At the beginning of course English Composition 1, I received grades that were below 90% on each of my writing assignments. However, toward the end of this semester, I turned that around and worked to get better grades. I looked over all the comments that I received on my writing assignments and then I tried to fix those mistakes. My hard work paid off and I began to earn grades in the 90s, and grades that were above 100%. Throughout this semester, I have improved my writing skills and applied those
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Theodore McKenzie decided that he needed a fresh start. Armed with his handy-dandy note-pad and that wonderfully smooth pen he’d found under his couch last week, Theo began to write all of the required components for said fresh start. “Fresh start,” he scribbled in his handwriting, an undeniably feminine and flawless cursive, at the top of the page. Now, with this necessity behind him, he could truly begin his list. His list, which would possible guide him through his fresh start — or
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I start here, the very first page of a journal my mom bought me for my birthday.The brown faux leather cover has a black outline of light bulb insinuating it’s meant for ideas. “It’s for you to write all your wonderful ideas and thoughts in.” My mom says with a grin. I stare at her, attempting to put a genuine smile on my face. I reluctantly open it, fearing any sort of unnecessary writing. As I sit blankly gazing at the pages, I realize the knowledge I have come to learn and understand over the
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ALL through high school, I have struggled to put my thoughts on paper. I remember being told from you “remember put in your own words”. I truly had a difficult time completing this task. The annotations I struggled with the most. They were the most difficult for me. I still struggle with the annotations, but they are not as difficult for me as they were when I started the class. As a writer, I can write what I feel or what I’m thinking whether it’s exceptional or poor. There was a time where
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I'm an 8th grader at Shadow Ridge Middle School in Colorado. We were assigned to a fall reading project. Our literacy teacher gave us list of books to choose from. I’m glad I picked In Case You Missed It.I chose your book because it was the most realistic book of them all. When I was reading what your book was about I realised that this was the book that could teach an actual lesson to it’s readers.I’m glad I picked your book because it left me wanting more after I had finished reading it. The
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Before I took the class ENG 101, I struggled so much with writing. From sending simple emails to people, to sending texts to my children, I had always had a hard time collecting my thoughts and writing them down. I did not think I learned very much from this class, yet I was expecting it to be very difficult for me. Because of my origin, my native language is not English. When I speak, my thoughts usually come to me in Amharic, my native language. It used to be so challenging for me to speak English
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We walked into class thinking it would be a regular boring Tuesday, but then we walked into Mrs. Draper's class and saw a handsome stranger on the board. The stranger was Mrs. Tammy Chaffin, our librarian, son, Cullen Chaffin. Cullen Chaffin is an actor/actor in the making. He is a college student and is twenty years old. We began by asking Cullen questions, we asked how he got into acting and he said he has not always wanted to become an actor, he wanted to be a bus driver but his parents said
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I’m not a huge fan of self-help books, but my parents bought me The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens and told me to read it. I thought they were nuts. At first I bluffed it off so I didn’t have to read it. Then I started high school and suddenly I had lots to juggle. I was frantically trying get everything done and still find time for fun and family. Then, after deciding that what I was doing wasn't working, I started to read your book. As I read your book, I started taking what you wrote
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When this project was first proposed in class, I became nervous, as my foundation in writing is not strong. I was eager to set aside time and help a student in need, however I didn’t believe that my skills were strong enough to do so effectively. I immediately initiated contact with Jonathan, and to my surprise he had asked to set up a meeting just a few short days after I was assigned this project. The first meeting lasted just over two hours, and I believe both Jonathan and I left the session happy
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Thinking about my individual writing process has caused me to forget how I begin a paper. It’s strange to think about the concept of what writing is before you actually write something. After reading over the assigned pages to give me the help I need to discover what my individual writing process is I “skimmed” over freewriting. I tend to just start writing and let my thoughts flow and I feel like it’s what best suits my writing style. So here we go. My individual writing process includes freewriting
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