LART 200

My Achievements In LART 200

Have you ever see yourself in the next college-level such as LART 211? If you have answered yes then lets just say that you and me have something in common now. My experience at my LART 200 class was so motivated and interesting because I have learned so many things during this quarter. I have made a lot of improvements in my writing and reading skills such as using the method “P.I.E’ in a essay and annotating when you are reading something such as an article. I, also, have about having an attention grabber in your essay, which is very important because it catches the audience’s eyes. I really needed to improve my reading/writing skills, and I must say that my LART 200 class had really help me out in those areas. The reason why I had come to LART 200 is because when I went to my counseling 100 orientation, the teacher mentioned about how LART teaches both reading/writing which is worth ten units, the subject itself had caught my attention very quickly. I was feeling really excited on my first day of class because I wanted to face the challenges that awaits me, so I can work hard and improve my reading/writing abilities. In my reading part of my class, one of the reading skills I have learned that will also help me be ready in LART 211 is annotation. Annotation helped me learned how to improve
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on understanding what I am reading for example if I read something that interests or confuses me, I highlight it and take notes of it, so I can remember it later. Circling words that I do not understand and look it up in a dictionary, so I can get the definition to help better understand what I am reading about. Also, getting all the main ideas in each paragraph, asking questions, and using symbols have improved my reading skills. Over the quarter, my reading skill has improved because I am now better than before at understanding what I am reading. These reading skills will help me be ready in LART 211.
Another thing in LART 200 I have learned also a lot in my writing class is how to organize an essay very well. One of the writing skills I have learned that will help me be prepared in LART 211 is using the “P.I.E” method. My teacher taught me how to make an outline using the “P.I.E” method, which includes having point, information, and explanation. This method was very helpful for me in organizing the details in each paragraph. For example in each paragraph I would put the down on of the main reasons, back it up with some information, and very importantly adding explanation to the main point of the paragraph. My writing skill has also improved over the quarter because now I understand the way to organize an essay, and want to also include that I have learned about having an attention grabber in your essay to catch your audience’s attention. That is why these writing skills will also help me be ready in LART 211. Therefore, I have achieved a lot of things in my LART 200 class, and I am ready for LART 211. That’s how confident and motivated I am because if you see my essays in
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my portfolio, you will see the improvements I have accomplished thus far. I truly believe that both my writing/reading skills will become even stronger in LART 211. The more I practice and learn harder levels of writing/reading, the more benefits it will help me improve my reading/writing skills because I have learn a lot of different methods and different ideas that will help me be prepared in LART 211.