Susan

Hi Susan! I loved reading your semesters work. I think you’re a great writer and have a fantastic ability to show your personality within it. Overall I really enjoyed all your blogs which were all really well organized, readable, and cited properly. Your titles were always very good too- informative and never deceiving. :)

Of all of your blogs (that you haven't used), these are the three I’ve picked out for you:

1- Move Over Miley!
I really like the direction you took with this blog. It was creative and interesting. Like most of your post, it was written and organized very well too. It has a strong opinion/viewpoint, but it doesn’t come off as a personal opinion which I think helps credit it as well. Aside from everything that’s great about it though, I think it would be a fun one to add “dynamics” to too if you chose it for your final!

2- More than Just Reproduction
I like that you took a different side to the author your summarized in this one. The topic makes for a compelling argument, and you held a strong stance. The blog itself already has great structure and organization… and there were so many great concepts you used to support yourself, I think that with just a little bit of references to back up your personal statements, it would be a really great essay!

3- Money Makes the World Go Round
To me this topic is quite boring/difficult to write about, but you did such a good job writing about it without bringing in the bore and actually making it interesting that I chose this one. Like your others, it was well structured. It maintained a consistent voice and read really smoothly too. I like that you involved the current economy because it’s something we’re all currently aware of/involved with. Given its current status, this may be a good one to write about too as I’m sure you’ll be able to find recent articles on the topic. A last thing I liked about this post was the concluding sentence- it was one of those ones that left a kind of lasting impression.

It’s apparent that you’ve been a good writer since the beginning of the semester. As your blog posts became more recent though, your writing style seemed to change (improve!). However, you never compromised the initial way you wrote, you only added to it. To me it seems like it became more established (for lack of a better word), and thus much more relative, informative, and persuasive. Being that said, after reading all your posts my only suggestion is to be weary of the way your personal opinion translates to your final essay. Like I said before, you have strong opinions, which are one of the things I like most about your writing. Just make sure to continue writing the way you have been most recently and not to let them overtake your writing.

It was a pleasure reading your semesters worth of work. Good luck with the final, and enjoy a much needed (for me anyways) winter break!