English 101 Reflection Paper

Overall, I believe that English 101 greatly impacted my writing performance for the better. With the help of multiple in class assignments and different styles of papers, I was able to fully broaden my writing skills and understanding. When I look back on this courses learning outcomes and course keywords, I feel as if I achieved a great number of them through the many writing assignments given to me. With a semesters worth of new found knowledge I was also able to reflect and revise one of my previous papers written in this course. If it was not for English 101, I feel my writing skills would be greatly set back.

When I look back to the learning outcomes given to me in my other courses this semester, I feel as if I did not truly acquire as much as I did through English 101. A major learning outcome given to me which I feel I truly accomplished was being able to employ a variety of research methods for purposes of inquiry. One of my professors in class assignments was gathering information for our profile paper. This assignment allowed me to find multiple sources for my profile through a wide variety of research methods i.e. books, newspapers, and website articles. Previously, I was only using websites as sources for my paper, however, this assignment opened the door to a wide array of different research methods. I was also able to

accomplish a majority of the learning outcomes listed under the “Reflection and Revision” portion. Some of the learning outcomes achieved include, suggesting revisions to other writers, acting on peer feedback to revise my texts, and reflecting on my peer’s academic process. These learning outcomes were all able to be accomplished through multiple in class peer review. I was able to read over my peer’s academic work and provide them with my insight and feedback allowing us to both grow as writers. Just as I gave my peers feedback, I was also able to receive feedback which I used to improve my paper and my future writing tendencies. Lastly, I was able to see my peer’s process in their academic process and apply it to my own process. Some of these newly acquired processes include, creating a tentative outline of major points I want to touch on the paper and turning it into a rough draft. This process greatly improved not only the structure of my papers but the paper as a whole. Not only was I able to achieve a majority of the course’s learning outcomes but I was also able to broaden my understanding of the course’s keywords.
Through multiple written assignments, I was able to not only be introduced to numerous keywords but also apply them in my writing. The first written assignment given to the class was a reflection on a local event. This assignment allowed me to further understand a majority of the course keywords and apply them to my writing. I was able to quickly identify the community in which I was going to be writing about and was able to determine the purpose of my paper which was reflecting on a local event. After completing this, I was able to identify the roles the community and I gave to this local event and reflect on it in the form of writing. Previous to this course I had very little understanding of genre and how it is used in writing. However, after completing the genre analysis written assignment, I was able to greatly understand this term and how it is applied in writing. In fact, after learning more about this keyword I now see how important it to every writer’s academic works. After further understanding the courses learning outcomes and course keywords, I was able to reflect and revise one of my previous written assignments for this class.
The paper I chose to revise was my first paper of this course, reflection of a local event.

During my initial reflection of my work I realized how poorly I conveyed the main purpose of this paper which was to reflect on a local event. In my original paper I recognized that I did very little of the main goal of this assignment which was to reflect. This being said, I looked over the in class assignment of recording my observations and used it to better reflect on my event. Through focusing on my papers purpose and being able to identify its community and roles, I was able to better get my point across and reflect more on my local

event.
Overall, English 101 gave me a better understanding into how to properly write a paper and greatly impacted my performance moving forward in the way I write. Throughout this course I was able to complete a majority of the learning targets given to me and better understand the course keywords. I am very grateful to have taken this class for it will impact the way I write for the rest of my life.