Thlog Three

In the third week of Writing 2, we learnt many things in preparation for Writing Project #1. On Monday, the reading of “So what? Who cares? Saying why it matters,” taught me the necessity of engaging why our readers should read our paper. Zack gave us some of really helpful tips and went through the importance of editing before publishing, as well as the differences between dashes and hyphens. From the analysis of what makes a good argument, a good argument, I learnt that arguments should be clear and relatively concise, address counterarguments, and persuasive with the support of evidence and sources. Student 4 argued that South Coast Deli was the best restaurant in IV. This was my favorite argument because I found their reasons very influential as it even persuaded me to believe that it's the best restaurant. We then determined if our thesis statement passed the ‘arguability test,’ and whether it could be proven wrong. From this, I have really learnt that thesis statements are the most important section in all papers. On Wednesday, it was extremely beneficial learning the difference between a “working” thesis statement, and a finalized thesis statement, as I have always struggled with writing thesis statements in the past. When we evaluated the Pancake restaurant menu WP1 sample, it was very helpful for me as it set out a basic outline for my project paper. When we lastly split into groups to peer-review and specifically analyse each other’s introduction and thesis statement, as well as our overall WP1 draft. We mainly looked out for the arguability test of the thesis statement, the so what who cares, and our thoughts on the overall introduction. I believe this was very beneficial, as other perspectives can guide us to re-evaluate our own introduction and thesis statement.