Essay #2- Reflection

Assess MY Grade
I think I did an amazingly better job with Essay two than Essay one. I took the wrongs I made from the first Essay and made sure I didn't repeat the same mistakes on the second. Also I had help from my partner on what would work with our essay. The partnership helped because we each had an idea and the other had another that would make it better! I deserve just a passing grade because I a lot that contributed to the becoming of the essay, but I didn't do as much as my partner. I decided what the form of our essay would be, and I did research for what would help me create an image of what a loyalist would say for the topics we chose. Also I looked it over when Ben finished to see if there was anything that should be added or taken away, for the loyalist part.

Assess my PARTNER'S Grade
Basically we listened to each other to adapt to what the other was thinking on how to start the pre-write. We first created a plan on how to do our report, which was an aim message using colonial language. Then we created a pre- write of what each character would say, in our language. Each partner creating a conversation on certain topics that had a major impact in colonial times. Finally one of us put the final in colonial language. We just collaborated, bringing in each of our ideas to create what we would think to be a some what original form of essay. Ben Z. deserves a high pass grade because he chose the topics, clarified whatever needed to be clarified, and he put the final into the language colonists used. On top of that he did his research, so he deserves that particular grade because I believe he did most of the work.

What made our collaboration work was the fact we listened to each others ideas. If one person had a question or a thought on how to set up our essay the other would listen and then "put in their two cents" after. We were really open to each others opinions. As a whole I think we did a great job on the essay from the beginning all the way to the end. We took advantage of our time in class and created at least a passing essay.