During your senior year taking SUPA Writing 105, things can get a bit challenging. Here, I've listed 5 ways you can make this experience easier and help your senior year fly by.
1. Do your research.
One of the major skills you'll want to perfect is to always see different sides to a situation before coming to any major conclusions. Fully understanding a piece of literature is something that's vital to a full interpretation and analysis. This skill will help you in and out of the classroom. While it can help you learn about a piece and be able to develop a full analysis for your next essay, you'll also be able to draw better conclusions to situations you may encounter even after taking this course as you venture onto your next path. As we learn throughout the year, do not become a victim to a single story.
2. Use your voice.
If you're not at all interested in what you're writing, it's going to be a whole lot harder to write it. Being able to insert yourself into your topic, make personal connections, and become interested in your topic is how you can really personalize a piece of writing and make it yours. Not everyone's interpretations of some topics may be the same, and putting your own personal spin on things will only make your writing that much easier to write, understand, and read. Going by a certain writing formula will only cause unnecessary strain on both you and your target audience. Make your pieces you! Using Blogger is certainly the ongoing assignment that helped me put my own personal spin on some of my pieces of writing, and you should take advantage of the platform.
3. Research the artist.
Analysis is a large part of this class, and learning how to do it will strengthen your writing even more. Mentioned in Rule 1, not submitting to a single story is very important to analysis. Relating your topic to your personal life is another way to fully analyze something. Something big that many students fail to do, though, is background research. Understanding the author of the article's background or the reason the artist wrote the song you're analyzing is critical to fully analyzing and understanding your given topic, article, image, etc..
4. Reflect.
Taking a moment or two after some of your major assignments, especially after receiving feedback, will be critical for your growth as a learner and a writer. Whether it's assigned to you as a 1-2 page reflection paper or you choose to do it on your own, go back to all of your pieces. What went right? What can you work on? What will you do next time to improve your quality of writing? All of these will be vital to learning how to become stronger in this class.
5. Remember what you learn.
This class isn't all about just learning to write. As you progress through the year, you'll find yourself becoming educated on some major worldwide topics of discussion. Take advantage of what resources are given to you throughout the year and educate yourself on things that are important and will continue to be important throughout your entire life, not just after you exit your SUPA Writing 105 classroom for the last time.
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