Reflection I have learned a lot this year in English Class. For one thing, I have learned how to write a full, five paragraph essay, which will really help me in the future. Another useful thing I learned was how to write a quality essay in a short time, like for the SATs and things like that. I feel like I have improved on writing fuller, more detailed essays. I also have figured out how to start essays. I used to spend hours just trying to figure out on how I was going to start a piece of writing, but now I can do it with no problem at all. This improvement alone will really help me and my writing ability. I think I am still a little weak in the area of poetry. I think I am just not a poet or something, I cannot write it, but it is okay because it is not that important for what I want to be out of high school. My favorite piece that I wrote has to be my creative writing piece of my portfolio. It was when we went and wrote about what we saw in the courtyard. I had a lot of fun writing it because I could just picture courtyard kids running around doing weird things to each other. Aaron and I were joking around when we were righting this also so it was a lot of fun. On a serious note though, I feel it brought out a creativeness that I did not know about before, so that was cool. I was just writing what I saw in my head or what was actually there. My least favorite piece we wrote was our midterm essay. We had to write about the book we read, but it was about the American Dream and stuff also. I did not really understand the prompt I guess, because I did not get a good grade on it. That’s mainly the reason why I did not like it. Now wikispaces versus a paper portfolio. I like the wikispaces personal because it is more eco-friendly and that’s always good and you can just type it up and post it, it is a little easier. The advantage the paper portfolio has is that you can decorate the folder it is in and that is fun. So, really I have nothing bad to say about this class. I learned a lot about World Literature and about writing and I met some new people who are my friends now.
I have learned a lot this year in English Class. For one thing, I have learned how to write a full, five paragraph essay, which will really help me in the future. Another useful thing I learned was how to write a quality essay in a short time, like for the SATs and things like that.
I feel like I have improved on writing fuller, more detailed essays. I also have figured out how to start essays. I used to spend hours just trying to figure out on how I was going to start a piece of writing, but now I can do it with no problem at all. This improvement alone will really help me and my writing ability. I think I am still a little weak in the area of poetry. I think I am just not a poet or something, I cannot write it, but it is okay because it is not that important for what I want to be out of high school.
My favorite piece that I wrote has to be my creative writing piece of my portfolio. It was when we went and wrote about what we saw in the courtyard. I had a lot of fun writing it because I could just picture courtyard kids running around doing weird things to each other. Aaron and I were joking around when we were righting this also so it was a lot of fun. On a serious note though, I feel it brought out a creativeness that I did not know about before, so that was cool. I was just writing what I saw in my head or what was actually there.
My least favorite piece we wrote was our midterm essay. We had to write about the book we read, but it was about the American Dream and stuff also. I did not really understand the prompt I guess, because I did not get a good grade on it. That’s mainly the reason why I did not like it.
Now wikispaces versus a paper portfolio. I like the wikispaces personal because it is more eco-friendly and that’s always good and you can just type it up and post it, it is a little easier. The advantage the paper portfolio has is that you can decorate the folder it is in and that is fun.
So, really I have nothing bad to say about this class. I learned a lot about World Literature and about writing and I met some new people who are my friends now.