As a Human, throughout life there are many skills that are critical to acquire, during childhood and as you become older. One of the most important and useful skill you will need is writing. From first, learning to write words and sentences, to more advanced writing like essays. Everyone learns to write a little differently, some ways are learning from your parents or learning words and letters in kindergarten. As you get further down the path of life you develop higher skills of writing. As people grow up their life gets more advanced and difficult and they have to worry about more things; in a sense writing is the same way as you grow up you learn more skills and the requirements increase. For myself it was a lot different than others. …show more content…
I remember the first time I went into my ESL class I was very nervous, I was scared because I did not know what was going on. That is how my first experience with writing went. This is where the river or the learning of writing started to advance in my life. During my elementary school life, I learned the basics of writing at the same time as learning a new language. At the end of 5th grade I was able to write full sentences and small paragraphs. I was at the level of reading that was equivalent to the rest of the kids in class. During this time, the river was going a constant speed. A couple months later after a hot and humid summer middle school came around. The first week of middle school was relaxed I had most of my classes with my fried which was awesome. This is where my lack of English had a big effect on my writing. My vocabulary was very bad and it was hard for me to understand things. I failed with an F, after that I realized that I needed to do something about it. I asked my 7th grade teacher how to improve my writing. She gave me 3 new words to learn every week and helped me write essays. The river needs help to run, a hill is like the teacher helping me learn to write up to the standards. The point in time when I learned to write essays and use detail and imagery was in high school. I was trying to get into running start and studied really hard for the
It is essential to understand that classes taken in grade school do not give students a full understanding of each subject. With the topic of writing, there will always be a new lesson to learn, an aspect to improve, or a differing way to explain. Author Craig Vetter states in Bonehead Writing, “This is your enemy: a perfectly empty sheet of paper. Nothing will ever happen here except what you make happen.” Each story, essay, or response comes from a writer’s experiences. With each attempt at a new piece comes an underlying story of emotions the writer is facing. Each person’s writing is unique and the ideas people have are related to their past experiences and what they believe to be familiar with when deciding which writing style to use. As a high school student, I have learned many things about writing that helped me become the improved writer I am today, but the most essential advice I have received is practice makes perfect. Although there is no actual perfect way of writing, I have discovered that each essay I write, my writing improves. It is easier to spot mistakes, find areas to improve, and ponder elevated word choice to use.
My initiation into writing was typical of the 1960s, when I began receiving a public education at Elementary School. Writing consisted primarily of penmanship, books reports and research papers, all with highly structured formats as designated by the teacher or by the textbooks the teacher used. Our schools days were equally as structured with class time divided by subject, the major ones being English, math, science and history and the minor ones being gym class, art and music. The
The first teacher that I fully understood what writing meant was freshmen year in high school. My teacher was Mr. Landuyt and he explained to us that writing is for our own personal benefit. At that moment I realized that writing is not just for a grade to keep our parents happy. The most successful thing I have ever written was a short story that I wrote when I was a senior in
Writing is a process that requires brain work. In order to write you would need grammar skills. I feel like a huge part in writing is to be able to plan out and know how to categorize your ideas into different paragraphs. For some people writing is a way to escape for a while. For others writing is a traumatic thing they would never want to do unless they have no other option.
It was my third language and I could not write well with essay or paragraphs. My writing experience was in fifth grade English class and the teacher go easy on me, my writing process started in first day in middle school, ESL (English as Second Languages) teacher helped me through high and low in my writing process. The first major writing experience was fifth grade English class, when the teacher went easy on me with writing. When I first came to America, I could no speak English.
We learn to write at an early age. First, we learn to write words. Words become sentences, which forms paragraphs, then becomes essays. Overtime, we learn the rules of writing, and we practice them. Whether or not the expertise level of writing is met, we learn the basics and eventually become confident writers. Although I have been taught the art of writing, I have gathered from the feedback of my previous teachers and peers that my writing still needs improvement.
