Reflection Of Writing A Letter To The English Class

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

Going back to reading the first thought piece I wrote during this course made me realize how much I have improved as a writer. I now understand the nature of writing, and my own experiences with writing. Writing the Rhetorical Analysis helped me in improving my writing based on my previous writing experiences. I now also know what questions to ask when entering a new rhetorical situation, in order to deal with the situation in the right way. The List of 10 made this easier for me, the first thing I do now before entering a new rhetorical situation is ask myself the ten questions I wrote for The List of 10. This course also made me more of a reflective writer. I am now a more self-aware, thoughtful, and mindful

This course was comprised of many learning activities; each was designed to help me achieve the course learning outcomes. I have taken two college English classes in the past; however, it has been several years since my last college class. I have some experience in writing and this class definitely helped me get back into writing. I often have trouble brainstorming and capturing the subject I need to write about. This class definitely helped me overcome the challenges I faced in writing and being able to effectively express my ideas in a clear and concise manner. Not to mention, it definitely helped build my writing foundation through a step by step approach to each assignment. Therefore, this class bolstered my writing and communication skills.

This class aims to address public speaking and I definitely feel more confident when speaking in front of audiences, especially since I now know the #1 rule of public speaking - KNOW YOUR AUDIENCE. I learned about topics in writing and speaking that I did not even know existed even though i saw and heard them everyday. Rhetorical Devices such as Anaphora and Chiasmus are perfect examples of this. Incorporating story into speaking and writing is something that is crucial and I really realized this throughout the semester. This helped me improve my speaking and writing abilities. Even though I despised waking up early for this class, I definitely feel like I gained vast knowledge on speaking and writing. I learned the importance of giving readers a roadmap for them to follow. I noticed a big difference which was also reflected in my grade from my informative speech to my persuasive speech. I was definitely more clear and confident by my second speech. I learned how to make eye contact with my audience while speaking. This class helped me gain valuable insight into my topic - Poverty In India. I found that there was so much more to my topic than just plain facts. In terms of the learning outcomes for this class, I feel i managed to achieve the vast majority of

I began this course with goals to significantly improve my writing. I knew there were challenges for me to overcome, because I have not written much at all since high school, which has been more than twenty four years ago. Nonetheless, I was up for the challenge and each week I made sure to do exactly as instructed in the weekly syllabus, reading each every assignment very carefully. At first I felt overwhelmed, but as I completed the homework and discussion post assignments for the weeks prior to the major papers, the overwhelming feelings subsided and I concentrated on each task at hand.

Starting the course with readings and taking apart arguments rhetorically has really helped my understanding of rhetoric and given me much better tools for writing rhetorically myself and thinking critically. I had thought these were tools that I had previously, but really their quality reflected the quality of the class I took previously-- mediocre. (Well maybe not critical thinking. I developed that at a young age.)

Over the past semester my writing has improved in three specific areas: extending the length of my writing so that it is more than just 300 words per piece of writing. Clarifying and giving my writing more detail so that it is easier to understand and follow. And finally by improving my spelling and punctuation throughout my piece instead of just spell checking the first few paragraphs.

As this course comes to and end, it was very interesting to see how my writing has changed over the course of the semester. After having taking multiple English classes and writing multiple essays throughout my academic years, I have always been trained to write a certain way. Quite the opposite of being concise, instead I was trained to over explain and analyze the points I was making in my written assignments.

When I started the class, I believed my level of writing was at a strong point, however, as the class progressed I found out how wrong I was. I learned that I needed to work on two certain things to succeed in the class. The objectives that I have always seemed to struggle in is correcting my sentences from becoming fragmented and knowing how to successfully structure them and learning to use citation throughout my papers. Knowing to successfully apply these, I believe has made me a better writer than what I started as.

When I ended my Writing 39 class that was the start of my endeavor to evolve into a better writer. My pervious writing class defiantly helped me make the transition to Writing 39B. This class is contributing to help me become a improved writer through the RIPs, readings, and rhetorical analysis essay . Writing has always been a subject that I struggle with, so this class is one of my challenging classes this quarter. Besides Writing 39B and I am taking Chemistry 1C, Chemistry Laboratory, Anthropology 1A and Psychology 7A. My additional classes make it difficult for me to dedicate extra time to this class. Nevertheless, I balance my classes to dedicate the appropriate amount of time into this class. I work diligently to complete the assignments

The purpose of this memo reflect on the semester in this course as a whole. It will discuss how I met at least 3 of the course goals in this class, how the class contributed to my professional, academic, and personal goals, and how this course helped me grow as a writer.

In this class, we do peer reviews for our paper and this not only helps me as reviewer but it was helps me connect with the thoughts of my reviewee based on my paper. In class, we go through activates which helps me to understand what’s going on in class and how to write my paper. She asks questions to help us understand what we are writing about. Having the understanding gives me the ideas on how to start my paper but my struggle is that once I have an idea in mind I forget my ideas when placing it on paper. I might get the lecture where I’m told that I should write my idea immediately after I think of it which is what I try doing but by the time I switch on my laptop or get a piece of paper I forget everything.

When going to college most, if not all students, will be told to write academically in several classes, especially English classes. It is a way of writing beyond what is taught in elementary, middle, and high school classes. It is how people who are seeking professionalism through higher education must write. Whether it be to inform othwrs of something they have learned, or to pose an argument for something that they either agree or disagree with. When a student is told to use academic writing they are expected to first find a subject or topic that they are going to write about, take a stance on the subject, decide whether they would like to argue another people's stance or inform their classmates, then they must compile information from reliable sources pertaining to the topic they are going to write about, determine who their audience is, and then find the correct and proper tone in which they need to use throughout the paper. This way of writing consists of summarizing the primary information and all that is known, evaluating all the information that has been

My approach to writing has been positively impacted by taking this class. At the beginning of the semester, I struggled with the placement of commas. Over the course of the class, however, I began to understand when and where to use commas. My sentence structure and fluency experienced great improvement due to this. I would say that my writing abilities have grown as much as I expected from taking this class.

I have had various positive experiences with writing before this class. In eighth grade, I was introduced to new writing styles including journal writing, and book/character analyses. I also was enabled to improve my descriptive writing and build on my poetic voice. This class required me to evolve my writing into something more precise and insightful. Freshman year, I took the Essentials of English course. I felt very open in this course in the sense that I was exposed to a diversity of writing genres. This allowed me to craft a sophisticated writing style throughout the school year. I learned a variety of new writing techniques which strengthened my ability to effectively convey a message. Some techniques I learned include, writing from different perspectives, foreshadowing, and symbolism. Initially, I