Therefore my first goal for this class is to refresh my memory on writing a good paper. I want to learn to be a better and more effective writer. Then I want to be able to take what I have learned from this class and put it to use in the future classes. It has been 26 years since I have taken an English class. I am having a hard time remembering what strategies I have used in the past to become a better writer.
Also does not participate in class is something I've done wrong because this helps you a lot to get a good grade. In short, things I did wrong in the ESL 103/104 class have had their consequences because they all affect a bit of my grade. Also thanks to this class I have improved my skills in my English. First I have learned many vocabulary words that I never before had seen. Also thanks to the novel I had read I improved a lot my reading.
In the essay, Aria, he was forced to study English and Richard Rodriguez resented the loss of intimacy in the family. However, he, later, discovered his love in books. Richard Rodriguez switched from hating English to fall in love with books. Education has changed his mind; therefore, changed him. He confesses: “What I am about to say to you has taken me more than twenty years to admit: A primary reason for my success in the classroom was that I couldn’t forget that schooling was changing me and separating me from the life I enjoyed before becoming a student” (598).
Jamison Mullen Ms.Cramer Final reflective essay 5/24/12 It’s been a long hard year for all the students that took English 10. It’s good that people take English because it affects the way we talk, live, and function in day to day life. I can say personally English helped my writing tremendously. I could hardly write essays due to my bad grammar and the inability to punctuate my words and sentences I’ve come a long way. It was worth every question and worksheet to where I am now.
It has been a long time since I have been in school and I am not as confident as I want to be yet. I will continue writing as I have found out that it relaxes me and I am able to put my thoughts on paper. I would have to say the persuasive argument assignment has been the most challenging to me but I welcomed it and hope I did an ok
I’ve always had a hard time turning in any homework and this is the year I need to start doing it. I think by doing these things I will meet my goal of graduating. Another goal I would like to me this year would to improve my essay writing skills. I’ve never had a real hard time with essays but there is always room for improvement. In English this year I will have to
On Becoming a Writer BY: Russell Baker By: Katina Howard Prof: Kirstin Leighton-Lucas English Composition 115 JAN. 27, 2013 “On Becoming a Writer” by Russell Baker is a narrative essay about his high school experiences and thoughts of him becoming a writer. The essay” Becoming a Writer”, was informational and inspiring to readers to follow their dreams, no matter what the situation may look like. The audience is for many audiences such as high school students, college students and many other people who lost their hopes and don’t believe they can follow their dreams.” In Becoming a Writer”, by Russell Baker stated “I had begun to think of myself as a writer. It was the only thing for which I seemed to have the smallest talent, and silly thought it sounded when I told people I’d like to be a writer, it gave me a way of thinking about myself which satisfied my need to have an identity”. Sometimes you have to put a name on what you want to do and believe you can do it.
That was a long time ago, almost like two years ago. Writing has been something that I used to love to do way back when I was still in high school. Now, I write only if there needs to be something written, most usually with school assignments. I even feel like my writing skills have rusted and that I do not know anymore how to write passionately. As they say, everything deteriorates if they are no longer used.
Although I hadn’t yet become comfortable writing about my past during the first few quarters of school, I enjoyed writing for academic growth. I enjoyed analyzing and debating the issues, reflecting on books we had read, or just journaling my thoughts about the day. It wasn’t until my second year at Evergreen that I was able to revisit some of my past experiences and childhood memories by writing a required memoir for one of my classes. This process was very difficult, and I found myself re-writing over and over again. The experience, although very painful has sparked a desire in me to tell my life
Garrett McCloud Writing and Composition II Professor Dilkes Me as a Reader and writer My experience as a reader and a writer is very interesting. A lot of the times when I write I usually have a very good understanding of what I read and write but sometimes I rush and do not go over what I write. As a reader I would take the insight of the author writings and then try to incorporate or compare it to my life to see how I can relate to it. Try to put it in my on perspective in order to have an idea of what theme should be for that paper. Learning about how the theme of your paper should be related back to in every paragraph is important to the flow of the paper.