Food Deserts Reflection

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Since coming to UCCS my writing was changed quite dramatically. When I first enrolled at UCCS I was sure that I would not need to complete any additional English courses. As, I had CLEP English Composition previously and completed a master’s Degree, but I was informed that I had not competed the corrected CLEP, so I would need to take both ENGL 1300 and ENGL 1305. Looking back this has been a blessing in disguise. I have always struggled with sentence structure, spelling, grammar, paragraph transitions, and writing in the correct tense. Starting with Ms. Ross in 1300, I began to work on the fundamentals of sentence structure, grammar, and spelling. Along with these basics, Ms. Ross worked with me to build my understanding that it is not always …show more content…

In stage one of Idea and Development we brain stormed and came up with several ideas and narrowed it down to the selected topic. After selecting the topic, we submitted the formal proposal to Blackboard for approval. Once we received approval for the selected topic, as a group we developed questions for each of the sections (ethos, pathos and logos) based on our areas of study. I collected each of the questions and combined them in a word document and emailed them to Maria and Shane for additional input and any changes. After receiving their feedback, I uploaded the outline to Blackboard. After finalizing the outline of the Podcast, I begin to work on my individual portion of the Podcast.
On the Thursday before the Podcast, I worked on the conclusion and started piecing together the notes for the talking points for the Podcast. I struggled to find a balance between presenting the facts that belayed the importance of eliminating food deserts but not losing the audience with so many facts they lost interest in the logos section of the Podcast. When it came time to record the Podcast this problem did not present itself in as much as I was able to provide a transition from the previous topic that lead into my topic that keep interest level up even with all the information

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