Personal Narrative: What I Learned In My Writing Class

I have truly enjoyed writing for most of my life and after this class I will continue to enjoy writing hopefully with more skill. I have always viewed myself as a fairly strong writer and this class has reaffirmed that for me, but it has also shown weaknesses in my writing. As an introduction level class this has been one of my favorites; at some point I will take a higher level, even though it is not required for my major. Even though this class is almost over I am continuing to learn. I also love that this class will help me with literally ever other class in my college career. I am not a particularly strong reader, but as my writing skills improve so do the reading skills. While in this class I have learned a lot about everything from what I can improve, to subjects that interest me, and constructing a successful paper.

I believe I have grown a lot since the beginning of this course. My writing was severely lacking grammar and punctuation. I didn’t use any punctuation other than periods and very few commas spersed throughout my papers. My papers still need help in that area, but I have improved. I now know where they need to go and when it’s appropriate to use them. My papers aren’t exactly flawless but they are better than before. I would write how I speak at times and I knew it wasn’t right, but I would still do it because it allowed my papers to flow better in my mind. I read my papers out loud to help avoid my problem with writing how I speak. I’ve learned my writing style in this course, or lack thereof. I found a program that would benefit me now and

I learned a lot from this experience. I was familiar with all the kinds of writing, but I wasn't familiar with how to go about writing them. Through the assignments and tests I had to take, I know that it is important to know how to do different kinds of writing. As for grammar, I've become a lot careful with how I write. I've been checking every paragraph as write and this is something I'll continue to do. I've enjoyed writing since the eighth grade, but I've never felt like I've been improving. I've realized that I am much better than I thought I was. I'm glad I had this opportunity. I know it'll really help me in the long run.

As technology evolves, the traditional style writing classrooms should do so as well. Students are used to the typical routine, in which an instructor lecture and hands out assignments. However, is that really the most effective way of teaching for all students? Teachers neglect the fact that not all students learn the same way. In learning this, I propose some changes that could be made in order to increase learning effectively such as; the choice of physical work verses online work, communications and feedback to students, and essays.

From the beginning of the year, to now the end of first semester, I have learned and experienced a lot in the art of writing. If I could rate myself the level of skill I have accomplished this semester, I would give myself a 7 out of 10. I think I am at a 7 rating because of the type of writing I did this year, and how thoroughly I wrote my papers. I did have really detailed papers this year, and I loved some of the pieces I came up with, but I know I can always do better. I could always add more detail to my writings and come up with an amazing paper. From last year with my writings, I didn’t add so much detail or precision like I did this year with my pieces. I even now write out of school to expand more in my knowledge.

I can still remember my heart pounding out of my chest. It was my first time in Writing 1, and my nerves were mostly the result of a friend’s advice. Winter quarter, my friend told me about her struggles in her writing class and she advised me not to take Professor Bernstein for Writing because as she said “he is really tough and a very hard grader.” However, I had no other option but to take writing with Professor Bernstein because all the other writing 1 classes conflicted with my schedule. Nevertheless, nine weeks have past since I first stepped foot in Writing 1, and I can certainly say that I have learned more than I ever expected. Yes, it is true, this class has been a challenge like no other, especially for me, being that English is

Thank you for your helping with my case. I am so glad that I don’t need to add another reading and writing class in this semester.

Three months ago, I started this class to develop my writing skills. Now, I can say that I have learned many things. I enjoyed writing about fairytales and stories. It was exciting to refresh my memory with childhood’s fairytales. My biggest fear was the grammar mistakes; however, through this class, I had the chance to overcome that fear and be more accurate. To be a good writer, you have to love writing first. Writing about fairytales gave me a chance to write my own short story. The best things that I have improved during this class were grammar and vocabulary. Also, I learned how to be creative with my writing.

Throughout my writing this semester, I know where I struggle with writing and I have learned many skills to improve my writing . Also it will be all about all the activities we have done and how they have helped me with my writing. I will talk about the areas I struggle with and what I have learned in this semester.

Within the past few months I have been in this class, I managed to improve in my writing, especially those that had to do with arguments. Before I entered this class, I rarely analyzed any forms of writing to find arguments or their ethical theme, though I still don’t, it became slightly easier to look for those then I was able to long before I came to this class.

In the six weeks summer class, I learned a lot about the writing process. I learned that it has five steps. I learned that before you start to write an essay, one must do the following things Prewriting, Drafting, Revision, Editing, and Publishing.

To put it simply, College Prep Writing has helped me a lot. At the beginning of the semester, I wasn’t sure how much the class was going to affect my writing. Now at the end of the semester, I find myself writing better than I ever have. I have written some of the best work I have ever done in this class, all thanks to the lessons and exercises we did. Some of the lessons in class helped the exact problems I was facing in writing.

Writing sucks! It is one of the things I used to dread about the most in high school. I dislike it when instructors would ask us to write such long essays. I dislike it when I have to participate in writing challenges because teachers would randomly pick a student. Nonetheless, winning in those challenges heightened my self-confidence. I thought I hated writing, but I was somewhat decent and I started to like it a bit more. However, things took a sharp turn when I had two writing classes entering college. I realized I was not a decent writer after all.

The question is, what have I learned in this class. Well to start, as I can remember going all the way back to the first day of class, I learned the key to actually taking my time, to actively think and revise everything that comes my way. I should not just take weird looking things out of context as to just thinking it is junk or not meeting the standards of a pain old piece of work that I am normally used to seeing. I learned that art comes I many shapes and sizes. For instance, a particular piece from artist Chris Ofili, a best of mine but not a favorite.

When I entered English 1101, I was such an amateur writer. I had become so accustomed to high school writing assignments, which are nowhere near as complex as college writing assignments. There was never any large standards for any writing task. “Write a paper and discuss how you feel about global warming, 2 pages long”, This is just an example of how simple a writing prompt in high school would be, no real direction. English 1101introduced me to more complicated instructions such as including a specific format, cited sources, using different research methods, and even extended lengths of essays. Before English 1101 I was not able to formulate thorough ideas for my papers. I did a good job at over-thinking and stressing myself out while attempting to write. Organizing papers, however, has always come easily to me. Regularly, I have been able to organize a paper accordingly