My Writing Letter: Reflection Of A Portfolio Letter

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For my portfolio letter I wish to thank everyone who impacted my education in any way and gave me motivation to keep studying because I felt like I did not have the ability nor the skills to continue my education. This course molded me into a better writer and made me enjoy writing more than anything else. The revisions that I made throughout the course allowed me to improve on my sentence structures, organize my essay, personalize my essays by creating a theme for it to revolve around, and avoid writer’s block.
I learned a few techniques that I incorporated into my essays for this course which, in turn, helped me to improve my writing skills. For instance in my first Assignment, I had to write about someone who impacted my writing and explain
I was able to create a clear thesis because I first wrote my body paragraphs and then created a thesis by using the topic sentences from each body paragraphs to organize my essay. This allowed me to stay on
To avoid this issue I began writing my research paper at the end of April because I knew that it was going to be a difficult task for me. I did what Professor Hogue told me on the first day of class, which was to write a “shitty first draft”. I had no idea where to start, so I first began by analyzing my quotes and including my perspectives about certain events such as the court cases about the justification on Chicanos’ education, which took place during the Chicano Movement. This allowed me to at least know how I could use the quotes and where to place the examples from the resources to support my thesis later on. I began reading and organizing my essay more and more each week. This is one of the techniques that I learned to appreciate because I was able to reread my essay with fresh perspective each time. I was able to identify awkward phrases and add information to help the reader understand what I was writing about. For instance, I added the definition of LULUC for my Chiano research paper after the peer review session in order to help familiarize readers with this term and therefore understand my essay better. After the eight revisions that I made, I was confident about my research

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