Group Essay
In this group
project, we are in a group of three and we have to put together an essay
regarding a topic of our choice. The
each of us have to have a paragraph written in the essay. As well, we must work
together to complete an introduction and a conclusion paragraph. We are required to present our essay during
class later on this week; for example, the people in my group are Jacob, Francisco,
and myself, so we have been chosen to present on Friday. As of right now, we aren’t yet finished
because we still need to work together on the introduction and the conclusion
paragraphs. To be honest, it can be quite
challenging doing this at home because we aren’t face to face and we may not
explain things as well as we would like to as if we were sitting all together
in the same table. I have to say that
this is a good challenge for us students to work as one. In this essay, the three members of the group
must communicate between each other and make decisions regarding this
essay. I enjoy working in a group
because we get to collaborate with other members of the class and make an essay. It is really interesting to see other 2 or 3
different types of writing put into one piece of work. I will say that in my group, we had some
different styles of writing and we still need to work together on making the essay
smooth and flow throughout the essay. This
in my opinion, is the challenging part of the essay because when you are writing
an essay by yourself you kind of already know what you are going to state in
it. On the other hand, working in a
group of three, you don’t know what the other two members of the group are
going to state and it can be very challenging to make things work between the five
paragraphs. Ms. Fletcher said it best on
regarding the first draft, “It’s going to be an ugly baby.” For my group our first draft was an “ugly
baby,” and I’m sure that many other groups had an “ugly baby.” There are things about this essay that many
people will like and dislike. In the
end, I enjoy doing this collaborative essay because it challenges the group of
three to make the essay flow and smooth, while combining different styles of writing.
I enjoyed working with others in this collaborative essay. I did one last year in my English class so I knew what to expect. For me it was easy to get ideas flowing because we had three brains working together. We all wrote our ideas out so it was nice to be able to flow off each other and use our individual knowledge to throw in different points. I think this essay was a great learning experience.
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