Reflective Essay On Summer Reading

During the beginning of the English 101 when we began the writing process: I thought at first that we spent too much time on our essays but I soon realized how important it was spending time on the essays to improve them . The revisions that my teacher and classmates made on my essays were truly helpful for me because it allowed me to better my writing. For every week in the entire course we went over the MLA formatting process, annotating, citing within the essay, and how to make the paper flow better. I had the most troubles in this quarter when I started writing some of my essays for my portfolio because I didn’t have a clue how to start them at first. After a while of brainstorming ideas and seeing examples the teacher

English Composition I has developed my style of writing and my skills analyzing and researching topics to write a piece about a topic. Throughout the course, I got better at analyzing articles and pieces to get the meaning of the topic. With that improved skill I was more able to use the information given from the text and install it into my essays, with proper citation if needed. Before taking the English Composition course, I was not one to organize my essays in an ordeal order to clearly state the point of the work. Now with taking the course, I have learned to organize my essays, examine research for a topic, and develop an essay with proper mechanics, and revising skills. In writing my personal, review, analytical, and cultural

The art of writing is a complex and difficult process. Proper writing requires careful planning, revision, and proofreading. Throughout the past semester, the quality of my writing has evolved significantly. At first, I struggled with the separation of different types of paragraphs, and I found writing them laborious. Constant practice, however, has eliminated many of my original difficulties, and helped to inspire confidence in my skills. As a collegiate writer, my strength lies in my clear understanding of the fundamentals of writing, while my primary weakness is proofreading my own work.

Revising is another significant activity that I acquired from the course. As a writer, I have to fix some logical mistakes in my essay, check on the missing steps, the awkward transitions, and any confusing organization or outline. Proofreading is another step for the writing process, where English 1101 demand individuals to read out the revised paper loudly, to identify any mistakes that need correction. The last step is formatting, which has an aim of making the essay perfect. I discovered that I have to make sure my essay is appropriately formatted, meeting all the MLA style requirements.

The short sci-fi story All Summer in A Day by Ray Bradbury is about being treated as an outcast and reveals the alienating effects that it may have. Sometimes this treatment is brought on by others. In this case, Margot is treated in this harsh manner because she isn’t the same as her classmates and they desire to have the life experiences that she has. Being outcast may not be the only main theme for this story in each reader’s mind. All Summer in A Day provides a multitude of possible themes. This may be the case, however, the children’s physical and emotional abuse of Margot is extreme and justifies this theme. As the time draws nearer for the sun to rise, Margot’s classmates become more brash and crue and at that moment, Margot is exponentially different from the other children in hr class. This concept of being outcast and

My experience in summer school, English 1302, allowed me to strengthen my writing skills by applying them to essays and real life. English 1302 taught me many useful writing techniques like the proper MLA format, how to cite excerpts throughout an essay, and how to avoid grammar mistakes. In this fast paced class we did a total of three major essays, my strongest most effective essay was, the proposal. Since I was not used to writing proposals I found it difficult to begin, but with the help of Mrs. Kane and the handy everything’s an agreement textbook I was able to deliver my essay effectively. I improved most when Mrs. Kane explained how to properly deliver this essay with the correct MLA formatting, reading the text book, and drafting/revising.

When I first read the email about the summer reading assignment Mindset, my expectations about what the book would be about completely differed from what it actually was. My thoughts were that it would only pertain to school and how to stay positive while going through college. After just five pages, I realized this books usefulness would stay with me for my entire life. When introduced to the fixed and growth based mindsets, I felt as though the growth based mindset defined my academic career that allowed me to get into college, while the fixed mindset sadly resonates in my social life. Around the end of the first chapter, Dweck brings up four questions that pertain to how easily intelligence can be changed or if it is fixed your entire

Need for MLA formatting reflection and improvement. In her brief feedback the professor highlighted a need for MLA formatting improvement. This is an admitted weakness of mine as the format is rarely used in my chosen profession. This task is even more difficult due to years of professional writing in Army correspondence style. The old adage of “practice makes perfect” is the best course of action to improve this skill for academic improvement. The AMU library as well as the provided course materials will likely be the best locations for demonstrated works with proper formatting. These resources will be instrumental in my continued improvement and renovation as a writer.

After receiving help on all of my essays so far this year from my new English teacher and other peer editors, I have recognized that I have many strengths in my writing that I was unaware of: such as my paragraph unity, my MLA formatting and my ability to include details in my work. In my reflection paper, I maintained a constant theme of how I grew to love sports, separating ideas into paragraphs smoothly. My reflection paper also kept good MLA format, with the correct organization for the title block and the right formatting. Although I consider

1. I will be the first to admit that I am NOT an accomplished writer nor will I ever be. I also have to say that I have learned a lot from my very short time in these classes that have guided me in preparing a better paper. In the past, I never even knew about the 5 paragraph essay format. I have always looked at thing that I have written and thought that I could have written it different. I didn't have to turn anything in, either for school or work purposes so there was absolutely no need to revise. I am not sure if Nancy Sommer's article changed much about what I have done in the past. I know that my College English Professor did. I took what has been taught to me and I incorporate it as much as I can into what I am doing. I read aloud to

Jane Gets bullied by cousins and argues with them after being hit with a book.

Writing strategies are an important part of a good essay. There are eight different writing strategies which include MLA format, typed, 5-7 sentences in each paragraph, each sentence starts with a different word, no dead words, have different sentence lengths, use transitions and use standard punctuation. The MLA format includes, 12 point font, double spaced, proper MLA header, the title of the essay has to be centered, 1 inch margins, numbered pages, documentation, and a works cited at the end of the essay. Documentation is where you got the information from such as websites,

A major area for development and improvement revolves around effective note taking and essay planning/writing. As a Higher Education student you will be required to plan and produce countless essays in relation to the course you are studying, and a key point of reference to help with this would come from “The Guide to Learning and Study Skills for Higher Education and at Work” who give the following advice and tips: ‘Identify the purpose of the essay and who the audience (reader) is and what is required for both – structure your work and develop your arguments/main points – proof read your work and improve language, spelling, punctuation, grammar and style – review what you did and use feedback to improve your essay writing for the future’ (Bingham, R. and Drew, S. 2012 The guide to learning and study skills: For higher Education and at work).

500 days of summer is a story where a boy meets a girl, he falls in love with her yet she does not truly love him. The movie shows the progression of the relationship of Tom and Summer. It begins when they first meet when Summer begins working as a secretary where Tom works and progresses to them casually dating. Summer is obviously hesitant and against relationships yet Tom is overly eager to find the perfect girl. The story ultimately shows the demise and after effects of their relationship. At first thought anyone could think this is the typical love story where the movie casually progresses to them living happily ever after. This is not that kind of fairy tale love story.

I have learned many things throughout the course of the term, including such things as: how to write an essay and how to improve on essays that I have already written, how to locate and composite better research through the use of numerous resources found at the campus library, the internet, and the “Common Sense” textbook, how to cite research, examples, and quotations properly within the contents of my research paper as well as document it accurately according to MLA standards. Through the exploration of the “Subjects and Strategies” textbook, I have learned nine different methods used when writing an effective essay and how the different writing styles affect the overall theme and tone of the essay when used properly. This past