Reflection Of Reading And Writing

For the revision project, I needed to make more changes to this paper due to not fully getting my point across or because I needed to add some more information to my paper. The first thing that I had to work out was my title. I read the beginning of my paper again and decided on a better suited title that would fit into what my paper was mostly about. Next, I had to fix a sentence that contradicted what I had said earlier in my paper. Another big issue in my paper was the placement of the story of Dylan Roof. To fix this mistake I used parts of my essay that talked about Dylan Roof to form a back story closer to the beginning of my paper. Some of the other sentences that I had written originally made more sense in my mind and when I put them on paper they made it sound like I was saying something different, so I changed the wording in those sentences.

In my childhood I was not taught the fundamentals of proper writing. Nor was it influenced in my household to dedicate time for writing. My father owned his own business, therefore, I always saw him writing inventory and receipts. As for my mother, I can recall her writing down messages from phone calls. At school I found little to no growth in my writing. When I did face a task that required legible writing I would seek help from my friend Sandra. This class is by far the first English course I have taken were I could truly say lectures are broken down enough for me to develop satisfactory growth. I am still a developing writer, but I have made a lot of progress because of influences of my own desire to learn, Professor Anna C. Morrison, and

I learned how to write an academic book review. This for me was one of the more complicated portions of this project. I’ve never been introduced to one until this class, so it was a new concept

On the first day of class, having forgotten how to write over the blazing summer, I had high hopes I would gain some writing skill. Over the course of the last 10 weeks I learned not only that I am an extreme procrastinator, but that I had a lot to learn in the writing world. I learned many things about writing, including grammar, organization, and expression. Through late nights studying and practice in class, I can proudly say I'm a better writer than I was before.

One of those being that I changed career paths which took a huge turn on my project. During freshman year I wanted to start a clothing line, the year after I took the route of wanting to be a physical therapist and it stuck with me until I started doing research on business again. I learned that I'm more passionate of my current career choice than what it was before. Not only that, but I feel a lot more relieved and stress free now that I’ve gotten over the project. But the bigger part of finishing the project is that it really got me thinking more about my future in good and bad ways which is why I really liked this

Over the course of this trimester, I’ve learned more about myself as a writer, than in the past three years of high school English classes combined. Prior to the class, my writing was sufficient but stagnant. I wasn't growing as a writer because I didn’t feel the need to. I saw writing as a timed objective, something to be completed as swiftly as possible. Since I had always received high grades on my

For example in the introduction, after suggestions from the professor to move certain sections together, I was able to make the background information more cohesive. Another example, the first draft of the discussion overused the same words throughout the paragraph, so I rewrote the limitations to reduce wordiness and just address the three main limitations which were how the study was assessed, exclusion of certain socioeconomic factors, and lack of literature on cholesterol intake in three to five year

“I either go to television or turn on the radio in my car” (Whitefield 2011). Before I started this class, that is what I thought about when someone asked me “Do you keep up with the news?”. Most people do not get the opportunity to learn about what is going on around the world in their everyday lives and how they can help out. I feel that being in this class I got the chance to learn more about life and what is happening everywhere, not just insignificant matters such as who Kim Kardashian is now dating or why Kylie Jenner got more lip injections, I am learning about the important things. I am getting the chance to learn about how I can participate in the world to make big changes because of reading The New York Times, “Why Local Newspapers,” and “Freedom is Intended as a Challenge.”

Writing was a difficult part of literacy for me growing up. I never really liked writing nor did I think I was any good at it. First, I had a hard time thinking of what to write let alone how to get those thoughts on the paper. Even when the teacher provided us with prompts I had a hard time thinking of how to tackle the thoughts I had or simply I didn’t have any thoughts on the topic. I floundered in writing for many years. I took a creative writing class in high school and enjoyed it. However, outside of that class I lacked the professional writing skills that my teachers wanted to see, such as indentations, punctuation and spelling. I had no organizational skills and my papers were choppy at best. At some point, someone, can’t recall who, told me to write

From this process I learned the importance of not adding extra information, reading my story aloud to proofread, and developing my sentences. In my first draft I wrote a lot of unnecessary information which lead my essay to have a number of words that exceeded the word count. This time I made sure to only include information that was necessary. For the first essay, when I was proofreading my work in my head. As a result, I had many typos and missed many errors. On the final project, I read my essay out loud and my proofreading was more efficient. Finally, on my first essay one of my comments was that some of my sentences were choppy, so I made sure that all of my sentences flowed nicely. For my new piece I am especially proud of my

I have been through a lot of difficulties in life; but the most frustrated for me have been learning English. As a college student I have to read and write a lot. I’m taking English composition I class a course that is helping me to deal with my challenges as an English learner college student. In which I am learning academically and about myself. English 101 have been a bridge for me to realized how good I am writing. I did three essays that I was impressed with myself and realized how much I have improve as a college writer student in this class. Reading is an important part of English composition class in which I learned that I am not good at reading. I have to read a book named The Pearl that Broke its Shell. We were supposed to read 10 chapters per week; while I was reading the book, I found part where I didn’t understand, and I wasn’t able to complete the reading. While we were reading the book, we had to do double entries. A double entry journal is a two-column journal that has quotes from the text on the left and an individual’s responses on the right. We have to read the book and take out direct quotes from the book and them explained the quotes. I did good writing the responses, but there were times when I didn’t understand the book. However, reading and writing are the most important component for English composition I; by reading and writing I learned my strengths and weakness in writing and reading. I considered that writing is one of my

At this point in the semester I do not really feel any different than in the beginning. For the most part my writing has stayed the same as when I first started. The biggest change I have experienced in my writing is my ability to organize more effectively and to manage my time better. Although my writing has not changed increasingly, some parts of the writing process has been improved such as organization and time management.

Due to this class, I have been interested in why reading and writing is important. Consequently, I looked up interesting facts about reading and writing, which I would like to share. The literacy company stats “According to research school spend two million dollars on student who cannot read or write to help them to educate themselves” (The literacy company ). Pam Allyn said, “I believe reading can be compared to breathing in and writing can be compared to breathing out”.

Reading and writing were never strong suits in life, and continues to be until today. I have tried to improve my skills over the years, and in the process of doing so, has led me to enjoy the art on this topic. After many years of school and getting to understand myself more I came to a realization. Due to the great academic opportunities that my parents offered me, I was able to find what made me want to go to school and work hard in life. I was able to find the passion of learning and writing and realized it was what I wanted to carry out into the world and in my future. My journey in finding my passion was difficult but taught me many lessons. After years of experience in english I attained that reading and writing it could lead to success throughout all courses and is a crucial component in being well rounded and an educated person.

Over the course of the semester, I have had the privilege to read and discuss my classmates’ writing. Having a mix of large and small group discussions have allowed me not only to help others improve their writing, but to learn about different writing styles and techniques. Throughout the course, I have worked closely with Cory Robinson, a senior at Sacred Heart University, studying English/Pre-Law with multiple minors, including Creative Writing. In an interview with Robinson, I have learned about how he gained an interest in writing, what he enjoys writing, and ultimately how he writes.