Reading Response Week 4

     My literacy narrative is on a trip to Costa Rica that helped me learn to appreciate what you have and to help others. The trip was easy to brainstorm about and I had no problems coming up with things to write about. I took into consideration what we talked about in class, like showing not telling and use of vivid details. As I was writing the paper it was pretty difficult to show and not tell the reader what is happening. I asked a few people for ideas and they helped me grasp how to word different phrases that I had trouble with.

     Writing the paper was easy for me, but I had trouble incorporating the significance throughout the story. I did not like revising the paper because it was a long and slow process, but I know that it is necessary for all great papers. My paper was a lot more concrete after the revision process and the revision process added more structure to my paper. I kept reading my paper over and over again to see what things I needed to add or revise. I am very pleased with the end result and how my paper had changed over time.