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Reflective Essay: What I Learned In My Writing Class

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I was in a difficult place whenever I decided to sign up for this course. I was not for sure if I should take the course as a high school senior or wait until I went off to college. I decided to take it during my senior year because I knew that I would have the resources I needed and could trust, like my English teachers and libraries that I was familiar with. I had very high expectations for this class and I knew that this would help me become a better writer. I expected to learn how to better understand pieces of literature and hopefully I would be able to write essays better.

I have learned many things in this course I have learned how to love Literature, how to write a Literary Analysis essay and how to write an Evaluation essay. …show more content…

My grades in my other classes began to rise due to taking this course. For example, in History, I receive a 100 on writing a thesis assignment. Prior attempts I would make terrible grades because I never could understand how to write a thesis or what the purpose was for the thesis. Personally, I have become a more stressed out individual than I used to be. In the beginning I was really laid back and not worried about the course because I knew that I would have the work done and turned in on time, but then the class became harder. I had to focus on other things like scholarships and Psychology causing me to become stressed out. My writing has improved drastically before I never knew how to use an outline and did not understand the purpose of one. I now know that an outline helps a writer guide their essay and transition from each topic. An outline also helps a writer to keep their essay neat and organized. I now use an outline whenever I'm about to begin a paper, so I can write it to the best of my abilities. I have also learned the correct MLA format which has helped me become a better writer because I now know how to do intext citations along with work cited

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