Future Plans

My future plans:
               - I will NEVER wait until the last night to start a paper. That is a SIN.
               - I will ALWAYS refer to mini lessons for each general genre I am writing about.
               - I will NEVER use multiple "boring" words in my papers, like "get."
               - I will ALWAYS write with a purpose.
               - I will NEVER solely read my paper in my head. READ OUT LOUD.
               - I will ALWAYS ask for advice from teachers and classmates.
               - I will NEVER write on just what I know. Get advice.
               - I will ALWAYS refer to mentor texts.

Reference to mini lessons:
               - So what
               - Brevity

I will continuously return to these mini lessons because I feel that they are most important in good writing, and I also have a lot of room of improvement for both of them. In terms of so what, or writing with a purpose, I need to start recognizing where I'm going with my pieces. I started to do a better job towards the end of the year. For example, by the end of my last memoir, I understood what my purpose was. However, for the rest of my writing career, I need to always write with a purpose. Referencing this mini lesson will help keep me on the write track in identifying a true purpose in my work. Next, the brevity mini lesson is very important to me because I am not simple enough. I know I used to write a lot of big words to sound more smart and advanced, but simplicity is the real key. That mini lesson really fascinated me, and I will refer to it and incorporate it in my own writing for the rest of my writing career.

Writer's Notebook:
               - I will most likely keep my writer's notebook in a drawer at my desk at home where I do my homework. I will reference it when I need to review a mini lesson. I will not go into it most nights, but for each paper, I can look at it a couple of times to enhance my skills once again. Next year, I assume we will learn new things because that's what teachers are supposed to do, but I will keep this year's Writer's Notebook throughout my years at Trinity to refer to skills that can greatly improve my writing.

Mentor Texts:
             - Since the mentor texts we received this year are dependent on the genre study, there are so many that I can go back and look into, as we probably received dozens and dozens and dozens of mentor texts this year. Specific mentor texts that come to mind are Garrett's literary analysis work and the "Fast Break" poem by Edward Hirsch because I could relate greatly to what they were talking about, and I thought the imagery was beautiful.

Process in Compressed Time Frame:
             - I said this earlier, but the key thing is procrastination has to depart from my vocabulary. When a paper of any genre is assigned, I need to get out my mini lessons and my mentor texts, and I need to use the skills used in them and incorporate them efficiently and effectively in my own work. I will make a schedule for myself as to what I need to get done by what date; therefore, I can use my time wisely and spread out my work. As I'm drafting, I can get my ideas down with slight revision as I go. Then, I need to read my work aloud to myself to see how it sounds. Following that, I can make final revisions, and then the paper will by ready for a solid A+.