Reflection of the course
1. What skills have you learned in this class and how might you apply them to writing in your career or future college courses? I have learned how to write a critical analysis paper much better than I have in the past. I believe these skills (although it took me a few tries to learn them) will help me a great deal in writing analysis papers in future English courses. I have also learned a lot of computer applications like blogging that I have never used before. Posting URL’s in assignment links were also very new to me. I have learned to critically analyze novels and get a much broader view into how I interpret the readings.
2. How have the readings in the class affected you? I have had a much broader perspective to the different styles and themes of our assigned reading. Winter’s bone was a very interesting book to read, and it was not so much the entire story, but the style of writing that Daniel Woodrell had written really introduced me to new perspectives in literary works. Up in the Air was a novel that was hard to keep my attention, but after watching the movie I was able to see the voice of the main character in a new light and I appreciated the book after rereading most of it.
3. How have you met the learning outcomes for the class (which can be found on the syllabus)? Writing focus statements were difficult for me to understand at first, but I think that I learned a lot more as the semester went on. 2. Applying reasoned development strategies gave me a good idea to think about how I was going to approach my writing. 3. Selecting and applying voice was something that I think I have learned through lots and lots of practice. 4. Using organizational strategies was something that I was very good at, but some of my assessments from students helped me to organize my papers better. 5. Using and selecting details I think that I learned to pinpoint certain themes that were most important to the plot. 6. Applying sentence structure strategies were hard at first, and I am still sometimes struggling with. But I think they have improved over the semester. 7. Identifying and evaluating multiple meanings and perspectives in language was very difficult for most of the semester to figure out what exactly was expected, but after reading the book over and over I feel that I have a much better understanding. 8. Locating, evaluating, integrating, and documenting information was hard for me especially reading the brown book, and also the little brown handbook. 9. Applying conventions of standard written English I think that I had a good grasp on, but was not always graded well on it so I had to apply myself more in this area. 10. Interpreting and analyzing texts was something I learned a lot about in this class. I learned how to read all of our assignments in a new way. 11. Evaluating and analyzing professional and student writing was fun and interesting to read other classmates work, and also be able to read what they suggested I improve or what they liked about my writing.
3. How have you met the learning outcomes for the class (which can be found on the syllabus)? Writing focus statements were difficult for me to understand at first, but I think that I learned a lot more as the semester went on. 2. Applying reasoned development strategies gave me a good idea to think about how I was going to approach my writing. 3. Selecting and applying voice was something that I think I have learned through lots and lots of practice. 4. Using organizational strategies was something that I was very good at, but some of my assessments from students helped me to organize my papers better. 5. Using and selecting details I think that I learned to pinpoint certain themes that were most important to the plot. 6. Applying sentence structure strategies were hard at first, and I am still sometimes struggling with. But I think they have improved over the semester. 7. Identifying and evaluating multiple meanings and perspectives in language was very difficult for most of the semester to figure out what exactly was expected, but after reading the book over and over I feel that I have a much better understanding. 8. Locating, evaluating, integrating, and documenting information was hard for me especially reading the brown book, and also the little brown handbook. 9. Applying conventions of standard written English I think that I had a good grasp on, but was not always graded well on it so I had to apply myself more in this area. 10. Interpreting and analyzing texts was something I learned a lot about in this class. I learned how to read all of our assignments in a new way. 11. Evaluating and analyzing professional and student writing was fun and interesting to read other classmates work, and also be able to read what they suggested I improve or what they liked about my writing.
4. How has your writing or your writing process changed? I have learned to analyze and interpret writing in many different ways, and have learned to really think more critically about how I write.
5. What were your challenges in the class? How were you able to overcome them? My challenges in class were really figuring out how to correctly analyze writing, and all of the computer applications we used in this class took a little while for me to get down. But overall I think that I learned a lot about how I write and got a better perspective on how to analyze other writing.
5. What were your challenges in the class? How were you able to overcome them? My challenges in class were really figuring out how to correctly analyze writing, and all of the computer applications we used in this class took a little while for me to get down. But overall I think that I learned a lot about how I write and got a better perspective on how to analyze other writing.
Hi Ryan! I struggle with thesis or focus sentences in my papers as well. Sometimes it is hard to put a sentence together that gives the reader an idea of what you will be talking about. I think we have gotten better through the help of the class and will continue to improve!
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