ipl-logo

Reflective Essay About My Writing 102 Course

901 Words4 Pages

This writing 102 course has opened up my eyes to see writing as a place to explore new things and express my opinion on different pieces of work. My favorite thing about this course was writing about poetry. It was something I have never done before and it was actually kind of fun. I could make my own judgments and compare them with other individual’s thoughts on the poem. Transitioning from a lousy high school writer to an acceptable college student writer was a long journey for me; I made more progress than I thought even. I feel like I have been making a lot of progress with my research on different assignments, my creativeness has gotten a lot better, and analyzing has become less difficult for me. This is the first time I have actually done a research paper on a novel while in college and it was a challenge for me; all the other research papers I did were on my major or what I career I wanted 10 years from now. The page length was my biggest problem because all the research papers that I …show more content…

My skills for writing are not where I want them to be, but if I feel like I can better respond critically to other individuals points of views. There are a countless number of things I need to work on, but I can say I am still getting better overtime. Taking the writing 102 course made me view writing as less of a burden to me. Writing now does not seem to be very difficult for me, but more fun because I can be more creative and break thing down. There’s more freedom so I can also thing about what the author is trying to say or reveal to his or her readers. Why is the author trying to connect with them or is the author just informing them on something? I have made a great amount of progress from high school to now. My thoughts about writing have made a huge turn around for me; it has become more fun and interesting for me. I can see myself taking a few more writing courses in the

Show More
Related
1026 Words | 5 Pages

“Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to be angels men rebel.” - Alexander Pope. Shays’ Rebellion was a protest against the government for charging people with so little money huge taxes and was led by Daniel Shays. The Shays’ Rebellion occurred in Massachusetts in January of 1787.

Read More
599 Words | 3 Pages

Also, by considering the opinions of others, it has further enabled me to examine and refine my own beliefs. The summary assignment made for good practice at interpreting information and then relating that material to others. Building upon that was the synthesis essay, which was a useful exercise in consolidating multiple sources into one complete and coherent article. Finally, the Blackfish documentary served to illustrate what can be achieved when one utilizes all of the aforementioned skills in their work (Blackfish). Altogether, I believe that I am well equipped for my research paper.

Read More
448 Words | 2 Pages

My Writing Progression “It’s what we think we know that keeps us from learning” This quote from Claude Bernard describes my writing development this year. At the beginning of this schoolyear, I thought that I was going to go into this year and be able to breeze through this class because I could write a good essay last year and analyze stories, but I was wrong. Lit Comp Honors has been a brand-new experience for me.

Read More
624 Words | 3 Pages

What am I doing here? A student themselves chooses whether or not their education will be an extra challenge in life. It depends on how ambitious one is to be a successful person in the future, or how lazy a person is and not having any motivation or inspiration to do better. Not everything in life will come in easy, so there is nothing that I can have too much of that cannot be an advantage later on. That being said, there are reasons to why each of us was driven to take AP Literature, having in mind of what we want to gain from it, and eventually you will realize what can be expected from each and every single one of us.

Read More
741 Words | 3 Pages

After reading Stephen King's essay "Reading to Write" (72) it opened my eyes for writing. Although being a professional novelist isn't a goal I want to pursue in my life, writing is something I will need to learn how to do with good form. When it comes to the writing department, it's not one of my best skills. King says, "Good writing, teaches the learning writer about style, graceful narration, plot development, the creation of believable characters, and truth-telling" (73). I will try my best to become a good writer.

Read More
247 Words | 1 Pages

My strengths as a writer are being able to come up with a lot of interesting topics and getting it on paper but I have challenges when it comes to organizing my paper and trying to tie all the topics together. Based on the feedback from my papers I would say there are many areas I need to work on for example grammar, punctuation and spelling. For me, it is many areas that I need to work on like grammar and spelling I have always had some complications when it came to those two things so I really try to make sure I continue to work on it. To improve my skills, I am going to take advantage of the Grand Canyon Universities writing center and also the tutoring center this will be beneficial to me because it will help me get stronger in my writing and to also get more feedback that will help me grow even more in the areas that I struggle in.

Read More
964 Words | 4 Pages

My Experience in WRIT 101 Imagine, you are halfway done with your last and final high school English class and realize you have never really understood the point of English class until now. In all my previous English classes I was so lost and never really understood anything my teachers taught me. I was always so anxious and nervous because I was afraid that everyone else would think I was dumb since I did not understand and know as much as them. WRIT 101 has changed that and now my grade in this class is the best it has ever been in an English class thanks to Mrs. Schlauch. Over the semester, I have grown and developed as a writer, demonstrated awareness of rhetorical situations in my own writing and applied the skills and practice I have

Read More
742 Words | 3 Pages

During my college career I have been doing a wide variety of writing. All of which have assisted shaping as well as molding me into an effective writer. Some of the classes that helped improve my limits to excel as a writer are my English 280 class, intro to Computer Science class, and lastly Juvenile Justice Class. I have done a few segments of writing in the three semesters of law enforcement class that I have taken here at WIU. Never would I have thought that the three major writing assignments that would shape and influence me into the writer I am today would come from of my LEJA classes, but they have.

Read More
690 Words | 3 Pages

I was unsure of my overall writing skills upon entering this course, but with each individual skill that was taught to us, I was able to connect all necessary components for success. In my previous semester in college I took several general education courses that had lengthy writing requirements and I was able to get these assignments done but not without many struggles and sub-par final products. By actively participating in class and completing all of the assigned work, this course has laid the foundation for me to continue to improve my writing skills. During the entirety of this course I consistently worked on all the of the technical parts of my projects.

Read More
348 Words | 2 Pages

A semester have passed in a blink of our eyes and we are heading toward the end. Therefore, it is time to reflect upon my writing skills. Earlier in the semester, I aimed for an A in this class and I also wish to become a more efficient writer. In order to do so, I planned to use a lot of the available resources such as the writing lab, Learning Curve, and

Read More
569 Words | 3 Pages

Since it was a big research paper for me, I had to revise it a lot. I actually like when I get to revise my work because other people get to give me their opeo about the topic that I have wrote about. It also has the potential to make my work better. I like to write about stuff that influences me the most and also the stuff that affects me. For the past two years, those two things have been politically topics.

Read More
1523 Words | 7 Pages

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.

Read More
500 Words | 2 Pages

Writing essays and other types of posts has always been difficult for me. But, throughout this composition class, I have learned many interesting and new things about the different types of writing styles. When starting this class, I considered myself to be an average writer with run-of-the-mill vocabulary, ordinary sentence structure and typical finished products. This class has helped me greatly improve my writing skills in a variety of ways. I have learned multiple things by taking this class, such as new ways to approach writing and that there is much that I still need to learn about composition.

Read More
781 Words | 4 Pages

Skills such as proper grammar and MLA format still need some adjustment. Even though I have things to improve, I was still able to improve some areas of my writing skills regardless even if it was a small improvement. In the beginning, like

Read More
742 Words | 3 Pages

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.

Read More

More about Reflective Essay About My Writing 102 Course

Related Topics

Open Document