Prep Writing Assignment

When I started this class, I never thought I was a “good” writer. Ironically, after this class, I have learned how to be an organized writer and the term “good” is extremely unclear and subjective. From the short stories and questions to the individual essays, each assignment helped me practice and develop my writing skills. Overall, I think my writing has improved and the process of writing, something I often over looked, has immensely helped my writing.

Throughout this course, I was able to assess and evaluate my weaknesses and strengths in writing. This class has truly brought out my ability to write, a skill I did not believe I had. I now know what it takes to become a college-level writer. Also, at the beginning of the course I did not particularly enjoy writing. Now, however, I have a greater respect for

I expect to improve on my writing skills from this class not because the professor had great ratings but i feel like the class in general can help me improve in the spots where I need them the most. I do lack on thesis development and many

Luckily with your major and love for writing, this class may come easier to you than others like me who excel more in math and science courses. Hopefully you can be an extra resource if other classmates have questions about writing. I am sure this class will prepare you to write in a professional manner for your future publishing job.

One way a teacher can assess students in the classroom is by having the ELL students write a short journal about something exciting that they have done, such as visiting a historical place, going to the movies, hiking, or simply just staying home spending quality time with the family. They can read their journal to the class and then talk about their experience; this will help the students and the teacher to test the ELL students understanding of words on their reading assignment.

I wanted to be a part of this class to improve my weaknesses and hopefully turn them into my strengths. I have wanted to understand how to use correct grammar and learn ways to use more complex word choices. In this class, I have found out that I am not the most skilled writer and that it takes a lot more hard work, time, and effort to better your writing skills. I have learned that maybe English is not the path I want to pursue and that maybe writing is more of something I would want to do for fun. I'm hoping that by the end of this class I have seen much improvement and I do not second-guess myself or beat myself up so much for my

I can say I got a lot out of this class. So even though this class was more difficult than I anticipated I learned so many things that I did not know before about writing. I feel much more comfortable continuing forth with writing essays in my future writing assignments and

My first semester in college is coming to an end. I have learned not only subject wise, but also about the real life, college life, and myself. Among the things I have learned about myself is that in major assignments I get frustrated. I block off new information that can be useful or necessary to know. The assignments that cause most frustration on me are the essays and papers that need to be three or more pages long with strong research supporting it. I am used to writing like my high school professors taught me; with short paragraphs and little research. Using these techniques and the recommendations that my college professors showed me had not gotten me the grade that I was expecting. Therefore, I want to improve my writing. But, in order

Over the course of the last fifteen weeks, I believe this class has helped improve my skills and proficiency as a writer tremendously. I came into this class with a solid grasp of grammar, but lacking strong skills in structure and the ability to connect my topics in a way that resonated with the overall point of the paper. I learned the importance of transition sentences keeping my ideas pertinent to the main idea. Reading the first essay in comparison to my last feels like night and day. The evolution of my papers was interesting to me because I was trying to find the best way to write each one. It often felt like hit and miss as I tried new things, not all of which worked. My response essay presented good ideas but failed to connect

For some reason, I have a tough time starting out my writings. If I have a topic that I can do research for, I can think about how I understand what I am reading and I can expand on that. Eventually, I do start building from what I am thinking and I see it begin to flow. I do need all the help I can get, so I am confident that taking this class will improve my writing skills.

One whole semester has come and gone and have completed my first college writing class. Writing has always been a struggle of mine in school. I never thought my writing was good enough compared to the awesome essays from my peers. I would solely write to just complete the assignment instead of truly diving deep into the content I was writing about. However, from the beginning of this course I have been pushed to enhance my writing beyond the point of completing the assignment. I began to write for myself instead of writing for school. Throughout the past semester I have not only learned how to enhance my sentences and evidence in a meaningful way, but also how to add my own voice into the subject at hand.

Even through the struggles I have learned a lot in this class and my writing skills have improved. I feel more confident in myself when writing an essay or a research paper. Before this class my organization skills were

The reason I am taking this class is to progress my writing abilities and get my skills closer to a college level. I would like to improve my abilities enough to where I could be successful in the college level. I will need to have a good writing ability if I want to fulfill my plans of attending a four-year university. If I want a good job, their

Writing is a skill that has always come rather naturally to me. I do not remember struggling very much throughout school with written assignments, and I chose English for my undergraduate degree primarily because I enjoyed reading and writing so much. However, I do believe sometimes that the more naturally something comes to you the more challenging it is for you to teach that skill to someone else. I always use my father as an example when I discuss this concept with people as he is extremely adept at math. He struggled, though, with helping me with my math homework because math is something I find incredibly complicated and stressful. I do not see math the same way he does so it was hard for him to figure out why I was struggling. I struggle understanding why others struggle with certain aspects of writing, so this class along with other resources I have found through my studies, has been beneficial to give me strategies for how to address deficits within my students.

This class has taught me a lot about myself in such a brief period of time. I never thought I could dig as deep as I did, and have a better understanding of who I am as a person just by writing a single essay. I was not expecting the amount of self-awareness that I gained through this class. I really enjoyed the hermit crab essays, because they really guided me to find my true feelings. It was hard for me to get started writing at first and then once I got started, it was almost impossible to stop. I love the feeling that I am in control of what I am writing and there are no restrictions and that I can be vulnerable in my writing. This class really helped me show the vulnerable side of who I am. I was sometimes moved to tears while I was writing because, I realized things about myself that I never thought to be true before. I would get so excited that I would read it to my boyfriend, family and friends. This class was in no way easy, but it was definitely worth it for many reasons. I learned how to become a better writer, I learned about myself as a person, and I constructed pieces of writing that I didn’t know I was capable of. Some assignments became easier as time went on because I became a stronger writer. However, I think the hardest one for me was having to write about the room I was in. It didn’t interest me because it didn’t help me dig deeper into my feelings or anything of that matter. I also didn’t enjoy having to respond to different pieces of writing, because it