited for the content of some of the works than I have been in other classes. Heart of Darkness especially, I have been interested in reading, as well as Jane Eyre. Additionally, I am glad that part of our class will focus on vocabulary building, as I’ve always enjoyed it. Again, I am looking forward to more free-form discussions, I like being able to talk through ideas related to a book or theme without being as limited as other class discussions I’ve

I have learned several things as a reader and writer in this semester. My ENF class has help me to improve my reading and writing skill , become a better student, develop a process for reading and writing , and consider my future goals.

The first point that caught my attention was how teachers regularly test their students on particular things from the reading to tell whether they comprehend certain pieces. Teachers want the students to know the definitions and where every word in their book originated. Many teachers give their classes questions, study guides, pop quizzes, or projects that follow the topic to see if they are confident with the information. Students might not believe that, some might think that it is just busy work. Holt states that he disagrees

Doing the journal entries was a fun part of this class. Every time I went to a store or restaurant it was like an adventure to find sales people that fit with the week’s chapter. I learned something new and

The funny thing is, I mostly read nonfiction, mostly historical and informative. Therein lies my problem with creative nonfiction, I’m a very internal person but I would rather dwell on other things. With that said, I did enjoy this class and the writing experience. For me, it was a test to take something inherently emotional and try to flip it to the intellectual. Did I succeed? I’m honestly not sure. While the peer reviews were positive, I did get feedback with the dreaded comment that I lacked some sort of emotional attachment, which disappoints me on some level. I think that my issue with that comment was that I think if allowed more room, I could have

I briefly skimmed through the course syllabus and I am very excited about what we are going to learn from this course. I expect this course to help me improve my critical reading, analysis and research

Turns out the least helpful section of this course in my opinion was the chapter on actively reading. I have always been an avid reader and I’ve never had a problem with reading comprehension so most of the information and reading strategies that were presented in the text just sounded redundant and didn’t seem to apply to me. There isn’t much I would change about the course except for maybe the length of some writing assignments.