Reflection Of Writing : My Writing Experience In College

In, high school my teachers assign me with different kinds of reading and writing. The types reading that i remember is the Killing Mocking Bird and The Adventure of Odysseus in freshman year of highschool. I didn't like the two book that much. Next the types of writing i recall writing is an observation poem in my english writing class i had to observe an thing and write at least five line poems using the four key items(see, hear, feel, and think). I had to write a lot summaries on articles and writing prompts in four years in secondary school. Also, i did a reflection essay where i had created an claim, counterclaim, evidence, rebuttal, TAG (title, Author, and Genre) of information and quote of one of the scenes in the story of Shakespeare Hamlet before i start my reflection writing.

At the beginning of this course, I was convinced that success would come relatively easy. I had imagined there being few assignments with the guidelines for papers and assignments being broad. I soon came to the realization that I would have my compositional skills pushed to the limit. Although I entered the course with a adequate level of competency in writing, I significantly had my knowledge and skills in academic writing expanded as showcased in the progression of my assignments. I have learned proper procedure for MLA formatting, as well as proper rhetorical analysis, as opposed to synopsis. My writing has become more refined as well as focused. I am better able to concentrate on proper analysis, so while this is my biggest area of improvement,

Although I would see a combination a few students, I identify most with Eric and Marie the most. Like Eric I have a problem with articulation, what I write is clear to me clear to me, yet confusing to an objective reader. Secrets at 618. I often look for ways to improve my writing, such as writing every day or, like Eric, look for other writing courses to improve my writing. Id. Although I spent ample time researching and writing my 1L memo, unlike Eric, my grade was not reflective. Id. at 621. In addition, like Eric, I spend a lot of my time researching and reading and less time writing. Id. at 623. As noted in footnote 45, I spent a lot of time looking fo the “perfect case.” Id. at 635. The article describes this as “a way of postponing

Coming into San Diego State University I wasn’t sure what to expect out of any of my classes, especially my writing class. In high school I had taken AP composition and language which helped me improve as a writer but even a college level high school course is not the same as an actual college class. Before college and throughout high school I didn’t think of myself as a great writer, I have always been very average at writing. At the start of the year I wasn’t a very strong writer but RWS 200 is a huge reason how I overcame challenges and became a better writer.

Over the course of this class I have changed as a writer. My writing has improved, yet their are some similarities between the writing. The writer I was before and after this class is different and the changes should be announced. Now when I write I know how to use transition, not just any basic transition but actually be able to flow from one point to another with quality grammar. A second thing I do as a writer now is knowing how to use MLA 8 formating. The first essay I turned in was extremely wrong on formatting and makes me cringe just looking at it. My citations were all APA formatting and in the header of the essay I put my name, date, teacher, and class. This is completely wrong and am surprised I even got a grade as high as I did. Another thing from looking at my first essay is that I could not write with the proper form. My whole last paragraph of my exemplification essay was useless because it did not have an examples. The writer I am now is more politically correct and can write when in a mode without going out of it.

The class discussions surrounding the writing process and your feedback concerning adding personality to my writing will be the subject of this week's entry. First, I'd like to address the feedback concerning the personality (or lack thereof) that you've experienced in the writings I have submit thus far. Throughout my academic career, including my experiences in the “ENG 111” course the emphasis as to what constituted excellent writing has always been placed on syntactics, correct adherence to conventions of American English grammar, and putting forth great effort to elevate diction throughout the writing process (even if such diction might detract from the overall voice or tone of the final product). These precepts of writing being ingrained

Throughout my college experience I have got the chance to learn some new things from a few different teachers on writing, writing hasn’t always been a strength of mine. When I was younger I had a hard time reading so that didn’t help my writing skills, it actually made it quite difficult. My first year at Western I had to take writing, I thought how hard could this be but I struggled and the professor I had was really hard on us, he was always pushing us to write more from the heart. I ended up getting a C+ in the class and had to have him the next semester for the next level. I didn’t always agree with the things he made us write about and how we had to read out heart filled papers in front of the class but every time I got up there and had

Writing is definitely not my strongest subject in school I’ve struggled with it since elementary school. When I was told that I would have to take this class, composition 100, I started to worry a little bit given the main purpose of the class is to write. Now that the class is nearly over looking back on it I have gained some writing techniques and a few other techniques along the way.

