ENGLISH 101; VARIOUS PATTERNS OF DEVELOPMENT

We have been covering various patterns of development in this term in English 101 course. We have been covering Blog Post,Team Wiki Project, Peer Review, Discussion, Thesis statement and topics written in APA format throughout this 3rd Week as part of our assignments. Some of the other interesting topics that we discussed in class are “The Edge, Personal Superstitions, Analyze an Argument, Annotated Bibliography and Writing for an Audience.”

I find the topic “Annotated Bibliography” as a little bit confusing from the beginning since it was written in a different way using the APA format. The benefits for this type of article and writing styles is that there is no need for introduction and conclusion to be included in the paragraph. The format of the title is still included on the page and the reference are placed on the paragraph itself. It is easy to follow the location of the author’s name and the website address where it was retrieved. The drawbacks of using this particular patterns is that the thesis statements as well as the summary and conclusion being part of the article were all put together in a single paragraph. The other topic that I want to discuss is the "Blog" which is being done in class. This is beneficial in a sense that it serves as an outlet for students to bring out their ideas, experiences as well as their funny stories that happened during workdays. It reduces stress in a way that you can communicate to others while telling them your story. The drawback is other students don't have that sense of humor sometime and when a reply is made it does not fit well. that creates friction from the readers and owner.