Introduction to - Protecting Wetlands

I chose this last piece “Protecting Wetlands,” because it is a process paper with a topic I feel strongly about. I wrote this paper as the last “MWA” or “major writing assignment” of the class. It contains information worth sharing. I was able to give the facts, explain the process and purpose of wetlands, while using writing skills to demonstrate clearly the co-dependence we have with our environment. With this paper we were to formulate a thesis then prove it. “We need to understand wetlands and how to protect them so that they can continue to do what they do naturally, clean our water.” I could have chosen a more basic topic, but I tend to choose things that are difficult, and this paper proved to be just that, difficult. I kept giving too much information confusing the issues. Learning to “focus” once again, I was able to choose basic points that would help a reader to understand " Next, we can protect our wetlands and waterways, realizing how our actions contribute to their pollution. Limiting the polluting nutrients that we allow to flow into our wetlands is up to each of us. We not only have a choice of products, but also we choose to use them properly or not."

As another example of a process paper, I have posted on my blog a piece titled, "How to Buy Produce," that one was easy, "Protecting the Wetlands" was much more difficult. Our un-named professor (per her request) suggested that I think of details too much, and that I need to think more globally. Hummmm.... I'm going to have to keep working on that one. I hope you enjoy this piece, and let me know if you learned anything new.