Reflective Essay: What I Learned In My Writing Class

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.

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