Jadon Johnson English 9/27/17 8th grade project Descriptive: Welding My 8th grade project is on welding. I think welding is cool because it heats up metal hot enough to basically melt it together. Mechanics all over the world use welders to weld equipment back together and fix or make things. Almost anything that is metal and is a pretty big object has been or can be welded together. Mechanics can also weld aluminum together but that takes a lot more practice. As you can probably imagine you have to heat metal up a lot to get it to join with other metal. It can be really hard to make a smooth weld. If you can weld really good though you could get paid good money in the future. Some things that are or can be welded together are work equipment, and maybe engines for cars or trucks. Almost everyone in the world today can use a welder to fix something that they have or they could just use it to make something. If there weren’t welders, meaning if they weren’t invented, it would be really hard to fix and make metal objects. The other most common way to fix things are with wood, a hammer, and nails. You could also use screws and a screwdriver. If you have ever welded before you know that it can be fun. I also like to build things with wood but I picked welding because I like the fact that you heat metal up and it joins together. Overall if you are trying to fix something made of metal you need a welder and if you are fixing something made of wood you don’t.
Students Choice Reflection 1. List one thing you've learned from writing this paper that you have applied to other writing assignments. I learned that if I put my mind to something I can get it finished. I apply that to every paper I write. 2. Identify a challenge you faced while writing this paper (this can be at any stage of the writing process). How did you overcome the challenge? What did you learn? The biggest problem I had was trying to figure out how to start it. I overcame it by typing what I know about welding and it all came together. 3. What genre does this paper fit? How do you know? It fits descriptive because the only thing I wrote about was welding and what it does. 4. Given more time to work on this paper, how would you improve it? I would make it longer and get more facts. 5. Why did you choose to include this paper? What do you want me to learn about you as a writer? I chose to include this paper because it shows what I know about welding. I want you to learn that I have learned so much about writing this year that my papers this year compared to last year are more detailed and overall better.