We all have heard the phrase that practice makes perfect. The more you practice or do the same thing over and over again, the better you become and the more you learn. This phrase applies to almost everything that we do. The most common application of this phrase is in sports. Another place this phrase could be applied is writing. The more you write, the better you will become and the more your writing will develop. You will realize new ways to make your writing better, get a better sense of style, have a better vocabulary, and learn new ways to format your writing. I learned how to do all of this things above this year in my first semester of college composition. Coming into this class, I thought already that I was a good writer, but I now realize I was wrong. This semester class has taught me so much and the phrase “practice makes perfect”, really does apply.

Upon arrival in to college many writers, including myself, feel like they have a solid background on writing, especially when it comes to essays. Up to the point of being a college freshman we have written countless number of essays, with various styles and topics, so it is safe to assume that we are a good writer. But are college freshman actually noble writers? At first glance, it may be hard to believe, but fresh out of high school most students are nowhere near their greatest potential as a writer. Although you may have gotten an A on all your five-paragraph high school essays, this is not what college writing is about. During the first week of the term in writing 122, my class had a discussion on why we were taking this class. Many listed off reasons that in short summarized to them taking it to fulfill a requirement. Obliviously, I agreed with these people. Being my first term in college I got told what classes to take, including writing 122. That being said, I never really thought about why or how I ended up in this class, I just knew someone told me to take it, therefore in my mind it was a requirement. Reflecting on the term, I am so glad I took this class.

I learned the slang phrase “One and done” in the NBA (National Basketball Association) Draft this summer. For non-basketball fans, it simply means that aspiring basketball players will try to get themselves drafted in the NBA after completing only one year in college. During the NBA draft night, the player may or may not get drafted depending on if their skills are viewed by the managers and coaches enough to play in the professional level. Throughout my college writing experience, I have been a “One and done” kind of writer. In this case, it means turning in the first drafts of the papers I write without major revision, something that I regret not doing. Not only because of the not so great feedbacks and grades that I got but also because I knew that I could have done better but for some reasons I decided not to.

When I signed up for the Writing 101 course, I did not have many expectations. I knew that I would learn the proper way to format sentences, use punctuation, and write/revise essays. I have always had a hard time finding the grammar and proper word usage mistakes in my own essays and I would like to think that this class has helped me to refine my writing skills. Moreover, this class has also helped me to delve deeper into my interests and further examine my family life.

A writer sits at his desk, scribbling on page after page, surrounded by heaps of crumpled paper. After pulling an all-nighter, the writer leaves with a brilliant composition in his hands. This is how I initially imagined the writing process, but after this semester, I now know that this far from the truth. It is impossible for a one to experience the writing process in isolation, and it does not take place over a few hours. Instead, I have found that the writing process involves extensive research, collaboration, and several revisits to the writer’s work. Throughout the writing process of this collective research project, I learned how to conduct proper research, connect evidence to my own ideas, structure my writing to make my composition, and collaborate with my peers afterwards to create several drafts prior to producing my final project.

Coming to college from a small all-girls Catholic high school, I had two years of Advanced Placement English classes under my belt and was more than confident in my ability to produce an organized and well-written paper in a timely manner. It was not until I was given the prompt for our first paper in this course that I realized that the college writing process would not be as fearless as I had originally anticipated. Even if I was writing like a college student in high school, I was incapable of freely thinking like one. During those four years, I constantly had religion-based conservative beliefs and strong yet reserved feminist ideas engraved in my very being. Plain to say, when it came time to pick the topic of my first college essay, I found that I was only comfortable writing what I was told. I had lost the ability to think for myself and found myself afraid to express my ideas freely. However, throughout the duration of this semester, I have found a voice that is purely my own and have been able to express my thoughts without hesitation.

Our Senior year is the one that makes memories and major changes in our lives when we grow up and move on to bigger and more exciting things. One of the biggest changes I have seen in my growth this semester was the way my writing changed and evolved into a stronger element able to be used when heading to college. This course made my writing stronger which prepared me for college and for future jobs. This course is one I would recommend for the freshman to take to help them prepare for college writing requirements. The biggest changes I noticed in this course was taking out informal language, making stronger thesis statements and eliminating the wordiness in essays.