English 101A Reflection
I am coming to the end of my English 101A course and I are astonished by the knowledge that I have gained in such a short period as it relates to the syllabus of the course Introductory to college writing with an emphasis on the process of critical thinking, reading and writing.
The first phase of the course, instructed me on the foundation of English grammar as it relates to sentence structure, comas, verb tense, punctuation, and diction, which are key to improving your writing skills. This was the most critical lesson of all for me, because I begin to understand, the concept of a good writer, which is not to simply write, but to ensure that you follow the rules when to use and not use commas, semicolons, apostrophe, quotation marks, end punctuation and other …show more content…
punctuation to become a better writer.
The second perspective of the course, was more detailed discussion on how to make your writing flow, ensuring that the tone stays consistent with up topic subject and there are no allegorical shifts anytime which confuse the reader. The third perspective of the course moved into the critical learning stages, which provide me with oral and written instruction on how to format, write, research an essay from the developmental stages. The first part of the essay was the thesis statement, second was an introduction, third was background, and lastly a conclusion that would draw from your thesis statement and all essays are formatted in MLA style
With this knowledge, I was ready to write my first in a series of essays for the course as instructed by the Professor a Narrative. I chose to do a personal narrative and my goal was to ensure that I followed phases 1-3 of the course when writing the essay, I did research, formed my thesis statement, give background information, and concluded my essay all drawing from my personal experience. The essay entitled Home Going, of which I told the story of my journey to bring him my brother home when he said to me “Sis I want to Go Home Now.” He was dying of AIDS at that time. My grade was an A for this narrative essay,
My learning curve was on an upswing, now I prepared to write another Essay, which was a compare, however, the Professor gave the topic and subject Race vs Gender.
This essay was challenging and very difficult to write, because there were two subjects related to one another, however, I had to prove in my writing that there was a difference of which succeed and received a passing grade for my essay.
Nevertheless, I did not to fare well on my next essay cause and effect, I followed phase 1-3 as instructed in the class, however, my writing fell flat, as I lost myself in a maze of writing, trying to understand the Professor topic subject Domestic Abuse/Ray Rice incident, and completely missed the mark and so did my essay of which I need improvement.
Writing can, be frustrating, without the instructional knowledge of the basic principles needed to keep readers informed. This class has taught me a few important basics about writing. Although I am not always able to predict the topic, I can be flexible and know which outline to use to succeed in any writing that I do. Also, I learned to write different style essays so I will be able to take that format and apply it to my next English course
Sincerely,
Sharon
Hodge
The first phase of the course, instructed me on the foundation of English grammar as it relates to sentence structure, comas, verb tense, punctuation, and diction, which are key to improving your writing skills. This was the most critical lesson of all for me, because I begin to understand, the concept of a good writer, which is not to simply write, but to ensure that you follow the rules when to use and not use commas, semicolons, apostrophe, quotation marks, end punctuation and other …show more content…
punctuation to become a better writer.
The second perspective of the course, was more detailed discussion on how to make your writing flow, ensuring that the tone stays consistent with up topic subject and there are no allegorical shifts anytime which confuse the reader. The third perspective of the course moved into the critical learning stages, which provide me with oral and written instruction on how to format, write, research an essay from the developmental stages. The first part of the essay was the thesis statement, second was an introduction, third was background, and lastly a conclusion that would draw from your thesis statement and all essays are formatted in MLA style
With this knowledge, I was ready to write my first in a series of essays for the course as instructed by the Professor a Narrative. I chose to do a personal narrative and my goal was to ensure that I followed phases 1-3 of the course when writing the essay, I did research, formed my thesis statement, give background information, and concluded my essay all drawing from my personal experience. The essay entitled Home Going, of which I told the story of my journey to bring him my brother home when he said to me “Sis I want to Go Home Now.” He was dying of AIDS at that time. My grade was an A for this narrative essay,
My learning curve was on an upswing, now I prepared to write another Essay, which was a compare, however, the Professor gave the topic and subject Race vs Gender.
This essay was challenging and very difficult to write, because there were two subjects related to one another, however, I had to prove in my writing that there was a difference of which succeed and received a passing grade for my essay.
Nevertheless, I did not to fare well on my next essay cause and effect, I followed phase 1-3 as instructed in the class, however, my writing fell flat, as I lost myself in a maze of writing, trying to understand the Professor topic subject Domestic Abuse/Ray Rice incident, and completely missed the mark and so did my essay of which I need improvement.
Writing can, be frustrating, without the instructional knowledge of the basic principles needed to keep readers informed. This class has taught me a few important basics about writing. Although I am not always able to predict the topic, I can be flexible and know which outline to use to succeed in any writing that I do. Also, I learned to write different style essays so I will be able to take that format and apply it to my next English course
Sincerely,
Sharon
Hodge