On Monday, September 12, I got together with Noah, Miranda, Kai, Sedona, and Jen to discuss the Reading Annotations, the Built Environment Descriptions, and points in general. I was really confused about the Reading Annotations coming into the study session with them. I didn’t really know what I was doing, felt lost about what I had to write about in the individual annotations for each source, and was confused about what my group was doing. Miranda forwarded me the email she had received about the different places each group was doing. This email included a Google Doc with my group’s location, the Beltline. Listed underneath were suggestions about where we could go on the Beltline. This email provided me with relief. I wasn’t as confused anymore because now I truly understood where my group was supposed to go and the exact places that we should go. I felt more comfortable about the Built Environment Description and talked a little with Sedona (who is in Group 2 with me) about the potential places we could go and study. I felt better about the Built Environment Description. Now I believe I am either going to study Ponce City Market or Krog Street Market, both really interesting places to go. I voiced my concern about the reading annotations because I did not really have a firm grasp about what was going on. Noah explained to me what he had learned through an office hours visit. He told me what we should include in an annotation for a source, like who wrote it, why it’s helpful, how we can use the source, if the source is credible, and so on. Noah’s explanation really helped me because I had not done an annotated bibliography before so I was somewhat lost. But after Noah’s explanation, I felt I had a more firm grasp on not only what an annotated bibliography was, but also what it’s purpose is and how to write good annotations for it. As a group, we compared the amount of points we had. We saw where each other were and gave suggestions about how to improve point count. I suggested doing all the extra work from the First-Year Guide to Writing. Miranda suggested posting blog posts with pictures from Atlanta and descriptions of said pictures (I found this idea great and am going to start to do this). I also helped others at this study session. Kai and Jen were both confused about how to use Galileo since neither had used it before. I used Galileo throughout high school and was familiar with their interface. I also had discovered how to log on through Georgia State’s library and my personal username so I was able to help them. Now all of us are using Galileo not only for English but for other classes as well. This study session was very helpful to me because I felt like I became smarter from it and learned a lot. This study session lowered some of the stress I have been having and I feel like I have a better grasp on what I am doing. I’ll be sure to do another study session again because it was very, very helpful.