Over the course of this semester my abilities as a writer have immensely improved as I practice writing more essays. When I began this class my skills were sub-par and basic when it came to style or focus. Grammar was also a large problem that I faced when typing these essays, but now these aspects have become less challenging from practice and feedback. Considering the goal of education is to have student learn and improve, I should receive a score of fifteen out of sixteen reflecting my work and advancement of writing from the beginning of the year. Over the course of the year my use of topic focus and critical thinking has improved greatly. In the beginning of the year on my “Reading Reaction Essay” my thesis was unclear and basic: “For …show more content…
Even though supporting evidence for the topic sentence was one my strong suits, there has still been improvement in my essays. Within my “First Day Essay” I claimed, “Reading has changed my life from the time I was born…” (1), and used evidence to support this statement. Unfortunately there was also text within the same paragraph that did not support the claim: “Through reading my writing abilities have also greatly improved” (1). This sentence almost is its own claim and should start a separate paragraph since it does not follow along with how reading changed my life. When writing my “Synthesis Essay” there was only evidence that pertained to the topic sentence. They explained the claim and did not stray from the topic of the paragraph. When discussing how animals are tested the only information in the paragraph were types of tests and procedures that animals endured. Not only does this keep the paragraphed focused, but the details support the topic logically. Within these body paragraphs the transition of information is from topic to evidence to analysis, which prevents confusion of where to put ideas or quotes. While using evidence to support the topic was something I focused on, I now use evidence more effectively and efficiently and should receive a score of three and seven tenths out of four
One of the most important aspects of writing, according to the AACU writing rubric, concerns sources and evidence (“Writing Rubric” 2015). The rubric clearly states that an author must use “sources to support ideas in the writing…quotes, if applicable, are generally accurately placed. Citations are correctly formatted in MLA or APA” (2015). The Visual Rhetorical Analysis assignment, for English 1002, demonstrates the trouble I experienced with this significant area in writing (Brizek, “Advertising” 2015). Therefore, the revised version of the Visual Rhetorical Analysis demonstrates improvement in the use of sources and evidence as well as in citations, an essential are of writing, because the revisions illustrate proper citations as well as a stronger use of sources, as required by the writing rubric (Brizek, “Advertising” 2015; Brizek, “Revision” 2015; “Writing Rubric 2015).
I came into this class under the impression that I already wrote well enough and wouldn’t need to improve. However, as I progressed through the semester I learned that there is always room to grow. The first paper I produced was not at the level I was hoping but after I actively decided to improve my writing my papers became much better. Looking back on my work in the class I wonder how much my writing has changed and where I still have room to improve. Without evaluating my work I can’t hope to become any better. Through this class I have grown much as a writer but there is still more I can learn.
The classes that I had taken were worthy and brilliant but my flow to make the essay smooth and natural was hard to achieve, my essays sounded inconsistent and odd. To add on, my transitions of the story was awkward and misplaced, but in my thought it was great. In addition, to fix my weakness I edited and read it out loud multiple times, but my goal was not achievable within the time I had with my instructors. Moving on, from this class I am expected to learn a great amount of skills for grammar and techniques for a better writer. The new and emphasized rules to a better author; from this class I want to a walkout with a fundamental of how to improve the quality of my essay. Furthermore, knowledge that I will preserve to reflect and transfer into essays of my own profession in many fields of occupation. Not to mention, I want my writing to not only appease my satisfaction, but also be acknowledged by other individuals of my work. Moreover, during the period of my writing journey, one of the most positive I had been writing a summary for a book with my own interpretation. This experience was in my English Ap class with Ms.McBurnette-Arguelles,
One can check if their evidence suits the thesis and if it completely supports the main idea. They will also realize if they have a thoughtful commentary that links the evidence to the controlling idea. Many times, students tend to forget to give a short commentary for each piece of evidence before writing the main commentary at the end to restate the thesis.Therefore, one’s understanding of how to include proper evidence and a strong commentary will change because they have thoroughly analyzed their writing and have found ways to improve it. The clarity of the commentary and the credibility of the evidence will change after doing the Development of Ideas section of the Stations. Other than proper examples, and a solid main idea, a writer must use a professional, but functional word choice and use correct conventions at all
My development as a writer has flourished throughout this semester. The first week of this fall semester started out with writing responses from our readings in the textbook. Looking back through and analyzing my reading responses at the semester to now; I noticed a substantial improvement in not only my grammar skills, but also my summarizing, and in-depth studying of writing adeptness. Another way I have progressed this semester is the vocabulary of my writing has significantly improved and become more scholarly. Another advancement I noticed was that the content of my work has matured, along with my organizational adeptness.
