My Experience Of Writing And Writing In My Class

While writing might seem like a simple task, it can be a daunting task for a lot of people. Sometimes it can be hard to express the ideas in your mind in the words of a paper. This results in a disconnect with what a writer may actually think. A great writer is one that can transform his thoughts into words perfectly. This is a craft that takes many years to perfect, which is why writing is troublesome for a lot of us. Many students also have had bad experiences with writing. Maybe they had a teacher that didn’t try to support them and their writing. They might not have ever gotten the help they needed and may feel that they are in a hole where their writing can’t get better. At this point, they just accept that their writing will never get better.

Sometimes, writing can be harder than one expects - C'est la vie! Coming into Rockhurst as a graduate of Académie Lafayette isn't the easiest thing for a student, especially in English class. Académie Lafayette (AL) is a French immersion school where classes are taught entirely in French, except for English class (of course). So, after graduating from AL, I had little experience with English and, as a result, I knew it would be one of my weaknesses.

I failed a lot of my assignments because the B’s and D’s would confuse me in lower case form and I would get them backwards. I eventually would just rite whatever just to get through with the assignment. My lower-case letters always made me think I had it wrong or maybe I should change that because it’s not right. The worst memory that I have is having to stand up in front of my classmates and read the letters the teacher had put on the board for me to read out loud. I really thought there was no grasping reading and writing.

I learn best by being relaxed and concentrated in my work/jobs. I certainly learn by writing things down because it helps me memorize things in a better way and it can serve to me as a study guide as a future which helps me learn. Learning by just listing and without writing is difficult for me because I can capture that much information in my brain without writing it down it just doesn't save in my memory. In contrary if there are talking and they have a PowerPoint slide or they have something projected related to the topic then that would help me grasp that concept better and later excel in that area. For me writing things down and seeing things in slides is a better way for me to learn because it helps me obtain knowledge of the concept

Writing has always been my most difficult part of English. Reading, on the other hand, is something I could do all day; however, with writing, I grimace just thinking about it. It was not that I did not have anything to say, because I actually have quite a bit to say. I just could never figure out how to phrase what I had to say in just right way on the page. My mom taught me to read and write at a young age. After that, I would devour any book that I could get my hands on. However, I have had trouble with writing since it became more than just my alphabet and numbers.

In 3rd grade summer school the first thing they showed us was cursive. Did you even know that hand writing is 50% of literacy? Or that it helps us write faster? Which is helpful for when we go to college. If we don’t learn cursive how on earth are we supposed to sign are name? Honestly in my opinion cursive should be taught today. It should be used in everyday life.

When my fourth grade teacher tought our class cursive it was a very stressful ordeal for the class as a whole. We had just bareley learned how to read and wright properly, then they throw us into this cursive twillight zone where we dont know anything again. looking at this, its not hard to believe that cursive is no longer being taught in public schools. And for good reason, the world is moving on to the diamond age of technology where you dont even

In fifth grade, I got a letter from my grandparents and I said to my mom, “I can’t read it” She said, “Well it’s in cursive and I believe you didn’t learn that.” Still till this day in time I’m in eighth grade and I wonder why I didn’t learn cursive and is it that hard to learn?

Whether or not cursive should be taught in schools has been an issue in todays society. Cursive writing should be taught in schools. Writing in cursive not only teaches you another way to write, it helps the brain and it allows students to memorize things better. It is a fact that cursive handwriting is better for our health.

A few years ago, I learned a new form of writing: IEW, which is Institute for Excellence in Writing. Before I learned this, I had a struggle trying to put my thoughts together in a way that would sound professional. I had no organization for my words so they would flow together nice and smoothly. Unfortunately, I lacked excitement. I wasn't excited about what I was writing and did not "get into it" too much because of this problem. I also did not know how to cite a quote or anything along those lines without asking my mom how to do it and not learning how to do it myself. Every sentence I wrote started the same. You could tell by just glancing at the page that every sentence started

“While some argue, cursive writing belongs in the archives and common core ushers it out of schools, the evidence shows we need it as much as ever.” says Jennifer Doverspike. Some people may question why it is still necessary for cursive to be taught in our schools. Especially when we are no longer in the 21st century. Where we have now entered the new age where technology is constantly on the rise, and tablets and iPhones have taken over. This drastic change has allowed our children and adults to take the easier route. Although the electronic world has taken over and has added new elements to the writing world. Researchers have found a strong connection between writing by hand, the mind, language skills, memory and artificial thinking.

Putting pen to paper stimulates the brain like no other. Learning to write in cursive is shown to improve thoughts, terminology, and functioning memory. Cursive handwriting stimulates brain synapses and both the left and right hemispheres of the brain. This type of handwriting also leads to increased comprehension and participation in the classroom. Studies have also shown that students who wrote in cursive on the SAT standardized test scored slightly higher than those who didn’t. People are starting to believe that cursive is now completely irrelevant because they are not included in Common Core State Standards. The fact is is that Common Core only consists of skills that are testable and assessable.

We have been using a new program, the Cursive Logic Workbook by Cursive Logic, to teach my 3rd grader to write cursive. Today, my review is going to cover how we have used the book, and our thoughts on the method of learning. This book teaches cursive in a new way; instead of going alphabetically and learning one letter at a time, the student learns groups of letters that are similar so the process goes much faster.

When I was in the third grade in my small town school, we had to learn cursive to pass the class. It was not very hard, just a little challenging on some of the letters. When I had to sign my name, I knew how to do my signature, or when I got a head injury it showed how bad the injury was based on my print and cursive writing.

All throughout my years of schooling, I’ve had just about, one paper that was about one page long, due every year. My papers never had to be more than one page in length. Therefore, I did not have to do much writing or do many essays. Surely not enough to remember any of the assignments. Writing has never been something I enjoyed doing, so I never bothered to many any memories of my writing experiences. I did not think it was necessary to remember any of them since I only had to do them to get a grade. The only writing experience I remember was the first assignment I had in this English 100 class about a writing experience. All week long, I sat there thinking about what to write about, but nothing came to mind as a topic. Then, one thing came to mind, but it was so very vague, I could not write the length that was needed for the assignment. I could only think of a few sentences to write for it. After sitting for a few moments longer, I thought, how about I write about how difficult it was for me to write this essay before it was due.