Final Portfolio

For my final project I observed a sorority here on campus. While studying the sorority, my goal was to find out what they really were like. Do they show the stereotype of a drinking, partying, unintelligent sorority? Or, is this sorority full of kind hearted girls who love each other and love to help out their community?

Before starting this project, I was extremely overwhelmed and did not really understand what I was supposed to do. But, in time I picked my topic, started observing and interviewing and finally got the hang of it. I really liked this project because it allowed me to see into a world that I was not a part of and I got to learn the stories of people I normally would not talk to.

Constructing my final paper was a little bit of a challenge for me only because I could not decide what information to cut out and what information I should keep. I ended up cutting out more information than I thought I would need to, but overall I am happy with the outcome.

When creating my website for my final portfolio, I had minimal problems and decided to devote 8 hours straight of my time to finishing it. I felt the motivation, so I took advantage of it while it lasted. I only had to move around a few things and add some things to fix the organization of the website. After rereading and perfecting it, I am proud of my final ethnography paper and my website.

Final Portfolio Link

Here is the link to my Final Portfolio Website:

http://j5kelley.weebly.com/index.html

Drafting & Revising

I learned a lot of useful information about drafting and revising. When you are writing a first draft, it needs to be explanitory becasue that will help you when you revise later one. Howver, drafting and freewriting are different but sometimes can be confused. Freewriting helps your writing flow better and is a way to get all your thoughts out quickly. Drafting is frees all information about a research topic you have in your brain.

When reading about revising, I found a few notes to be very helpful to me. When revising, you should not look at the bad things in your work, but focus on the strengths and make them stronger. start revising at the end and only add background information in when it is really necessary for the reader to know. I found the note, "write for yourself, then your reader" to be particularly helpful. For me, this will make my writing much easier. Instead of focusing on what others will think of my writing, I should just write for myself and it will tur out better. Wehn revising my own work, I use the note of writing and editing out loud. It helps me catch a lot of my mistakes when I hear them. Also, by hearing myself, I can make sure that my words flow better and make sense.