Torrie Hillis

Journal Two

Oral presentations are generally easy for me, the only difficulty I found is working with multiple people. Usually theres always one slacker who does nothing, and one who does all the work. Unfortunately in past experiences I’ve been the one stuck with doing the whole project. Luckily for this oral presentation everyone has pulled their weight and, our outline is pretty organized. The topic is the easiest part of the presentation, there are a lot of sources on campus available for students. The Webb is one of the biggest available sources and, contains a lot of goods and services.

I’ve had plenty of oral presentations over the years, and am very comfortable speaking in front of people if I am prepared. I recently took a public speaking class where your peers evaluated you. I wasn’t very good at first, but by the fourth presentation I had learned to fix my mistakes. I thoroughly enjoy giving presentations, and being in front of a large group of people. If I’m properly prepared, my presentations go by smoothly and efficiently.

I think our group is working well together, and will be prepared. We have an outline done, and a powerpoint ready to add slides on. To make sure everyone pulled their weight we assigned two sources found in the Webb to each person. Each person will then present their two sources given.

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Torrie Hillis

Journal One

I enjoyed the writing review process, it was nice to get feedback from different perspectives. Through the peer review I’ve learned I’m not exactly a bad writer, but I do need to reread and look over my grammar. I felt a little nervous reviewing my peers work though, I didn’t want to give the wrong opinion so I kept comments to a minimum. I would like if we actually went over what we did wrong in class, to see if our comments are valid. I do not want to make changes to my work and it be the incorrect structure. Overall it is a effective way to improve our writing, and I hope to continue this process with added revisions.

I did not include a thesis, I feel as if this topic doesn’t need one. As I stated before, I felt my writing wasn’t atrocious so besides correcting grammar I’m not making major changes. I included topic sentences for each paragraph, and a valid conclusion. Aside from the sentence structure my grammar is one definite thing I need to look over. I tend to get past and present tense mixed up, and put punctuation where it isn’t needed.

Since I received my peer review I’ve been working on revising my essay. I’m not sure this is a 100 percent grade essay but, I have tried my best to correct myself and listen to my peers opinions. Hopefully, through this processI can become a better writer overall.

I’m Torrie Hillis,

I attend Old Dominion University with a major in Fashion Merchandising. Depending on the circumstances I might change though. I’m 19 years of age, currently employed, and not very good at writing.