Foundations of Writing is said to be one of, if not the most, difficult classes offered in the high school. I have thought about why I am taking the class multiple times. I have quite a few struggles when it comes to writing but I also have many strengths. I believe my writing skills can be improved and I can grow tremendously as a writer by taking this class. Good writing is something that is achieved by working hard and practicing a lot. Lately I have been asking myself why I am in Foundations of Writing. Last year when I filled out my class registration, I only signed up for it because I needed an English class in my schedule. I was also told that it was a prerequisite for Comp 1 at the college, which is a class I am planning to take at some point. The main reason why I have decided to stay is to hopefully make writing essays in college easier. Now that I have …show more content…
I struggle with common things that most people my age struggle with. Commas and word selection are at the top of the list when it comes to my weaknesses as a writer. I always have a hard time knowing when to use commas in my essays. I have also had to find synonyms for words so I am not using the same ones throughout my paper. I have a few strengths, but I still have a lot of room to grow. I am good at making my papers run smoothly and staying on topic. I expect to learn a lot in Foundations of Writing. I am hoping to learn enough to make writing come easier so I do not dread writing or worry about it so much. I do not see myself being much of a writer in the future. I only plan to use my writing skills in college. If I gain a lot from this class it will hopefully help me write college level papers easily. I plan to work hard and stay focused in this class. I will try my hardest to use my time wisely and not procrastinate. To help me learn as much as possible, it would be best if the teacher was supportive and gave honest feedback so I can learn from my
As the first semester of my sophomore year wraps up, I begin to realize that I have learned a lot in all of my classes. The class that I learned the most from has definitely been my English 111 course. This class have given me so many opportunities to improve my writing skills. With all of the success I’ve had in this class, I believe I will do just fine with writing later in my life.
Most of us write in some form every day, so you would expect that most of us would be well practiced and pretty good at writing. I read and write all the time; I have been taken several college courses and nearly all of them require write of some form. However, before taking this class not only was I not a good writer, I knew I wasn’t a good writer. Now I am not saying that I am ready to write my first novel, but I certainly more confident in turning in my college papers. The content of this course and the style of teaching was incredibly beneficial to me. Throughout this course we had multiple assignments that were aimed to improve us as writers. I am sure that everyone took something different from this course, and I am sure that each student took more from some areas than others; however for me there were three major things that I saw that I benefited from most. Our weekly craft lessons, grammar plan, but most of all, observational learning.
Entering this course I was worried because I have struggled with writing in the past, and writing has never been my strongest area. I feared writing classes in middle and high school, and had the same expectations for this course. I had wondered if I was ready for college English, and was worried that my skills and abilities would not be one the level they needed to be for college courses. My attitude and understanding of my writing process have both changed since the beginning of this semester. One thing that really helped my attitude and confidence was the fact that I was able to complete the assignments and get a decent grade. I was worried that I might not be able to do college level writing, and when I started completing the assignments and learning new ways to write my confidence and attitude changed. Another thing that really helped me throughout this course was that there was plenty of reading and information available to guide me through my assignments. I realized that there was more freedom when it comes to writing than I had experienced in high school. Being able to write more freely, and the freedom to choose what subjects I would write over made the assignments more enjoyable and easier to
Over my career of schooling my writing has changed dramatically at times and very little at others. Through my years of schooling people have determined my main weaknesses and strengths that I should work on with my writing. My biggest weakness is writing introductions and conclusions they must be so complicated and require so much thought to be defined as good. I excel at writing body paragraphs and explaining all the facts that back up your main ideas though.
Change is interwoven in the learning process and therefore is inevitable. It is beyond amazing to reflect on ourselves and see how much we change in just six months. I do not know what is more remarkable—the change itself or knowing that that change represents an expansion in our knowledge, a growth in our abilities, and an improvement in our writing. However, one thing I am sure of is that it feels good to see that, excuse the cliché, hard work does pay off.
