I have always enjoyed English classes and writing. After taking the English 101 course here, I felt like my writing skills had improved and matured greatly along, helping with my transition to college and more advanced writing. Now, through completing English 102, I feel like my writing and research skills have improved even more and I feel better prepared for the writing and research tasks that await me. In this portfolio, I hope to demonstrate how my writing has improved through this class and
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Words are the basis of writing. Writing is a specialty, and a skill. It’s one of my favorites to pursue in. The flow of words, structure, and most importantly, the meaning is what makes writing a pleasure to me. The meaning of words can have so many different ways to impact a reader; to write and experience them is influential to me. Growing up I have always had a passion for writing, no matter the kind. What I love most about writing is the many ways a statement can go. Writing can have so many
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Myth #1 The “Paint by Numbers’’ myth, The reading states that some writers believe they must perform steps in a particular order to write “correctly.’’ I understand that there are many ways to write an essay, but one thing is for sure, is to just write. The article mentioned that writing is recursive therefore, let's not limit our potential as writers. Writing can be fun we, it does not have to be hard. Just keep on writing, and edit it later. When you get a something down, then there will be
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I think I was given the opportunity to change that when I enrolled in English 1102, from reading the syllabus I was already intrigued by the assignment which revolved around real life. Such as the evaluations of memos, job applications and other assignments. The assignments which actually prepare students for real life situations.Also technical writing also helps prepare individuals with career path such as engineers and doctors were writing is very influential in their career. Which has been helpful
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English class is important because it gives me an opportunity to look into the language that I speak everyday. Understanding reasons or explanations for things I never noticed in my language makes me feel more intelligent. Dissecting the words I speak and connecting with what I am actually saying is a powerful feeling. Being able to properly utilize English helps me grow as a student in the English language. My first role is that of an English student. Growing up, I always had English teachers
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This unit was created for the sixth grade classroom, and it particularly suited to the needs of 11-12 year olds of mostly American heritage, because it will teach them about an important event in our history. The objectives of this unit focus on building up the writing skills students of this age and developmental level need to have to be effective writers. Each objective involves the completion of a writing piece that is focused on improving their writing skills. In the culminating activity
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The final position paper helped me grow as a writer even more than the previous two essays we have done. The reason I feel this way is because as I was beginning to write the paper I caught myself analysing what I was writing from the beginning, and not just waiting to look back at the end. My writing style matured also while writing this paper. I realized what words to avoid and found acceptable words to replace the ones I could not use. These are reasons I believe I grew as a writer from this one
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Part 1: I fell I do my best writing in a quiet peaceful environment. I’ve found that while writing, one can become easily distracted, so my personal preference is to write in a more tranquil space that would allow me to focus on the task at hand. I once had the desire to become a free hand writer. One day I sat at the computer and before you knew it I had a good story with what I called actual chapters! That made me believe I was a pretty good writer, and hey maybe I can do this for a living! With
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IV Demonstrate and Apply Knowledge of Basic Skills “This year you will be doing a lot of creative writing.” Mrs. Phelps introduced her class with at the start of my junior year. I had always been keen to free writing for the single reason that it was easy to fluff up and fabricate. As long as it was in MLA format and grammar was correct, I could not lose. I had discovered early on in my academic career that I was a decent writer; I could establish main points and a theme as well as apply proper grammar
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For me, writing has always been something I do to get my crazy busy mind organized. Writing ultimately is my way of setting my personal game plan. I love to write out my daily and weekly schedule, meal plan, set goals, make lists of every kind, plan and record trips, and even write essays! Writing always helps me unwind and feel more relaxed because my brain doesn’t have to remember everything on its own. Often times I find myself wanting to include every single little detail about everything even
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