My Reflection Of A Writing Diagnostor

I have been practicing on how to improve my writing over the past few weeks, which has taught me a great deal about writing. My teacher would like me to evaluate and explain my strengths and weaknesses in my own writing. This evaluation is in between my two essays. One on my own and another with my teacher's help. I have strengths and weakness in my introduction, body paragraphs ,and my conclusion.

When I look back at my writing before having any college experience, I can see that I had a lot to work on. I can say that I was never really a big fan of writing anything much less essays. Even when I was younger, I just did not have a great big interest in writing. This was because I felt that I could not elaborate as well as others. I was not use to having to write anything really, but I now feel that I have a better grasp on the steps that I need to take to get my writing on the level that it needs to be.

I have many talents but I would have to say writing is not at the top of that list. I am not a terrible writer, actually I have been told I am pretty good. It is the fact that I am not confident in my writing abilities. When I am given a writing assignment it takes me awhile to fully know what I am writing about, I take forever to start a essay but once I get my ideas on paper it turns into a piece of cake. I guess it is because I have so many thoughts and opinions running rampant and I have a hard time taming them all. Because of this I can take longer on a a essay than needs be. When I took AP Literature last year I would always have trouble finishing my essays, they would start off well but towards the end, they would not make any since. Tell me to

The learning style I identified with is read/write. I basically learn things better by reading and writing things down. As you read and write things down it makes it easier for me to remember things better. If I continuously re-read things, I would remember them for a long time. And if I re-write things I’d be ably to remember it for a long time as well. Because I remember better if I read I always keep a highlighter near by because if I highlight something I know it’ll be important and it will make it easier for studying for test. Not only that, because I use different colored highlighters it makes me remember things more also. Yes, I did know that this was my preferred learning style before completing this assessment because,

The main thing that I feel that I need to improve on as a writer is being able convey my thoughts properly when putting the down on paper. This to me seems to be one of the most important things when it comes to writing. I feel that the reader must know exactly what it is I am thinking or what the point is that I am trying to get across to them when I write something. If they are not picking up on what it is I am trying to convey to them, then I think that I am, in a sense, failing as a writer. On the other hand, when someone can pick up on exactly what it is I am trying to tell them in a piece of my work, then I feel that I have succeeded in my assignment or whatever the task at hand is at that time. In my honest opinion, making sure the reader

As a writer you make mistakes with your work, but you can also fix things, so the next time you won 't make those mistakes again. In the area of writing I feel like I can use some more improvement with my punctuation and where I place them. When an assignment does come up and after I write it each time I learn something new. Not only writing in this class can be easy at times it can also be challenging, which I love about these assignments. I enjoy writing because at times I do get challenged, but I enjoy that challenge that Mr.Perry gives me, because it helps me improve as a writer.Overall as a writer in the beginning I felt like I was not a great but now as the semester is starting to end I feel more confidant and I feel I can write

It seems that every writer sat down and just stared at a blank sheet of paper or at a blank screen on their laptop. At that moment writers are trying to processes the materials in their head and trying to figure out how to start writing or typing a well organize essay. As one of those writers, I have trouble starting my essays, I prefer to be in a quiet area to process my thoughts, and before I start writing I prefer to make an outline to make my essay a lot easier.

The second approach that Schulz (2009), suggests using with ELLs is shared writing. “Moire McKenzie (1985) who developed this process says, shared writing is a collaborative process between teacher and children. Children begin to get in on the craft of writing” (Schulz, 2009, p. 60). For this strategy, the teacher instructs students to write about a topic. Students write down ideas about the topic and then begin writing until the teacher says pass it on. Once these words are said the students pass their paper to the person next to them. That student then receives the paper reads what their neighbor wrote, then continues to finish the ideas on the paper passed to them. Once the teacher says pass it on again the process begins all over until

I have quite a few fears about writing. I am afraid of plagiarising by accident, missing a step or putting in something that I was told not to by accident, not finding or having enough things to say to furfill the requirements. I am also afraid of not having any ideas about what to write about. Writing is so difficult sometimes. I feel that some things have already been said time and time again and I don't have anything else to add to what has already been said. Sometimes I may not quite understand the assignment so I don't fully know what the teacher expects and that makes me more nervous. I also have a fear of forgetting about an assignment and not having enough time to finish it and turn it in.

I’ve been trying to correct my bad writing habits for a while now and i’m slowly getting better at doing so. My level of procrastination has diminished greatly ever since my life has been showered with responsibility. I can’t exactly put homework off when I work all day and still try to find time for a social life. Another thing I’ve been working on is getting a little bit done at a time instead trying to do it all at once. When I received this assignment I started working on it that same day in advocacy and my office assistant class. Utilizing all my free time in certain classes to the more difficult assignments is a major goal of mine.. The only way to truly hone any of my skills is to use them consistently while constantly looking for

It wasn’t until recently, a few years ago, that I decided what career I wanted to pursue. I first started off joining the military right out of high school and after my fist enlistment of six years did I know that the military career field I was is (Food Service) wasn’t for me. I knew with my own personal experiences that I have encountered through the military that I enjoyed helping people, and volunteering at hospitals. I have always loved biology and anatomy, its remarkable what the human body can accomplish. So when my enlistment was coming to an end I knew I would take this change to go college using my military benefits. I knew right away I wanted to do something in the medical career field, but wasn’t sure which path to

My writing skills which I have worked on over the few months I have been in English 102 have changed quite a bit in my opinion. There are many things which I have improved upon that were amongst my weaker writing skills when the year began. On the opposite side of that point, there are also many things which I still need to improve upon if I want to truly elevate my writing to a level that I will be confident in. Finally, I have gained new skills outside of writing from this class, particularly the activities which we did in class at various points throughout the year. These things all cumulate together to give me an appreciation of English courses which I did not previously have.

In the article “ Writer-Based Prose: A Cognitive Basis for Problems in Writing,” Linda Flower explains the differences between writer - based prose and reader - based prose, in other words, styles of writing. She describes the characteristics of the writer -based style of writing as a way for a writer to write for himself, where the author reflects on his or her own thoughts concerning a certain topic and not about the actual reader of the text and if they could understand it or not.

There are many people to blame for poor writing skills. You cannot blame others for one’s poor writing skills ,but yourself. Other’s believe that there are serval different reasons. This make be also correct. Let’s start with the school system. Maybe start with your parents, or even yours peers. Eventually it all come back to you.

This term was very fruitful and educational; not only were we given the chance to tackle about certain issues, but we also got to read some articles and essays written by other people to serve as inspiration to write our own. This term, I also realized how essential it is to have people around you throughout the duration of your writing period. I realized how much people can manipulate the way you write in a positive way.