End of semester

I was first confused by this course because I have never taken a writing course that explores one topic, "communities," throughout the whole semester. However, I have found this course to be very practical because I had never written a project proposal or attempted to "initiate action." I didn't understand why we needed to explore these modes of discourse until I thought of the universal applications associated with these forms. For example, as a biology major, I will probably need to write a project proposal or grant proposal versus a literary analysis essay. I didn't understand how we could learn to write without extensive reading as examples of "good writing"; however, considering the types of writing we have been doing, the examples Mrs. Scott provided for us were effective models/ descriptions of how we should write.