Competencies Since The Start Of ENG 101, Taught By Mrs. Fox

Course Competencies Since the start of ENG 101, taught by Mrs. Fox, I have learned a lot about the English language as well as writing essays. These lessons are important to understand to achieve a business degree. Writing has always been one of my strong suits, despite lacking focus and motivation to sit for hours and write, but I think that I have shown skill in college level writing. I am confident in my abilities as a writer. I know I have demonstrated an understanding of the course competencies for drafting an essay. I demonstrated course competency 1, which is to “develop an appropriate and articulate thesis in an essay using adequate support, sound reasoning, and valid evidence” (Fox 1). The first lesson we learned was about writing

I had written a deeply emotional essay about the effects my father’s death had on me called, “My Father’s Death.” I had three points where I explained specifically the affect my dad’s death had on my mental health, and how I interpreted the way I felt. I wrote in order: “I don’t process grief correctly, I’m reluctant to display emotional vulnerability to others, and I’m afraid of being alone.” I wrote the thesis in chronological order with points towards my claim that death taught me previously unknown things about myself. I used the points to form the topic of each body paragraph and connected each topic sentence back to the thesis statement. I took care to use the 3T’s, which Mrs. Fox taught me in a Youtube video: “3T’s Thesis, Topic Sentences, Transition Sentences.” We learned about the 3T’s at the beginning of the semester. Mrs. Fox states in the video: “I am going to show you how to highlight the 3T’s, check your paper for the 3T’s, and make sure you have good essay organization.” I believe that of the lessons I have learned in my English classes, the most memorable for me has been writing a proper college level