Project 3 Postwrite

To: M MacKnight
From: Danielle Silva
Re: Project 3 Postwrite

                For project three I was to be put into a group to write an informative report. My group consisted of me and three other members and we were to write the paper together. Our paper was written on the legalization of marijuana. Since it was an informative report, we were to simply give information on the subject, not give opinions or try to persuade. Throughout the process of this project, I learned many new ideas and writing techniques that will help me in my future. In this paper, we were to cite where we got the information from. Therefore, I had to learn how to do in text citation for my paper. I also learned what the difference between an informative paper and a persuasive opinion paper. Without knowing this, my group and I would be unsuccessful with our paper. Lastly, I learned how to work more efficiently in a group project. I was nervous working in a group project when I first found out that is what we would be doing. However, I soon learned with cooperation and courtesy, group projects aren’t always terrible.

                The product of our paper on the legalization of marijuana made me very happy because in the end it all came together and sounded how I had hoped. The strengths of our paper were that we picked a good topic because there was a lot of good information on the topic that we were able to use. Also, when we got together as a group we made sure each section of the paper flowed together to make the paper flow as a whole. The weakness of our paper was that it was hard to write a solid introduction and closing because we needed to add in each section of the paper. The closing was harder to write because we didn’t want it to sound exactly like the introduction. However, with a few tweaks and adjustments, I believe it will turn out sounding very well.

                As an individual, I made equal contributions as the rest of the group did. Our group worked very well together, each doing the part we were assigned to do. I wrote my section of the paper on how the legalization of marijuana would help the country. I also wrote the introductory paragraph and my group members helped to make it a little bit better. Also, when everyone put their parts together and after the writing workshop in class, I went over the paper and put in anything that I thought needed to be added to the paper or taken out. Overall, I believe each group member had positive and equal contributions to the result of our paper.

                To help with the response to my work and the groups work, I would say to help with the citation because at some points we were unsure how to cite certain things. Also, I feel as though we needed to build our introductory and closing paragraph a bit more. Therefore, if you had any suggestions for those two paragraphs that will help a lot.