Self Reflective Essay Writing

The challenge in first semester was not the actual work,the challenging part for me was having to get it all done and have it turned in on its due date.For example not having “To Kill A Mockingbird” notes and the reading that came with it.I know i am capable of passing this class i just don’t put the effort into all of my work but this semester I am going to stop slacking off and and actually get my work done and have it all due on its due date.

Out of all of the assignments that I completed throughout this class, I found the three major essays to be the most challenging, and also helped expand my knowledge on the writing process for a few different kinds of essays. Each essay helped highlight my weaknesses, showing me what I need to focus on in the near future. The visual analysis essay was challenging because I initially had a hard time being critical and finding multiple points to make for my paper. The documented argument essay was the

Throughout the course of this semester, I have continuously grown as a writer. Prior to taking this course, I had little experience or knowledge when it came to writing. I used to struggle with forming my thoughts into writing, let alone a paper. I was never confident with what I wrote. My writing had no greater purpose other than the assignment. My writing process included: writing my paper, proofreading it, and turning it in. Once the paper left my hands, it also left my mind. Throughout this course we worked with others, visited the writing lab, wrote critiques, and we were able to revise our papers. I believe that all of this is has caused me to grow greatly as a writer.

Completing freshman composition is one of the greatest accomplishments I have achieved throughout my high school career. I have experienced an immense amount of improvement on my writing as well as a huge deal of stress throughout the semester. In the past, writing was never one of my strong suits; however, I have learned quite a bit, for example, how to use semicolons, write with metacognition, and how to correctly do a works cited. During my time in this class, I have: reflected, set goals, learned the writing process, tracked my progress, and learned a huge deal about myself, life and college.

This semester has been full of different types of writing styles and writing topics. Throughout the semester of being in College Writing One we wrote a visual critique, critical review, rhetorical analysis, and an argument synthesis essay. All of the types of writings came with the struggles, strengths, and the learning parts to them. Overall writing all those different types of styles and topics I feel like I have become a little bit of a better writer than I was when I walked into the class back in January.

This year was a very challenging one, but fortunately I was always encouraged to do my best. The English class was not the only place where I had to use my writing and reading skills. Thus, I had to combine such skills with research and creativity. In my Ap physics class, I was able to challenge myself by writing a

When going into my second semester of senior year knowing I had enrolled to take Freshman Composition, I was nervous. However, despite all the negative feedback I had received, I challenged myself to do my best and try my hardest to never give up or slack off. That was unsurprisingly a challenge for me, but with a little motivation of getting the class out of the way this year instead of having to take it next year got me through the semester.

This semester was my very first semester as a college student. Being the first, it was probably the semester I would learn the most in. I learned the expectations for writing that I will have to live up to for the next four years of my college career. Though my high school teachers were usually demanding because I was in the Honors English section throughout high school, writing in college has still ?raised the bar? for me. Also, in high school, we would have weeks to pick a topic, create a thesis, outline the paper, write the paper, and then revise the paper. In college, the time restraints are not quite as lenient. I?ve had to learn to manage my time and be more productive with what free moments I

As I look back on what I have done in the last few weeks, I would say, I would have focused more on reading and annotating assignments. The most important thing for me to do during the semester was to write down assignments. This helped me plan a schedule to finish my work in time. My favorite assignments was the essays. I learned so much from these assignments. They taught me how to become a better writer, and the writing process helped a lot, especially the outlining. My biggest struggle was reading, and comprehending what I was reading. The CPM chapters, such as, Biology, and History was a lot of reading. I am not the best reader in the world, and I am not the best annotator, but the skills I learned made it possible for me to do the best I can. I still find it difficult to read college work. It takes lots of planning, highlighting, and understanding. I am thankful for all the time, work, and sacrifices I made to get my work done, and on time. The textbooks were very useful (if you like to read, and have an easy time annotating). All the handouts were helpful. I am so thankful for how much this class has helped

Over the course of this class, there were some successes and failures, I have grown as a writer, there were plenty of helpful resources, and it has helped prepare me for my future career. First, there were many successes for me this semester in English 112. I have never written more than one or two papers in one semester before starting my classes at JCC. Just writing more than one detailed paper is a big deal for me, because I tend to stress over hearing the words “3-4 page paper.” Another area that I had a hard time with before English 112 was MLA format, writing several papers throughout the semester helped me develop my knowledge and understanding about MLA format and even other formats, including APA.

I think this semester of English was probably the most helpfully I’ve had in years from a writing aspect. In high school they just tell you to read a book and take test on it and maybe have one or two major papers thought the whole year. This semester really did help me further my writing skills and will definitely help me going in to my sophomore year and even further into the future. I have really noticed how much my writing skills have changed in a huge way. Comparing my papers from high school to now you can definitely see a huge change. In how I write papers and how they actual have a meaning at the end of them.

During this semester, I have learned a great deal about my own writing, and writing in general. One of the main takeaways from this course for me was how to break down the intricate process of writing papers. In addition, I developed viable skills regarding going into more in-depth detail during each step of the writing process. I enjoyed having the freedom to write about a topic that I was able to choose. This allowed me to research and write about something that actually interested me immensely. Having to work with one topic for the entire semester taught me how to find reliable resources and how to pick out the essential research from each article.

As my first semester comes to a close, during this time I have obtained many new techniques and refreshed some old ones as well. I have grown a substantial amount in my writing and as a person from engaging myself in this course. Filled with excitement and reckless nerves, college was a new beginning for me and many others. Hearing all the stories and advice that people gave me it, really made me create a sense of what was expected to happen. My first class of the semester was EH 106 early in the morning. From the time, we entered to the time we left that’s when I realized everything got serious. On the first day of class, we received a thick syllabus with everything that we would be going over in the class. From the code of conduct to

William Wordsworth once said, “Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” Writing is not just about picking out words that sound good together to form a sentence. I believe the philosophy of writing is to allow people to freely express themselves. Writing gives people a freedom within themselves and grants the room to grow and discover character. I have always loved to write. Before my high school career I would use my free time to write poems and short stories, along with school essays. I have always enjoyed the way the words seem to fall out of your brain and onto the paper. During high school, my essay writing has made a drastic improvement. This first semester in Comp 110 is where I feel my writing has been at its best. I have learned many new things about my writing and writing as a whole. I believe I had the room and time to grow as a writer during Comp 110. My main focus when trying to improve my writing are my strengths and weaknesses. My weaknesses also lead me to set new goals for Comp 210.

At the beginning of this class I was nervous on how this semester will go and whether or not I will succeed to my fullest potential in English. With that in my mind I still was trying my best to work at getting better, despite how much it made me cringe at the thought of it. My perspective of writing began to change as time went on, the assignments were based on interesting topics which made it a bit bearable for me. I’ve learned that you have to make the steps to get to the perfect paper. A paper requires you to brainstorm, make an outline, and writing your rough draft to get that feedback you need before finishing up that final draft. During this class I have also learned where to put my thesis and that I don’t need to have that three point subtopics of what you should talk about. The writing length started getting longer and I was a bit skeptical on how I can get to the word count or what will I talk about within my papers, but I have