At the very end of Brooks’ essay, he says we should surround ourselves with supportive writers that hold us accountable in improving our writing (Brooks 62). Based on the feedback I received from my professor it is now evident how important someone else’s perspective can be. My writing would have improved significantly if I had taken the time to gain valuable feedback from a peer before submitting my essay to my
I was able to improve because of all the essays I wrote throughout the semester along with the helpful feedback from my peers and my professor. Throughout this semester I became more confident with expressing myself and I credit that all to my classmates and professor. When I came into freshman composition II, I was still not aware on how to format my papers. In the beginning, I knew what MLA format was, but I did not fully understand all the details that went into it. Before this class my previous teachers did not use this format as much.
The epic poem, The Odyssey of Homer, published by Henry I. Christ, is an intriguing story that displays the journey of a hero. Odysseus, the main character in Christ’s poem, has multiple characteristics shown. For example, Odysseus’s variety of characteristics include him being clever, arrogant, brave, and cunning. His bravery because he had come upon multiple deadly and scaring situations and managed to pull through get himself out of them.
After he finished reading, I realized that I would have to put this much care and effort into all of my papers from this point forward. My paper also impacted the local lacrosse team. My dad is on the board and when he read my paper, he brought it to the rest of the board to discuss their concussion rules. I helped make the league safer. This paper significantly shaped my literary skill set by demonstrating how hard work and dedication pays off when writing.
Over the course of this class I have greatly improved my writing skills. Although I have kept my grade at a 95% for each paper, it is evident that I am a different type of writer from when I wrote my first paper in this class. By improving on quote integration, correct grammar, and strong thesis', I have been able to become a more skilled and better all around writer. It is especially clear to see the improvement in my spelling and grammar. On the first paper I made 6 mistakes, the second paper 4, and the final paper none.
Throughout my junior year I’ll admit that I have grown in certain areas as a student academically. At the beginning of the year we were tasked with writing a rhetorical analysis essay for the cola wars and coming previously from a CPM class it was challenging trying to write an essay that I was not familiar with. Once I had received my essay back Ms.Miller explained exactly what i had done wrong and made it clear as to why received my score. After the meeting I was able to re-do my essay to correct errors I made to raise my score. Once corrected and with help I was able to understand how to describe in detail as to how and why the authors evokes an emotion through their purpose.
I came into my first college writing class feeling prepared thanks to you and your investment in me as a student in your AP Lang class. I developed as a writer more than I ever had in your class, and it definitely helped me in my college writing class this semester. I already knew how important it was to revise and continuously critically think about my writing, as well as the importance of multiple drafts and peer review. My English 110 class this semester was very similar to yours because we also did multiple drafts where I could revise my paper as many times as needed. The big difference was that the focus was on different genres and how to appeal to those, which was something new compared to my high school English courses.
My teacher said she couldn’t get enough of my writing. I wanted to be proud of myself, but it left such a bittersweet taste in my mouth. Soon enough, people started coming to me from help on their work. I helped them with anything they needed. Over time, my peers began realizing their mistakes and begun to improve.
I thought that my writing skills were splendid and did not need much improvement, at least until the first day of my junior year when I took Creative Writing. The first day of my junior year was great, at least up until fourth hour. As I walked into my Creative Writing class, I was confident and ready to show off my writing skills. The teacher immediately assigned a three page story assignment.
With the instruction given to me over the past few months, I have grown as a writer and gained confidence in my writing skills. When I
In putting together my portfolio, I could definitely see that I have made an incredible progress from the foundation of this class. My practice of grammar, words and the general structure of my papers has improved massively. Reflecting on my strengths and weaknesses as a writer, as well as things I have learned in my own writing process is a big accomplishment.
My instructor Jennifer Jackson said this time “ Bravo! This is one of the strongest revisions I’ve seen yet.” This essay gave me so much confidence and made me feel I can actually write something interesting. Also, I sent my paper to The Writing Center, after I submitted my paper to my instructor to see any other mistakes I could have to improve my writing skills.
I believe that through this past semester, my writing knowledge, and writing ability has grown significantly. I hope to continue growing my knowledge about writing throughout the rest of my days in school and the rest of my
My Writing Experience In previous courses, my writing skills have been mediocre or just enough to pass the class. Throughout the duration of this course, I have written a variety of papers using different techniques and skills. Previously I would write assuming that the only audience would be my instructor. This course has helped me realize that there are many steps and skills involved with writing a well-organized and easy to comprehend essay.
Writing had always been one of my strengths, but it was challenging to take that initial step past the sixth form style of writing essays. Moving past this phase has greatly opened my mind. My thoughts are now able to be more complex because I have learned how to maintain a logical argument in a structured