English has never been my best subject. Reading books can be exciting, but the writing aspect of English can be dreadful. Somehow, however, I passed all my advanced English classes with at least a B, and my teachers always considered me to be “above average.” My impartiality toward English shifted to an indifference near the end of my high school career; my indifference then shifted to appreciation. This appreciation is attributed to American Studies and Honors Writing, the most difficult English classes at Belleville East Township High School. American Studies and Honors Writing have strengthened my writing skills beyond what I believed possible. I still do not believe that I am the best writer, and English may never be my best or favorite
This class has been significantly more difficult than any other English class I have taken all throughout high school. This semester, I have been introduced to different styles of writing that I have never been exposed to before. This class has been stressful, but also fun. With using all of the resources I have been given throughout the semester, I have been able to do my best to further my writing abilities and hopefully only continue to grow them as I finish my later years in college. Throughout this essay, I will discuss my failures, my successes, my overall performance in the class, and my skill development skills.
I used plenty of second-hand sources, as the prompt requires, yet I seemed to rely too heavily on the evidence and not enough on how that contributed to my personal argument. I noticed while looking over this essay that I had a small obsession with short sentence structure, as nearly half of all my sentences were short in length, with only one “long” sentence present. My vocabulary was decent, but undeveloped in this essay. My argument about a scholarly issue could be strengthened with stronger diction. My transitions were sound in this essay, and the essay read smoothly. In this essay, my conclusive skills are displayed as I correctly wrap up my argument, and reiterate the main points of the prior
For the forty odd pages we wrote for this class, I feel that the overall achievement was getting practice. I wasn’t required to write many papers in high school so for me the constant writing was helpful for me. I can really tell a difference in the way that I write now from the way that I wrote at the start of this year. I’m really looking forward to next year, because seeing yourself improve over a short amount of time really is
While a writer may have a credible thought or aim while writing an essay, the effectiveness of the inherent writing is determined by the degree in which the targeted audience is maintained throughout the essay. As such, a disconnection in the flow of ideas may confuse the reader consequently making it impossible, to some extent, in orienting the audience to an argument. Assignment #1 highlighted the need to focus on having a clear thesis as well as meaningful subordinate ideas in support of the central claim. In the same way, my writing was enhanced upon the discovery that logical and sequential flow of ideas persuades, directs, and sustains the audience throughout the essay. Aspects such as a transition from one idea to another were identified as necessary for introducing the reader to the various visions of the essay while being directed towards a certain claim. For instance, Assignment #1 makes use of transitional phrases and words such as "on the other hand" to introduce the reader to another division which reflects my growth as a writer. While the introduction paragraph introduced the central idea to the reader, the body paragraphs presented the supporting ideas with the conclusion stressed on the main claim and encompassing the audience with the sense of completion. The assignment,
Throughout this semester we have had to write many types of essays. Although this is a college English class there is still room for improvement. I made much improvement during the semester of the class. I was able to identify my weaknesses. I learned how to make improvements to the areas I was having problems in. Although each essay we did was different I was able to begin with one essay and throughout the semester turn it into two other essays. I was able to change my style of writing to fit the type of audience I was working with. I will continue to work on my writing and keep improving it.
One of my main weaknesses in my writing was developing a strong introduction, particularly the thesis. English 1101 helped me realize that my thesis statements were too vague and never clearly answered the prompt. In the first essay of the process exhibit, I first started writing about the picture’s elements. My initial thesis started off as “At the instance of a click, the essence of a person can be described by the many pixels printed.” The assignment required that I describe my relationship with the people in the picture. My initial thesis was too vague
I believe it is important for any student who wants to do their best in a class to take a moment to evaluate their own work to determine the rate their writing is progressing and how they can continue to advance their writing. When I looked through my own work I asked myself “what have I learned this semester?” and “what do I still need to learn in order to improve my writing?”. Answering both these questions will help me with my last step of my self-evaluation, developing a plan to learn new skills.
Over the course of the semester, I feel that I have grown as a writer in many ways. When I came into the class, there were skills I had that I already excelled at. During my time in class, I have come to improve on those skills even more. Before I took this class, I didn’t even realise what I was good at. This is the first class where I felt I received feedback on my writing that helped me to actually review my work to see what areas I lacked in and where I succeeded.
We were asked to specify our personalized outcomes in the beginning of the year, one of the most important parts of this for me was critical thinking. Critical thinking is an easy phrase to understand however is a more difficult process to actually follow through with. I wanted to find multiple senses of the text. Seminar taught me skills in which I have become more comfortable with analyzing a text. For example, through asking questions and annotating my book I have been able to understand more of the author’s intentions. In class when discussing Virginia Woolf’s “ How to read a book” I added more than twenty annotations to my book during the discussion. Along, with many of my peers I was at first dreading to read this essay because I thought this was going to be a borin...