Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Professor Hemstrom
UWP1
14 March 2017
When I registered to take UWP1, I assumed it would be like the workload class I took in
the previous quarter, WKLD 57. I was completely wrong. UWP1 is based on learning how to use
past experiences as references in your writing, revise, use different modes, find efficient
research, and determine what writing process works best for you. Once you learn all these skills,
In the three assigned projects, I incorporate my past experiences into my writing in order
for it to be more personal and have an even stronger connection with the audience. For example,
in the Literacy Narrative Project, I wrote about my life in the Hispanic community and how it
affected my appreciation for literacy along with my experience in WKLD 57. In the College
Literacy Resource Project, I wrote about my experience in writing and what procedures worked
best for me in the workload class in hopes of helping others who are struggling in writing as I
had been for a long time. Lastly, in the Discourse Community Project, it was a bit different for
me because although I did write about my childhood, this project was based on our goals in the
future. This gave me an opportunity to not only tie my past with the present, but with the future
as well. No other course has made me do that other than UWP1. In completing the DCA, I had to
complete further research about nursing and the whole community around it. I learned to
On every project we completed, we turned in a first rough draft where our peers were able to
give us feedback. Before completing the feedback process, we were assigned readings that gave
us key tips in revising. One of those tips was to not focus solely on grammatical error, but focus
on the actual concept of the piece. In doing so, you can help your peer by giving feedback as a
member of the audience. After analyzing the revisions, we edited our first rough drafts and
turned in a final rough draft. After turning in the final rough draft, our professor read through our
piece and gave us tips on how to improve the assignment along with a potential grade. Why
would our professor do that? She did so in order to yet again give us another opportunity to take
into consideration from all the tips we have receiving, from our peers to our professor. This
process of revision is so important and I am glad to have been a part of this process because it
really helped me acknowledge the importance of revision. I am now completing various drafts
and making sure I ask others too read over my essay, give me feedback, and then return and
Throughout these projects I was able to work with different modes. I was intrigued by a
few of the modes because I had never worked with them, but I was always glad to take on a
challenge. I not only had to think of what to write, I also had to make sure the writing was
appropriate for the audience, of course, and the mode as well. This course has introduced me to
many important skills that I will use throughout my educational career and any career I choose to
pursue. All of the skills learned are efficient and highly important because of the effect they have