Tuesday, October 21, 2014
My Past Experience
I actually think I created a solid start for my research essay. I have a full ten pages and the words actually mean something they aren't filler. However, I cannot wait until I receive more feedback on my essay because I know there is always room for improvement. I am sure I will have a lot to change before I can call it a final draft. When I read a few of the essays of my classmates on Monday I was really interested in their topics. I think everyone put forth some good effort to make sure they had a good rough draft to present. Even if they pulled an all nighter! I like to hear what others are interested in and what they did their research on. I think I am just proud of my essay because I never usually write long research papers like this. When I was in high school they never required essays like this. Of course I did research papers but not of this length or quality. English was honestly pretty easy at my high school even though they were AP classes. The only time I was challenged in an English class was my senior year. AP literature was a great class for me. It was actually a challenge and I loved it. The teacher was amazing. He expected a lot from our class and made sure we gave him quality work. This class taught me how to be a better writer. We wrote essays all of the time. These were essays on books we read not research papers though. So, this year I am figuring out how to write a really good research essay, not just a research paper to get done and hand in.
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I'd love to hear more about your great English class, and what it taught you that made you feel it "made you a better writer." How?
ReplyDeleteWell my English teacher was one of the best teachers I have ever had. He was extremely enthusiastic about everything we did. He made us read a TON of books. I actually enjoyed that part though. I think I became a better writer because he made us write essays all of the time. It wasn't just the repetition that made me better, however, it was the fact that he only gave us a short amount of time to write the essays. When we walked into class he would tell us the topic of the essay and within 45 minutes we had to be done with the essay and turn it in. This quick essay writing made me a quick thinker and made me put my pencil to paper without wasting time. I stopped pondering over what was the perfect thing to say. I figured out what I wanted to say, wrote it down, and turned it in. I didn't over analyze what I wrote which I think changed me as a writer.
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