As a student I feel this year has assisted me the most writing wise. I was never really big into writing but this year has helped shape me into a much better writer and actually gave me joy when given the task to create an essay. My strengths this year have consisted of a larger vocabulary and I have also learned to lure the reader in with better introduction sentences. For example in my college admissions essay I hooked my reader in quite well with the following sentence “ As a child it was never
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I am a seventh grade student in Massachusetts, and I have recently read The Fifth Wave (the series). When the first book was introduced to me, I found it challenging to put down. I have read plenty of great books in my time, but your books top my list of favorites. While reading, I felt all the characters being brought to life. Therefore, it was easy to imagine the events of the story taking place in the world of the book. Throughout the suspense and excitement of the book, one problem stood out
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high level. After reading this small book, I am having trouble narrowing down what is most important to me as I become a college reader and writer. One point that sticks out to me most is creativity. After reading this I can remember all the papers I have written and most of them were about stuff I had already known. Unless they were assigned to me with specific
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Throughout the semester, I believe I have improved on my writing skills tremendously.Even Though I have had difficulties,My writing has improved by evaluating the most important information that matters rather than stating the obvious. In my writing I’ve gained confidence in forming my own opinion about a certain subject. On the critical thinking part, I think I have been able to look deeper into depth about what a story is actually revealing. My critical thinking has improved by the class discussions
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While writing this informational text I learned about writing and myself. In terms of writing I learned that formatting and presentation is extremely important. I found it very easy to write the text of this piece, but harder to present it in a format that made it accessible and reader friendly. Additionally, I had to make sure that as a writer I was explaining everything thoroughly, because not everyone will have the same background information on the topic of the State of Israel as I. In learning
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tools. They plant ideas, water them, let them bloom, flourish, and intertwine in someone’s mind. When I write these words down, they most often flow without interruption. Research papers, persuasive pieces, short stories, lines of poetry, college essays; I’ve proven myself to be more than adequate at expressing myself on paper. Yet, when faced with the challenge of writing about myself, I can never seem to commit. My junior year of high school, my English teacher tasked the class with writing a poem
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I believe that my discourse community helped with picking a topic before writing and researching for this annotated bibliography. My previous education never prepared me for writing an annotated bibliography. However, I feel my professor made this process very difficult and unrealistic in developing writing skills for this assignment. I thought some assignments were a bit pointless, they required a lot on my part to stay focus with the course lessons or withdrawal from the class. After applying the
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Writing research papers have always been a struggle for me. I procrastinate. I read and then I stress about writing. Then under complete stress I sit down and write. Law School is going to be different. I will address my strengths and weakness as they relate to writing a research paper and create a plan of action that will be a different approach then before. This is turn will make my time in law school enjoyable and less stressful. Speed is my weakness. I take my time while writing and constantly
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Retelling book 19 from The Odyssey was certainly a new experience for myself with abundant new experiences in both the planning and acting stages of the project. My colleagues and I endured numerous trials and tribulations while trying to put together a respectable product that we could have pride in. One such tribulation was the fact that we were not able to use a script during the presentation, a new experience for most of us. Additionally, I enhanced the difficulty for myself by way of not opting
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Literacy: Cassidy enjoys listening to stories and engaging in various literacy activities. She likes to write about her weekend and friends. Cassidy is inconsistent in the quantity she is able to write on a daily basis. She typically is able to write about three sentences and often does not finish her work due to task avoidance. Cassidy will sharpen her pencil, ask to go to the bathroom and try to help others. She is able to discuss her ideas orally but requires an ample amount of reminders and redirections
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