Writing assignments always perturbed me because in more advanced english classes, the grade was not given by completion of the project, but on how well you completed it. I like subjects like math where you are either right or wrong. With english, it is either good or unsatisfactory which makes it difficult because I feel that certain teachers would be more likely to give a better grade when a specific style of writing is used. I think of myself as a decent writer, but I would always be discouraged when a writing assignment didn’t get the grade that I thought it deserved. In the four semesters of AP and honors english classes I took, their grades always would stand out as one of the few Bs. I was rarely able to get better than a B on a paper in advanced English which frustrated me. I would always focus on completing a decent paper and not creating a fluid and well written essay.
On the rare occasion where I found myself receiving an A for an assignment, it was for one that I actually enjoyed. For example, during my junior year my teacher assigned a speech project with very loose guidelines. I decided to write mine about Candy Crush Saga, a game that I dabbled with at the time Somehow, it ended up being very good and funny. That was one of my better graded speeches and my favorite assignment because I had the freedom to make with it what I wanted and was not constrained to strict instructions. I think, most of the time, in college the projects do not have as strict
Also, I was in the Accelerated English II class, and the teacher had a higher standard for the students. The class was one of my less desirable ones. I had a first year teacher, and she didn’t exactly have everything together. When I wrote papers, I made sure to write to the best of my ability. I had a research paper at the end of the semester. If I remember correctly, my paper was on cyberbullying. I am very against bullying in any form, so I chose to write on that topic. Throughout writing this paper, I expressed myself and my thoughts on the subject. I made an A on this assignment and was pretty proud of
In the past, I was able to get a good grade in my English courses without writing particularly strong papers. In ENGL 105, however, I was forced to put effort into my writing. Unlike ENGL 105, for which 90% of the grade is based on writing, my high school English classes had more lenient grading by including assignments such as reading quizzes, vocabulary quizzes, grammar exams, and Socratic seminar discussions. As a result, I was able to write mediocre essays and still receive an A for the overall class
Throughout my high school career I have experience many tasks that had made an impact on my writing criteria. In the past 4 years in high school there has been some tasks where I had experienced some complications and other times where I had no problem completing the task. For me to do the task and put an excellent amount of effort I have to either relate to the topic or if it’s opinion based. Writing can be a powerful thing, it can leaf the reader have an idea of how you are as a person.
An assignment that I liked was when we had to do the persuasive speech. I really liked that assignment because I chose a topic that I really enjoyed and and also felt comfortable talking about it with other people. Because I liked the topic I was doing research on, I did not procrastinate like I usually do with other assignments. Through this assignment I also got to feel
First I usually get A’s on every writing assignment because. I listen all the time in class and if you pay attention in class you can learn some tips about writing.
The only way you can become better at doing something is simply by continuing to work on your craft. Whether it is a hobby, an interest, or a profession, if you don't keep working, then you will remain complacent. A year ago, I thought writing was one of those things where I would just be complacent in. Not because I didn’t wanted to work harder at it, but because I thought of writing as one of those skills that came natural to you, or you did not have it at all. I always wanted my writing to improve but never knew how.
The relationship that I have with writing is complicated and we don’t always get along. Although we tend to make up even when I get frustrated and want to quit. When being assigned a paper I struggle with what to write. My words seem to never come out the way I would like and I’m always having to start over and over again. It starts to get frustrating after a while. Needless to say writing isn’t one of my favorite things to do but it’s apart of our everyday lives like texting, sending emails, posting on Facebook, Twitter, and so on. I personally have only used texting as my main daily form of writing since I graduated high school. So therefore I would like to refresh my memory of what I learned in high school and widen my use of writing while in this writing course.
In English 102 I would consider it to be the best education academic writing experience of my education. There would be times where I could say I struggled the most in class was with my grammar and word choices. Throughout my attendance, I intended to prove myself to Professor Hohmann, who is an English professor at CAC (Central Arizona College) that I can write professionally as a student. I created six assignments in the English course to prove myself that I can compose assignments and research as well as my peer college classmates. The tasks that were given to me for grades were beneficial for other classes, career and in life. One of the assignments was a research paper on a specific topic that I desired, which needed to be a debatable discussion. An additional task that helped me out with my writing was the
sometimes not even completing an assignment began to bring my grades down even more. After
Why do writers write? Like Stephen King said, it's not for the money, and it's definitely not for the fame. Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't turn down a fat paycheck, but I started writing because it felt like something I was meant to do. I hesitated for years before I finally took the plunge and tried writing a book. There were so many excuses...not enough time...not enough talent...or ooh look, there's something shiny!
As a writer, I have learned that when I’m not comfortable with an assignment, I become apprehensive about doing it. I feel like this because I don’t have confidence that I’m doing a writing assignment correctly. But, as I do things in stages and receive feedback, such as we have been doing with this writing assignment, I tend to have more confidence about writing.
One of the high points of the class was consistently making high A’s. We wrote a variety of different types of papers, and my grade was always respectable. Succeeding in this class made me feel adequately prepared to write proper papers. Although I made impressive grades for the class, I was able to do so with only minimal effort. Therefore, I knew I could execute my papers better. The quality of my writing seemed to stay stagnant over the course of the year. This class would have been exponentially more beneficial had it challenged me to improve my writing, however it never did.
Writing personal essays has always been hard for me because I’m a generally closed off person and it’s difficult for me to open myself up to a bunch of strangers. I was more comfortable with writing about facts and research because that wouldn’t force me to go into specific details about important life changing events that I experienced. This wasn’t the case with English 291. I went into this class not really understanding what creative non-fiction was, but I wasn’t nervous about that because I assumed that we would just be writing research driven papers with a little bit of personal influence. This all changed when we were introduced to our first writing prompt for the class.
English class seemed to be the most dreadful to take within school. Writing essays for most of my grade in a class is not what I was looking forward too. When I entered college I knew that it would be one of many challenging classes I would have to take. Starting from the lowest English class to moving on up, the writing assignments became longer and more thought out. The time came when I got into this class that I knew more work was going to have to be put into essays and thus brought out what I had not seen before in my work progress.
From a young age writing helped me get my point across, or helped me in remembering important times. Through writing, I spoke my mind without a syllable leaving my mouth. This non-verbal interaction was a blessing that I was grateful for. From a young age, I loathed speaking in front of people, I still do but not to that extent. Why did I hate it so much? From around second grade to sixth grade, I took speech therapy for stuttering, combined with stage fright and you can see why I hated talking in front of people. During this time, writing was something to be appreciative for because it was an easy route that allowed my point across to my teachers and receive the credit I deserve. Today I don’t stutter, but I do have stage fright and thus am still appreciative for being able to write assignments rather than a presentation.