respond to two peers d1 due tonight

Respond to Peers: Respond to two classmates. In each response

• Select a classmate whose writing task strengths and weaknesses are very similar to or very different from your own and offer support for ways to resolve weaknesses.
• Answer your classmate’s question to the best of your knowledge.

Response posts must be 125 to 200 words in length and posted by Day 7. If you have questions about how to participate in discussions, consult “About Discussions” under the Course Home menu. You are not required to support your claims with additional scholarly sources; however, should you decide to use additional sources, make sure you properly cite any references

peer one

March 30, 2016

            Do you ever find yourself reflecting on your childhood?  Have you ever wished that you could go back?  For me, life seemed simple growing up in the small town of Malad City Idaho.  I miss the long summer days, camping in our backyard, and family adventures.  As I reflect on my past, I realize what made my childhood so wonderful.  In Malad you will find extremely low crime rates, a strong family-friendly spirited town, and picturesque surrounding mountains.  Life was simple, and that is what made my childhood beautiful.

I.    Low crime rate allows freedom for kids to be kids.

A.     Safe environments such as parks, public pool, back yard

B.     Peace of mind with no fear of disappearing

C.     Trusting community

To be a kid with no cares in the world offers more adventure.  Additionally a friendly environment does as well.

II.  Family-friendly communities offer a sweet charm to a childhood.

A.     Positive social structure

B.     Knowing our neighbors made relationships more special

C.     Always welcoming with big open arms to new comers

 My childhood community was beautiful and alive with spirit.  Just as beautiful and alive as the scenery that surrounded my town. 

III.  Picturesque Mountains.

A.     Beautiful landscape

B.     National and state parks close for family road trips and camping.

C.     Living in the moment atmosphere

Spending a great deal of my childhood with beautiful scenery and the opportunity to camp in Idaho’s mountains allowed me to live in the moment more. 

As a child, I had freedom to play, explore, and have adventures with no worries.   I built strong relationships with my community, and I had the opportunity to explore the great outdoors of Idaho’s national and state parks.  I have many wonderful memories I treasure growing up underneath Idaho’s big sky. 

peer two

With my practice essay, I believe I did well on getting started on the topic. I was driving myself crazy on how to start it out for so long! I cleared my mind, took a couple deep breaths to try and destress myself and just let the words flow out onto the paper. Writing the practice essay made me see how rusty I am with elaborating ideas and organizing my ideas which is something I know I need to work on.

Looking back on my Grammar Assessment, I find that the 3 grammatical errors I had the most trouble on were

• parallelism 
• dangling modifiers
• reading comprehension. 

My strengths within my grammar assessment were apostrophe errors, verb conjugations, punctuation and comma usage. To improve on my weaknesses, I plan to use the available student resources given for me to use, like the writing center and practice with reviews, quizzes, anything available.