English Reflective Report

When I started English 102, I started with a few things I already master and a few things that I end up learning after my time attending English 102. When starting English 102 what I master was I did not have such a hard time working with the MLA format since it was a format I been working on for years. While it is easy for me to write essay base on my own personal experience. Although writing is not my strong suit in English, following the rules and how the format should be would be consider my strongest side of English. As for my weaknesses with English is mostly that I have hard time making my sentences flow, since my sentences flow to me, but when others read it they may consider it a bit choppy or hard to read. Also that I have a little

hard time making my sentences have more interesting words. Finally that my writing is not as great as it should be. My time in English 102 I hope that I am able to write sentences that flow more with ease, and have my essay be more interesting to the readers so that I don’t lose the reader attention. Overall though I wish to increase my knowledge on English so that I can perform more efficiently.
After my time in English 102, I think that I learned much more then my time in English 101.

I really like the Discussion board in which we introduced ourselves to each other, even though we do not see each other in person, it is a nice way to get used to everyone and learn what their strengths and weaknesses in English is. So then, we can help and improve each other’s writing and English. The Discussion board was also great in the way we communicate with one another it was an easy and simple to use site, in which I thought was a great feature. As for the DB forms that we did, I think they were good for us to stimulate our writing, to show each other how we write and express ourselves. I had a great time talking with other people and seeing the ways in which they write and express themselves. In which was another way for us to learn about one another, and the ways in which we write. Now the instructions given were great too, since they were easy to read and gave all the information needed to write essays in the correct MLA formatting. From the correct, way to cite to the ways in which you should properly write in MLA formatting, I thought that there were great, incase if I think I did it in the wrong way I can easily look it up and make sure it’s in the right

format.
Continuing on instructions given to me during my time in English 102, there were many useful and beneficial documents and links given to me. Starting with the course information given to us, what I liked the most was “Evaluation of Student Writing”. Which given to us, to show us what was required and what should be done in order to get the best grade. This was very helpful since it showed us everything that needed to be finished in order to get a great grade on essays or writings. In addition, I did enjoy the ASU Libraries online since they also gave me books that I could use for information to cite in my essays, and it was simple and easy to use. Next was the Course Documents, and there was a lot to offer on assistance here, which I had many useful documents. From the Writing Rituals to the Tolumin Lectures, to the MLA Format Matters, I think that all the documents found in course documents were great and very useful for my essays. What I liked the most though in the course documents were the Writing Rituals and the Tolumin Lectures, since both of these are what I used to try to make my writing more efficient. From the Tolumin guide on how to write strong and catching thesis statements to the Writing Rituals that help improved on my writings.
As I progress in English 102 and writing my essays, I found it very helpful that I got feedback from the instructor to my peers. The most beneficial were the ones that I received by my instructor, since the instructor feedback precisely tells me what I need to fix. From me fixing the way that my citing to making sure that I have the correct format. The instructor feedback was the most helpful. Although the peer review feedback was not bad either, I took note of all the feedback that I got. Most of them were that I needed fix the flow of my essays, in which I tried my best to make sure they did. As for the peer reviews I got different comments on each of my drafts that I made. In which I think that having the chance to post a rough draft was a great chance to have other people check on your work. Since there might have been mistakes that I have missed, but others can find. Therefore, it helps me correct my essays so I can get a better grade and fix the mistakes I made. Most of the time when I write my rough draft and then post it to the blackboard I always see that I have small spelling errors to mechanical errors, in which I go correct in my final draft. In addition, that sometimes my peer reviews point out my some sentences in certain areas of my essays and I later correct them to make sure they flow easier.
Speaking of essays, I thought that thought my three essays I think that my strongest essay was my second essay while my weakest would be my third essay. The reason for this is that my second essay I had a better grasp of the subject, and had an easier time being able to talk about the subject. My second essay was on the addiction of video games, in which I have knowledge on the subject, since I am a gamer myself, but not as addicted as others. This is the reason why I had such an easy time on this essay since I know the reasons why people can have such addictions to video games. While my third essay I did not have such a good grasp of it and that it was something I did not know much to talk about on the subject. My third essay was on the dangers of fracking on the environment in which I had a bit of a hard time writing. Since those fracking methods have changed over time and they have reduce the amount of damage it does on the environment and that it is a huge way to obtain resources for commercial and private use.
Wrapping this all up, I had a very interesting time in English 102, especially when this English 102 class is an online course, so it gives you space that is more open to your schedule while it also makes you also train to have time managing skills. When I first joined English 102, I thought that it would be harder than I would expect it to be in class since it is an online class so it is much stricter then in class because they do not know what the student is doing. After experience English 102 online, I think that the course is not as hard as I thought it would be, but it is not simple if you have poor time managing skills. From this class I think that I have gained a lot of knowledge on writing argument essays and the proper way to write them too. Also that I have improved my writing skills, and making my sentences flow more with easy. Overall my time in English 102 I think what I have learn and hope to take with me, is that I learn new ways to write different type of essays in which I can use in the future if I have to write essays for or against subjects. While I have improved a bit on my writing, from making sentences flow easier to writing sentences with more efficiently and making them more interesting. My time in English 102 I have learn much and I hope to use them in the future.