Reflection About English

Going through life we learn and grow differently in literacy. As a young child, I started off my reading by looking at pictures and then grew into more difficult literacy. Trying to comprehend how much reading would impact my life in the future when I was little, was something I never understood. Being in high school now, I have learned how much reading and writing would impact me and how many opportunities it could provide for me. Since I was that child who could have cared less about my literacy, I soon became the child that got so worked up if I wasn’t as superb as others in reading. Throughout my childhood, my literacy has had its ups and downs, but now being in high school I have worked hard in my literacy which has allowed me to take

Before I enrolled in English 101 my ability to write specific types of papers (argumentative, rhetoric, narrative, etc) were mediocre at best. However, from reading The Norton Field Guide to Writing and They Say, I Say I gained a deeper understanding on how to better argue a point or write a narrative with a clear theme. Moreover, from my time of being in English 101 I have improved tremendously in the given areas: Rhetoric, Technology, Research, and Collaboration.

My first encounter with English was at my mother’s workplace. I picked up some words when my mother spoke to customers, but had no idea what each word meant. When school started, I didn’t talk to anyone since most of them spoke English so I felt like an outcast. Still, I tried my best to do well in English, however in fourth grade kids found it humorous that I struggle when I spoke English and they would bully me. When they teased me I would get frustrated and would sit there sobbing and feeling morose for hours and hours. Finally elementary school was over and its time to go to middle school

Coming into this University, I knew that my writing skills were not poor, however I needed more guidance on how to be a more successful writer. My last english class in high school was advanced writing class, so I thought that my skills acquired through that class would help me a lot through this class. I will say I credit my background knowledge for some of my success on my papers, but the English 101 course itself has helped me strengthen my skills. I picked the specific papers in my portfolio because they represent my writing style. I always wrote by what the book said, like a machine. My english teacher this year told me I needed to work on being comfortable with not always following the book. After I learned to do that, I had some trouble

In English 101, I mastered getting to the point of getting to my essays with less disappointment with force; I learned the significant use of scratch paper. For example, I wasn’t always use to writing my essays on scratch paper; however, keeping in mind that the scratch paper was a nondurable tool as I finished my paper, because I knew they would be thrown away. Also, the professor required us to submit our scratch paper along with our essays. With this procedure, I was forced to rewrite my essays. He felt that the scratch paper would be a help to us as we continually to learn how to effectively write our essays.

In the 5th grade I had a teacher that taught me the basis for where all my reading and writing skills come from today. I still use little hints and trick while writing that I encountered way back in the 5th grade. For instance, she taught me a trick to spell friend, she said friend ends in “end”. She also taught me one of the most basic rules of English; I before E except after C. The only thing I remember about my 6th grade English class is that I absolutely hated it. I do not know for sure whether it was the teacher or the repetitive structure of the assignments but my attitude towards English class took a turn for the worst. My 8th grade year is where I had to start getting serious about English again because I was going to be a big high school student the following year. This was the year where I started paying attention to the structure and techniques used while writing. This is also where my reading comprehension skills started to

It's hard to believe that it’s already time for Midterms in my English 101 class. The adventure has been a lot easier than I at first anticipated. In any case, I am happy that I am taking the class and learning from it. In the beginning it appeared somewhat hard however I was resolved to compel my way through this class regardless of what difficulties I needed to persevere.

English has always scared me a little because I have never been super confident in my writing abilities, however this year I am looking optimistic. By the end of this english course, my goal is to be more confident in my writing abilities. Also, I hope to not only become a better reader, but to comprehend what read. Sometimes when I read, I will not fully grasp what the author is trying to say, or I will not understand what the moral of the story is, so I would love to work on comprehension skills this year. Another area that needs improvement is knowing where to put commas. I realize that commas are placed to continue a sentence without having it turn into a run on, however I will usually place commas in the wrong spot, or I will not add them

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My interest in reading began slowly as I tried to become a better reader after being placed in a Title-one reading class. I wanted to apply myself to be able to go back to my regular class and to be on the same reading level as other kids in my grade. At first it was hard for me to accept because I had always believed I was one the smartest in my class and I didn’t think I needed any help. I also felt inferior to the other kids as it made me uneasy not being as good as everyone else. My inability to read at the same level of my peers led me to work harder to become an excellent reader and out of the experience, my love of reading grew.

All throughout a person's schooling, students are required to take certain classes, whether the individual wants to take them or not. However, it is required for a reason it is seen as a helping hand went preparing them for the next step. College is no different than kindergarten through senior year there are classes that the student is required to take in order to move on and be better prepped for what is to come. English Composition 1 is one of the classes almost every college student is required to take. Now English has never been my strong suite personally, but rather science and math. I do however agree with most of the reasoning behind making it a required class. The class will not only help become more professional when it comes to

During the last semester of my senior year of high school, I enrolled in Tupelo High School's Advanced Placement Dual Credit English IV course. Ultimately, my time in Advanced English provided me with many challenges, but also helped me recognize high points as well as my strengths. These experiences helped mold me into the writer I am today.

The beginning of the semester my writing was weak. When I got assignments for grammar, punctuation, and sentence style I was satisfactory when I turned them in. When I write my essays and turned them in they were satisfactory. Then the second eight week started then I knew I had to advance my grammar, punctuation and sentence style. I can now reflect back to the beginning and see how much I have advance in my writing. I notice that my strengths are vocabulary and the structure of my essays, and my only weakness is my grammar that I need to work on a lot.

This first semester at the University of Akron has flown by. I learned many new writing concepts that helped me become a better writer. English composition was a required class that I had to take in order to get my degree. Although this class was required I still wanted to take this class to become more knowledgeable about writing. Coming into English Composition I was worried about all of the papers and the workload that I would have to complete. I knew that I was going to have to write a lot more than I previously had in highschool, but I was unsure of just how much. The works that I decided to include in my portfolio comprise of my Literacy Narrative, Image Analysis Paper, and essay titled Mayas Hardships based on Maya’s experiences in I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings. I selected these works because I felt that they are the ones that require the most improvement to them. The papers i've chosen show how far I’ve came In English Composition.

As I moved into middle school my hatred for reading remained the same. As my poor attitude about reading got worse my writing also became harder to complete. The essays with word counts started to become hard to reach, and began to seem almost impossible at times. The long nights of staring at a seemingly blank piece of paper that was supposed to contain an essay got tiring and repetitive. I dreaded going to English class and nothing made it worse than when my teachers