I have learned that to be a better reader I have to examine all sides of the story that are presented in materials. As a writer, I have learned that I have to limit my use of be verbs and use stronger action verbs. Also, the amount of adverbs I use need to be limited to those that are necessary and important in my writing. As a student, I have learned how papers and general writing skills need to be used for papers in other classes. As to my growth as a human being, I have tried to help other students when I can when they need help. The concepts that I learned in this class were to recongnize the different rhetoric elements in writings and to use these rhetoric elements in my own writing. Some struggles I have had were to decide on what topics to choose for my writing assignments. With the first essay, it should have been made clear that any reference to imagery from the song needed to be quoted. For the second essay, the letter format should have been shown on day one, that way everyone would have had a better idea on how much room they would have to argue their point. The most difficult assignment so far has been the letter assignment, because I had a first draft that had to be gutted to become the essay I handed in. This learning process has complicated my anxiety about my skills because I sometimes do not know what I need to write for certain assignments. Also, it has complicated my anxiety about research because when I use the resources on HACC web databases, I get some of the most unrelated subject matter that has nothing to do with my topic. What has eased my anxiety about writing essays is that my writing and reading skills are improving, making my drafts and revisions better. The way I approach writing has changed because now I look at what my thesis will be and how to connect the rest of the essay around the thesis. The challenges that I have overcome are to be less wordy in my essays and to use better verbs. My experience in the course has differed from my expectations because in the description the class sounded like we were going to do more with literature based writing instead of more free flow writing.
Five Goals for the remainder of the course:
1. I will use being verbs less often and use stronger action verbs.
2. I will use less adverbs in my writing.
3. I will cut down on my wordiness in my essays.
4. I will stress out less when I have to do an assignment.
5. I will not use passive voice as much in my essays.
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Maribel Sandoval
ReplyDeleteThroughout the first half of the semester I have defiantly grown as a student, reader, writer, and a human being. I have learned a lot in this class, and have enjoyed writing all the assignments. I have learned that when you are writing you have to take things step by step, and finish with a good piece of writing. I have learned that if you work hard you will do well and earn good grades. The most important thing that I have learned is to set up a schedule to do because things can get pretty overwhelming. I have also learned how to analyze my papers and make sure I think about my audience. The biggest thing that I learned was how to write a thesis, since that was my biggest challenge on my last English class. I have also learned how to critique the writing of others.
At the beggining of the semester I was having trouble with the first assignment that we had on the song analysis because I didn't fully understanding what logos, pathos, and ethos. But what I did was to read over the book and looked at some examples. On the second assignment I learned how to write a proposal which is something that is very helpful in the future. I am a little overwhelmed right now with this writing we have to do. I am not sure how I am going to be able to write six pages. I have never done it before. But I am going to work very hard and push myself because I know I can do it.
Five goals I have for myself for the remainder of the course:
1. I will decrease the number of adverbs in my writing.
2. I will try to revise my grammar before turning in my writing.
3. I will try to get help when I need it because a lot of the times I don't ask for help.
4. I will challenge myself my adding new vocab to my writing
5. I will try to find a way to organize my writing better.