Am I really improving? This reflection helped me identify my greatest strengths and weaknesses throughout English last year in writing and reading, as a grade 9 student. As a result, the nine months spent at Loretto Abbey last year helped me discover more about myself especially in English as a writer. I also understood where I stand as a reader through revising and increasing my reading vocabulary over the summer. Although my use of figurative language and time management in reading and writing are my major weaknesses, I believe that my paragraphs were organized and I was great in analyzing text while both, reading and writing. Even though, my use of figurative language and time management needs improvements, I plan to focus and challenge …show more content…
My paragraph construction was personally one of the two strengths I learnt following the advice given. For example, Ms. Chiera, had commented on my first descriptive essay, “Continue working to practice paragraph structure” (page 1) of “The forest” and I had followed through with that advice. Specifically, on my second major essay, “The leaving," Ms. Chiera says, “great format” which is an indication that I had followed her advice. In this quote Chiera means, with more guidance and constant practice I would learn how to properly format my essays. Another strength I had developed through grade 9 was engaging the readers by using creative descriptors. For instance, Ms. Chiera commented, “Very interesting, creative writing piece. Good use of descriptors” (page 1) of “The Forest”. In fact, since we had spent more time on that unit, I was able to gain more practice in descriptive writing. However, despite my strengths in writing, my weaknesses is the over use of figurative language. For instance, in “The Leaving," Chiera says, “avoid use of figurative language" (page 2). I believe she meant to make use of it properly. Hence, I plan to keep improving my paragraphs and continue supporting my evidences with the use of more literal writing and not just figurative