To start off, my favorite active reading strategy was when we would read through something twice. First time reading through we would go through with a highlighter or a pencil and underline the things that we felt were important. While reading through the first time, we would try to have an open mind to try and help us understand what the author was trying to say. The second time reading through we would annotate it and leave notes in the margins to help expand our thinking. My favorite brainstorming strategy was when we would cluster our ideas. This would help us find connections and similarities between different reading that we had done. It helped us come up with ideas and topics for our writings. My favorite drafting strategy was when we would start by writing our intro, then go and create all of the claim sentences that we wanted to use. This helped us make sure that we were sticking to our thesis, and it also showed us if we needed to change up our thesis to make it fit our side more. My favorite revision strategy would be peer reviews. I learned a lot of things from doing the peer reviews and I feel that you are able to get a lot out of it, such as new ideas and opinions. My favorite polishing strategy would be reading out loud to yourself. This way you are able to catch your last few mistakes. You are also able to hear if something sounds off or awkward.

I try to use these strategies when writing papers in my other classes. Usually though I use a few of them not all of them at once. I think that these strategies have helped me become a better writer.