Metacognition: Metacognition Blog

As I started writing this blog, I thought to myself, what projects or essays have I actually done so far in English? I've done a letter to Mr. Allen, I've watched TED videos, and I've made an evidence plan/thesis for a Kite Runner essay (henceforth known as KRe/p). So far, I thought, none of these really fit into the "projects or essays" category. The letter was a letter, not an essay. Watching the TED videos might have been part of the project, but the real meat of the project has yet to come. Same with the KRe/p.

Out of those three, I chose the KRe/p. This was because it seemed to be the easiest to write about, and it seemed to be the closest thing to meeting the guidelines. So while thinking about writing about the KRe/p, I thought about what I thought about while writing the KRe/p . And I realized I didn't really have that much to say about the KRe/p. While trying to come up with a thesis, I simply looked over the guiding questions Mr. Allen had on his website and chose one that struck me; the "What does writing fiction allow you to do that nonfiction can't" one. I took the stance that fiction allowed you to create situations that are improbable in order to give your story more meaning. Specifically, I had Amir's meeting with Assef in the stadium in mind. Mr. Allen helped me sharpen the thesis into "The contrived plot of The Kite Runner undermines its memoir structure." So for the evidence plan, I thought back through the class discussions and through my own reading to find instances of the contrived plot of The Kite Runner undermining its memoir structure. I remembered, I found page numbers, and I wrote.

At this point, I realized there wasn't a whole lot to write about. But I realized that I had thought alot about how to write this Metacognition Blog. So I wrote about this instead. While writing this, I realized that I can comprehend my own thinking. I know. That's amazing. But I realized that my thinking is pretty linear and, at least, I can go back and follow what my thought process was. Although there may not be all that much to follow at times.