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[edit] What’s old and new?

Dear Fafane,

Remember the last time you were reflecting on your writing how proud you were of your improvements, are you feeling the same way about your unit two paper? What’s new and what’s old? In the previous letter, for unit one, I set some high expectations for myself like working to get an A for my second paper since I have not yet. I had a hard time finding a claim to make an argument between the author, Anzaldua and me. For example, I started out by writing about how Anzaldua chose to tell her audience about her bad experiences instead of the glory of her cultures but at the end of my essay I ended up choosing her side. That was not how I was trying to conclude my interactions between me and the and the author but I guess because I am still not good at being clear with my claim, I messed up my ideas. I guess that mistake happened because I am still confused of the differences between a claim and having an argument/statement, if is keeping me from achieving my goals which is to get an A on at least one of my papers. Rewriting my unit 1 paper is getting me closer and closer because now I am only two points away from getting an A-; of course I am going to do a final rewrite to make it happen. After all, it is only making me a better writer.

To continue reflecting on unit 2, I have to say that I am pleased with the initial grade that I received for my first final draft compare to my first assignment. The main reason why I did not get a better grade is because I was not clear enough and that has to stop and hopefully for unit three since it is going to be my last real assignment for this writing class. I have to learn to control myself so that I will stick to my one and only topic. Because I have the tendency to start with one claim and along the way change my mind and start with a new one neighborhoods. Overall, I am on my way and soon I will get to my destination.