Zach Shytle

Dr. Rieman
UWRIT 1103
31 August 2014
Reading Response to Framework for Success
Well be using this document as a guide to the kind of writing you need to practice
and the habits of mind it outlines as necessary for a successful college experience, so
know that well revisit it in various ways throughout the semester.
1. Where did you do this reading? (in your room? the library? etc.) What time of the day?
What about the time and place helped or hindered your reading experience?
a. I read this reading in my room on the couch at 3 pm on Friday afternoon. This
was a very quiet environment that allowed me to focus very well. I was able to
make it through the reading in about 25 minutes. I had to reread a couple of the
parts to ensure that I grasped the entire concept.
2. How did you engage with the text? For example, did you underline, highlight, annotate,
take notes, look up words, research anything you read about, just read? What worked
well and what didnt? It may be helpful here to indicate what format your text was in
paper copy or electronic and think about how the mode of a text influences how you read.
a. I again read the text on my laptop, which hindered my ability to physically
highlight and annotate the piece. I found the part on composing in different
environments rather interesting. I would be curious to discover if there is a
different in ones writing based on where the writing is taken place (outside
compared to indoors in a study).
3. Pick three of the habits of mind listed below. Write about how you feel you practice them
in your life already.

Curiosity the desire to know more about the world.

I always like to ask questions and know everything about everything. This helps
me greatly when doing research papers because my list of sources boosts my
credibility and I am usually well versed in the broad scope of the topic.
Openness the willingness to consider new ways of being and thinking in the
world.
Engagement a sense of investment and involvement in learning.
Creativity the ability to use novel approaches for generating, investigating,
and representing ideas.
Persistence the ability to sustain interest in and attention to short- and longterm projects.
Junior year of high school, we had to read all about the enlightenment thinkers in
AP Literature. Those pieces were complex and confusing and they took forever
to break down and understand. However, once I made it through the pieces, it
was very rewarding and I was able to grow as a student because of it.
Responsibility the ability to take ownership of ones actions and understand
the consequences of those actions for oneself and others
Flexibility the ability to adapt to situations, expectations, or demands.

In Speech 1 during senior year, my flexibility as a writer was tested because

I had always written formal essays, not speeches. I was able to grow and
adapt into a writer who could write in many different ways and contexts.
Metacognition the ability to reflect on ones own thinking as well as on the
individual and cultural processes used to structure knowledge.

4. Were going to develop a writing/composing assignment around this framework,

so please brainstorm below about what this assignment might look like. Be as
imaginative as you want. Pull from previous writing/composing work youve done
for school writing or life writing that you felt was helpful in your learning. Once
youve written this, please cut and paste it into our Google Doc on Framework for
Success.

Most writers have a particular area at which they are stronger. For the assignment, I
think each person should pick a habit of the mind that they excel the most in. Then,
everyone develops a presentation showing how he or she is able to excel so well in
that area. We will then each choose a second habit, this one being the area at which
each student is weakest. Students will take notes on the techniques their classmates
use and then develop ways which each could strengthen their weakest habit. With
the weakest habit, students will use a combination of the suggested ideas from the
class and write about how these suggestions can aid in developing a stronger habits
of the mind.