My English 100 Class

This year in our English 1010 class, we covered many different genres and types of writing. We covered how to write personal narratives, how to respond to other students and other forms of writing, and how to professionally write essays. Briefly, we touched down on how to write argumentatively and were also required to create an infographic, wish was probably my favorite assignment. Although I never thought of myself as a strong writer, I believe that this class has greatly improved not only my writing skills, but my thinking skills as well. This was my first English class to be taken through dual enrollment and I believe that it went quite successfully while challenging me as a writer.

This semester in ENG 101 I went in with a better perspective and view of what the class would be like versus last semester when I hated that I had to enroll in ENG 100E. I knew that it would be similar to ENG 100E but with more emphasis on writing and actually putting to use everything that we learned last semester. Although my ACT score was the reason that I was in ENG 100E last semester I am really thankful that I had to take that class, because it actually helped me this semester with ENG 101. This semester I was more involved and actually participated versus last year where I rarely opened up to answer any questions in class. I as well feel as if taking 100E has helped me this semester to become a better writer with adding more description to my essays to make the reader actually visualize what they are reading or have read. Even though I still may not be the best writer I am able to see for myself that I am no longer that inexperienced writer who’s blinded by their writing errors. I am able to take advice from others for my writing without being offended my mistakes, and I know that they are just trying to help me in the long run.

I never wrote one paper in my AP English Literature class my senior year. There was so much angst in my life at that time. I felt like I was stuck in a rut, that my writing could not get any better. I finally decided to go onto YouTube and search ‘AP Essay Writing Techniques’. Most of the videos I watched taught that a well-organized essay always got the better grade. I started putting the plan into action on my AP practice essays. I noticed that instead of 3’s I was getting 5’s. To this day I still believe that organization is

First of all, I learn in class how to use the concept of organization throughout three Ts ( title, thesis and topic sentences), and sentence structure (the sheet) to ameliorate my writing skills. For a better organization of college writing, we must have title which should refer to the issue we are addressing in the writing, thesis which reflect the central idea of the essay and the supporting points, and topic sentences where each of them should talk about one supporting point. Moreover, sentence structure combine shorter sentences to a longueur one and vary the length of your sentences to establish a rhythm. Sentence structure is used to show the complexity

I feel that organization is both a strength and a weakness in my writing. Free writing is something that helped me gain a better sense of my ideas and through this I was able to create more structured ideas. However, the formation of a structurally sound essay that contains writing that flows was extremely difficult for myself. Fluidity was a challenge throughout my time in this course, but is was also something that created a better voice in my writing. The understanding of reading and writing in this course was extremely meaningful for me and made a huge impact on my writing overall. Writing motivates me and inspires me in my own work to create stories and share with others what I feel is memorable and should be shared. Although it may never be something perfect, writing is something I wish to continue improving on and creating in order to share with

At the beginning of the class, organizing the essays was really difficult to me because I did not know which sentences need to be first, and which sentences need to be second. Making the sentences connect to others was completely complicating to me. However, Mr. Lang, who is my professor in the English 908 class, told me that I should do free writing because it is a method which can help me organize the essays better. Making an outline and

English isn't one of my favorite subjects, but it was interesting to learn much more about English through this course. This course, overall, taught me about how to organize my ideas and the importance of clicking the button that checks one's spelling on the paper. Even though, I improved throughout my time in this course in my organization and expressing my ideas. I still have some mistakes to improve on in my writing. English 101 showed the importance of writing and the ability to express my ideas throughout my academic career.

Writing is an incredible skill and there are parts of it that I feel I do well in. One part of writing I feel I have accomplished is the organization, particularly in shorter papers. Excellent organization requires an introduction, body, and conclusion, all of which I strive to include in all of my writing. As well being organized in my writing, my punctuation is generally accurate and I seek to always include an excellent first sentence that grabs at the reader’s attention. I love using interesting words and phrases to breathe life into my message. Like colorful threads, when woven together with mastery, each word contributes to the final masterpiece.

