Demonstrate the ability to approach writing as a recursive process that requires substantial revision of drafts for content, organization, and clarity (global revision), as well as editing and proofreading (local revision).

Learning Outcome 1
One goal from English 110 was to demonstrate the ability to approach writing as a recursive process that requires substantial revision of drafts for content, organization, and clarity(global revision), as well as editing and proofreading. This goal was completed by the editing process of the essays I completed over the course such as the Social Media essay. For my revision process, I heavily relied on the opinion and comments of my peers during peer revision. Nancy Sommers explained that student writers lack the ability to review their work as if it were a different set of eyes and starting off this course, I was one of those students. I struggled with the ability to see the mistakes in my essay and I valued having a different set of eyes review it. In the beginning of this course, we completed a writing assignment about higher education. When editing this assignment myself, I only looked for local revisions such as grammar or punctuation mistakes but as the course progressed, I was able to develop into a stronger, more experienced writer. I began revising my essays more globally and focused on structure, making sure my examples corresponded, and trying to make sure I was getting to what I wanted to say. The editing process of my social media essay was more thought out and well planned. I was able to change my way of revision due to the comments I received on my rough draft. I revised paragraphs and ideas, expanding them to get to what I was trying to say. For the final draft of my social media essay, I added another quote from Boyd to compare to Twenge. When doing this, I analyzed the difference between the two and which I supported and why. By adding another source, it further developed my ideas and my point of the essay. After adding the quote, I was able to say, “Overall, Twenge’s claim is more convincing because although teens may use social media as an ‘escape route’ for privacy, the effects of long term usage of such social media apps is harmful for teens.” The quote was able to prove my point and help me get the the desire point of my essay, like Sommers said writers need to work on. My revision process and way of thinking has improved due to the help of peer revision activities. Throughout this course, I learned how to further develop my ideas, how to properly structure my essays, and how to clearly state my points without excess information.