Unit 7 -Peer Reviews

Hi everyone!!
I enjoy having peer reviews. Constructive criticism is a great technique to get feedback on the positive and negative things about your paper. I take constructive criticism well. I would much rather someone tell me my paper is horrible and rip it all apart then to turn it in thinking its a great paper. I don't usually have a hard time giving reviews, but sometimes I think people will think I'm being too picky. I guess its all in how you take it!
-Lauren(:

My personal Writing Process

Hey everyone!
My personal writing process consist of; research, brainstorming, freewriting and my final paper! I start off with research to get different ideas on my topic, while I am researching I brainstorm different topics I could discuss. I am writing my paper on fetal alcohol syndrome so while brainstorming I would write different things like "causes, effects, birth defects, and corrections." After I have completed my research and brainstorming I then use the technique "freewriting." I write my paper not worrying about corrections, spelling and other errors. After I have completely my freewriting, I go back add in facts to back up what I have written and make all my corrections and clean up my paper.
-Lauren(:

Unit 4

Plagiarism is something very important to understand to know how serious it can be. Plagiarism is pretty much cheating. Its giving you credit for something someone else did. I personally would get mad or upset if someone took my work without crediting me by citing or referencing. Its not fair to take credit for someones work. Always cite your quotations and exact words that you copy word for word. Even if you change the words a little you should still give the person credit for his/her own work.
-Lauren(:

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome

Hey everyone!The topic I chose to write my paper on is Fetal Alcohol Syndrome. I am interested in writing my paper on this topic because it is a very important problem in not only America, but in the the world that needs to be stopped. I have always had a passion for "preventing child abuse and neglect." Fetal Alcohol Syndrome is a form of abuse and neglect as well.I searched the Kaplan Library for a topic "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome." My results were: "Fetal Alcohol Syndrome." Columbia Electronic Encyclopedia, 6th Edition, 1/1/2009, p1-1, 1p;I plan to write the paper on the affect and symptoms of fetal alcohol syndrome as well as the developmental issues caused by fetal alcohol syndrome.-Lauren(: