Personal Narrative: My Life As A Writer
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I could really do I would only give her a reason to feel good about herself or make myself feel humiliated in front of everyone. I couldn’t say anything because it would only be and Let's go back a few years coming into a new chapter of the book, you know the transition from Middle School to High School. I was nothing but a full time student who thought she one day would become a English teacher. I loved the long, chilly nights of procrastination trying to get homework done. Suddenly it turned around completely, a few weeks into the class my first essay of the year was right around the corner. I think we all know how that turns out probably with a big fat zero, but for me it was different since writing had always played a large part to my life. The most important element in my developing …show more content…
I had been guilty of not being a perfect writer but a great reader. As I knew the papers were finally handed out with our grade , I would read my comments to be ready for a new assignment.
It was that time around blue papers hand it out with your time and date for “TUTORIALS”, I clearly see my Mrs.Elbert walking straight ahead towards me stretching her hand out to hand me the paper in big clear letters with my name on it. I couldn’t believe it, I looked over towards the paper to make sure it was for me, well guess what right name and only one name it couldn’t be anyone else. As I realize it was actually my name, I tore the paper up wishing it was all a dream.
I wasn't up for reality, therefore I knew I had to definitely look for other resources . It was a small school which only had one teacher per grade level making it hard for me to find help so I knew how much my teacher hated the upper grade level teacher. I played the game by its rules , I need a peer review so my bright idea was to ask the upper grade level teacher for help
In this essay, the author
- Describes the transition from middle school to high school as a full-time student who thought she would one day become an english teacher.
- Opines that writing was not their biggest accomplishment but it was a great experience.
- Narrates how they saw mrs.elbert handing them a blue paper with their time and date for "tutorials." they couldn't believe it, but realized it was their name.
- Describes the transition from middle school to high school as a full-time student who thought she would one day become an english teacher.
- Opines that writing was not their biggest accomplishment but it was a great experience.
- Narrates how they saw mrs.elbert handing them a blue paper with their time and date for "tutorials." they couldn't believe it, but realized it was their name.
- Narrates how they knew their teacher hated the upper grade level teacher, so they played the game by its rules and asked the teacher for help.
- Narrates how they felt like the target of the classroom. she made them hate her class so much that they were at a breaking point of moving schools or probably never coming back.
- Explains that even if they moved schools, they would still find that one person who disliked them for their race or skin color even though it was a person with higher authorization.
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- Explains that writing with their heart allows them to convert all the thoughts in their head onto the page and get better results.
- Explains that each writer establishes their own writing process. for some, writing comes naturally and is fairly easy to pick up on, while others struggle with writing.
- Explains that they start their writing process with planning and develop a list of ideas. they plan out their paper before writing to avoid confusion.
- Explains that writing with their heart allows them to convert all the thoughts in their head onto the page and get better results.
- Opines that after finishing writing with their heart, they begin to edit their papers by going back to fix and rearrange their sentences. they ask their dad to look over their paper and give them suggestions.
- Explains that once they have completed their paper, they prepare to turn it in. they go back and re-read it before submitting it to make sure everything matches their thoughts.
- Explains that their english 121 class allows them to write papers on topics that they enjoy. they believe they are able to complete any writing assignment well due to their effective writing process.
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- Opines that the class will help them improve on transferring their thoughts to paper, in an organized fashion.
- Opines that they have more strengths than weaknesses when it comes to writing.
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