When it comes to organization, I had some ability making sure that my writing flowed and seemed coherent, but I had trouble making sure that the organization was the best it could be and allowed readers to fully understand what I was writing about. Coming in to the class, I knew how to piece an essay together so that the writing seems like it makes sense and the reader can follow it without getting lost throughout.

Throughout my life, my mom has always told me to create an outline as a way to organize my thoughts. Although I do outline before every paper, sometimes I find it difficult. Coming up with all of my ideas I want to focus on can be stressful especially when it is a difficult topic. Possibly instead of always outlining I would be interested in grouping my notes. This is one strategy that is mentioned in this book. As a student that enjoys making note cards, this could possibly be more effective. It allows you to make different piles and separate your notecards accordingly. This is definitely a way to gather my ideas in a more organized manner. Another negative challenge to my writing is the beginning of my writing process. Although I might have my outline all written out, I struggle with starting out my essay. I would not consider myself an academic writer, so sometimes I have to really think about sentences for a long period of time before writing them down. I believe creating an essay blueprint will be a good way to assemble parts of an essay. Figure 10 in the book is a good example of a blueprint. It is a different type of outline, however, could provide assistance during the essay process. There would be a chart and each paragraph would have its own

With organization involved in each essay, I have had to take individual steps towards each checkpoint within the course. Even though the structure of the class has been more thorough, I have still been able to find creativity within the course. As an essay has many rules involved in order to satisfy the expectations of the reader, I am still liable produce ideas of my own. This course has taught me more on how to organize my thoughts and follow a very structured process towards my final product.

Take two. After a computer crash at 750 words, my latest lesson learned in this class is to not trust auto save and do it the long way every so often. Reflecting back, this issue was but a microcosm of the semester at large. There where assignment that I thought I turned in and didn’t. There was a really badly written research paper, and there where many other missteps along the way. Fact, I didn’t put the needed time into this class. I fancy myself a good writer, at least as far as stringing words and thoughts together to convey a message, but I know I struggle in the most basic areas of grammar. I didn’t put forth the time and effort to overcome these short comings. There’s beauty in failure. It is in knowing these things, the areas I need to improve, and the effort I need to overcome these short comings that growth and success can manifest itself. Part of improving is looking back at what was done well in the semester, and what went wrong.

As the quarter continued to go ahead, I learned about several ways to organize the main points of the essay.. In most of my earlier writings I had difficulties with organizing my thoughts and writing them down in a cohesive way. For instance, in one of my writings about Social Networking, in my outline; I planned to talk about the 2 negative effects of social networking and 1 positive effect however, the order of combining my thoughts did not match the thesis statement I planned to write. After writing the second draft, I learned how to layout my thoughts effectively before writing the essay. Firstly, I would introduce the 3 main ideas in the outline, then

I have only been attending Cleveland State University for two semesters, and as this course comes to an end I feel like I grown and learned many techniques more than ever. I came to Cleveland State University with only my high school knowledge on how to format an argumentative essay, and throughout this course I now know how to write and format many other papers. Taking English 100 has taught me how to break down and analyze an article, it taught me how to find confidence in my work, and it helped me grow to an even better writer.

I learned many techniques from my professor. He helped me realize that it is okay to have your own opinion as long as you back it up. He showed me that I am an author when I did not think I was. He also told us to read our essays out loud when we proofread, and I always did this technique before submitting all my essays. I can remember having to write my first essay and I was scared, because I felt like I had to get a good grade. I started thinking about what tools I could use to help me, and I decided to go to The Learning Center to help with my essay. When I went there they would make edits to my essay and then explain what I should change. The tutor noticed I used multiple choppy sentences and commas in spots there should not be. Sometimes I would even go twice to make sure I did not miss any minor mistakes. Going there helped me feel more confident as a writer and I learned from my mistakes. I had many helpful techniques from multiple people that shaped me into the writer I am