English is a hard language to learn, for there are numerous elements of effective usage and writing. Many people, including me, struggle in writing because of a lack of knowledge. Since middle school, English was not a strong suit of mine. I struggled with the simplest of tasks often taking a considerably longer time to complete a task than the other students. Unmotivated teachers and a lack of interest resulted in remedial writing skills. To put it simply, I had little confidence in my writing and I dreaded taking the class because of the writing involved. In spite of my fears, I took the course and I was able to perfect and challenge my mediocre writing skills.
Writing first was just a thing i did in school and for a grade. I knew that if i wanted to at least pass my english classes or any other classes that required writing, i had to write. Middle school writing was a impractical impression of what real writing was like. To write was easy: i know how to spell and write letters into words and words into sentences. In middle school, i just went along with the prototype the teacher had set up for us, but i didn't put much thought to it. When i got to high school, my english class hit me with a culture shock. I was now introduced to an outline instead of a prototype. The idea that i had to use my own words and way to formulate writing into an essay puzzled me. My first written english 1 essay mirrored
Freshman English was more about reading than writing. I really felt the absence of creating in my day to day
My best memory about writing is from back in elementary school, 4th grade. I had just passed out of my reading and writing class that I was taking for extra help. I struggled with reading and writing, but that class taught me to keep pushing to learn even if it’s hard. My 4th grade class was writing stories and I wrote one about a lion and a dog that became friends because they both liked ice cream. It was a competition because whoever wrote the story with the least amount of grammar and spelling errors would get an ice cream sandwich after recess. Eventually my teacher announced the winner after reading and correcting all of our stories. I, Elizabeth Loberg had won the ice cream sandwich because I didn’t have any grammar or spelling errors
Since the first time I picked up a pencil and a piece of paper I have been taught how things ought to be done. Dot your i’s and cross your t’s, check your spelling, and do not forget the period at the end of each of your sentences. Writing shows you understand how to fit together facts and bits of information, but when does the real test of knowledge finally come into play? Your writing must express you, while still managing to cover all the appropriate content. All those years ago I wish I would have had someone to teach me that writing could be enjoyable; but for me, it is just another task that must be completed (and a difficult task at that). Writing has always been challenging; a job in other words, which takes time to learn, and despite its best efforts, has attempted to push me to grow.
While in elementary school English wasn’t as hard of a subject as it is today. I had very good teacher in elementary school! We use to write papers dealing on things that we had done when we were some age. We had things that would help us learn all of these different words, how to use punctuation, and all the basic information we need to make it through. Some things I wish I would of paid more attention to more of the tips they were giving us to make our writing better. I most say those year were the best years.
For as long as I can remember, I began writing in Nursery School what is Pre K in the U.S. These moments in kindergarten I was focusing on drawing perfect circles, squares , tracing letters and writing my name so I can begin to writing clearly. This was not to test my ability on how effectively I can write but how I can look at things and make my writing similar to someone else 's. As i progressed to a higher grade I focused more on effectively my writing can become by using punctuation. In Grades 3 to 5 The courses that I took were separated in different sections where some days we were doing english, comprehension and spelling. These were graded on how well you can write an essay given a topic, spelling tests.
Coming from a completely a completely different side of the world where a completely different language is spoken, distinct cultural norms exist, I had to relearn what I previously knew so well. I would like to think of my writing journey as being divided into three stages of school, Elementary, Middle, and Highschool. Each stage equally important in bringing out my faults and mistakes in understanding the English language and ultimately leading me to unlock my full potential as a writer.
Writing has always been something I dread. It’s weird because I love talking and telling stories, but the moment I have to write it all down on paper, I become frantic. It’s almost as if a horse race just begun in my mind, with hundreds of horses, or words, running through my mind, unable to place them in chronological order. Because I struggle to form satisfying sentence structure, it takes me hours, sometimes even days, to write one paper. It’s not that I think I’m a “bad writer,” I just get discouraged easily. Needless to say, I don’t think highly of my writing skills. When I was little I loved to both read and write. I read just about any book I could get my hands on, and my journal was my go to for my daily adventures. Although it’s