My Writing Class Analysis

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English 1 has been the most challenging class in my academic experience so far. The reason behind this class being so challenging is that writing has been and it still is a very hard task for me. Although I have had numerous difficulties in this class, I believe that within the past 16 weeks I have improved significantly as a writer and have become more comfortable with evaluating college-level texts.
In the course of 16 weeks, we were presented each week a new weekly discussion. The main purpose of the weekly discussions was to each student how to read, understand and evaluate the material provided in order to be able to interpret it by answering questions and/or summarize each text to further explore the weekly reading’s content. Weekly discussions …show more content…

Each essay had the purpose of students demonstrating the ability to evaluate texts from different sources by composing a thesis and supporting that same thesis with relevant credible sources throughout an essay body. Essays are the hardest portion of this entire class. In order for me to write an essay, it required hours and hours of thinking about how to express myself. First, I usually write my thesis to be able to initiate my essay. Secondly, I write a few sentences following the topic and its purpose, placing them in random order. Lastly, I develop those same sentences into larger paragraphs, paying attention to my vocabulary, grammar and also my transitions words to make sure my essay is clear and easy to …show more content…

I followed the same steps used in essay number 1 in order to write essay number 2, but paying attention to the feedback I received from my professor. Many hours were spent on writing the draft for the peer review submission. This peer review was a lot more helpful due to my peers being more engaged with this task and also by their added comments directly on the body of the essay. Isabella Olivas was able to help by making comments such as “Substantial but need to elaborate further on your final essay.” and “Your essay follows through on your thesis statement” (Olivas). When reviewing and finishing up this essay for final submission, I felt confident with the structure and also with my clear thesis, supported by a good amount of citations for evidence. After receiving a 75 out of 100, I realized I made serious mistakes in this essay. My weaknesses in this essay were lack of providing background on the authors I used citations from to support my argument, poor vocabulary and language use and poor sentence structure. One of the weakest sentences was“However, materialism can start affecting one’s life when purchasing material goods are used to fulfill needs one doesn’t truly have.” (Cascardi 1). This passage was a run-on sentence and it could have been better worded for more clarity. I received very useful feedback from professor Fitzgerald, she states “...it seems as if there were a lot of problems with

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