This course was the first course I took as an incoming freshman, as anyone could imagine I was scared and nervous at the same time. Also since it is a writing course; I was hesitant if I wanted to continue in the class because writing is very challenging for me as an immigrant. Returning from summer break, I found it extremely tough to continue where I left off with my writing skills from high school. The fear of writing that my old high school teacher instilled in me did not help my writing anxiety either. In contrast, I found that the professor and the course were not at all intimidating as I assumed, the professor took time from his busy schedule to help his students to further improve their writing and the writing topics were very stimulating and thought provoking. Composition 1 has helped me learn more about myself and my writing skills, which allowed me to further self-evaluate myself, find where I need improvement and become motivated to change.
As a strong math, science and engineering student, writing has not come easy to me and by taking this class, I was hoping to become a stronger writer. Throughout the semester, organizing ideas in logical ways has become straight forward thanks to the peer discussions and review I have had. Before this class, I struggled to transition between ideas and discuss each idea in a logical sequence and, unfortunately, my language arts and history grades suffered as a result. By exuding effort and receiving guidance, my hope was to improve my writing and prepare myself for the college writing which would be
I strive to improve my abilities in all academic areas and writing is particularly important in the social work field. Each day, I will be required to write case reports, referral documents, and other pieces, so it will be of great benefit to refine my skills while in my undergraduate career. Therefore, I do believe that if I put my mind to it and keep working on removing extra words from my papers, my writing will improve over time and I will receive even better feedback from professors. I am thankful this class offered me the chance to explore different kinds of professional writing styles, such as reflecting on an interview with another individual, examining my own background and beliefs, and relating course material to real-life situations. It was good preparation for what I will need to do in future classes and in the field, so I am glad a writing-intensive course like this one is required prior to entering the social work
In this paper, I am to write about my strengths and weaknesses in writing. This is not an easy task for me because I have never considered myself a writer. Reading other peoples thoughts are activities that are more my speed. I simply have trouble putting my thoughts into writing. Since, I do not feel that I have many strengths, let's move on to my weaknesses.
As a lover of writing and literature, a developed sense of writing is a lifelong goal of mine. I enjoy improving my writing style and creating a better story to portray. The only proven way to achieve that goal of improvement is analyzing my past writings and searching for spots of improvement and areas of development. The evolution of my writing this year in the language development, sentence structure, depth of analysis,and progression of ideas used in my writings is evident in the comparison of my earlier writings to what I am writing right now. The variations in my language and sentence structures in my previous works are subpar compared to those of my most recent creations.
I am writing this email to you in regards to my writing skills tests (WST) that I have taken. I have taken the WST five times, but was unsuccessful in passing the test each time. I would like to explain my reasons and concern for this matter in the hopes of receiving a waiver for the WST so I can proceed to take my English 100W course.
Truth be told I’m not a fan of writing. When I was told I'd be taking an English class, I was a little worried. Writing is something that I don’t enjoy much of. Maybe it’s because I do it on a daily basis for work. In my career, I’m writing memorandums and orders daily.
I believe students who want to be good writers, must first become good readers. Before starting this course I was a fairly new reader. Obviously, my whole life I was able to read English, but just recently I had begun reading for fun. It was hard to believe that I could learn through reading because of my lack of ability to pay attention or comprehend texts; fortunately this wasn’t the case once I found books that interested me. The books I read were mostly Christian related books and I was surprisingly able to learn a lot from them.
Writing is an important part of everyone’s life, whether we use it in school, in the workplace, as a hobby or in personal communication. It is important to have this skill because it helps us as writers to express feelings and thoughts to other people in a reasonably permanent form. Formal writing forms like essays, research papers, and articles stimulates critically thinking. This helps the writer to learn how to interpret the world around him/her in a meaningful way. In college, professors motivate students to write in a formal, coherent manner, without losing their own voice in the process. Improving your writing skills is important, in every English class that’s the main teaching point; to help students improve their writing skills. Throughout my college experience I have acknowledge that
This semester I learned many new things in my English 1301 class. I took this class last year but I had to drop it because I didn’t have a professor explaining the work to me. And I really didn’t understand what I was doing. At first, I was scared to take this class. During my high school years I wasn’t that good of a writer. I thought this composition class was going to be hard since I sometimes thought it was hard in high school. My writing experience was good and sometimes bad. This semester in the composition class I had many writing strengths and weaknesses. These strengths and weaknesses is what helped me learn the errors I was making while writing essays this semester.