My Writing Reflection

The first essay I ever wrote was hard for me to write. I didn’t know the first step of how to put a paper together. I would start writing and get frustrated that my ideas are not coming together.I knew what I wanted to say but my thoughts weren’t translating into the paper. Looking back on this class, I have realized just how much my writing has improved since the beginning of the quarter I chose narrative analysis and arguments to show how much I improved this year and know my strength and weakness I had in this school year.
The first narrative I reviewed was “a twisted fairytale” this was a short story we wrote at the start of the year. We were supposed to write about Goldilocks and the Three Bears but with twist. I did a good job on showing the main idea of the story and what I am trying to convey, unfortunately the story was not catchy enough, it did not flow very well and it was somehow boring to me. I didn't use the right punctuation, so the reader could not know where the sentence bigins and ends, it was awful. I think I could have gotten a full score if I took my time to write it and not slack off.

The next piece of writing you will see in my portfolio is an essay about Analyzing Author's Style called “ the story the absolutely true diary of a part- time Indian” This was a piece I wrote in the beginning of 8th grade based on a short excerpt from the story by Sherman Alexie.

We were supposed to show the style the author used while writing the story. I used clear and meaning full thesis about the way the author uses stylistic devices to achieve an effect, and I Integrate relevant details to provide support. but I also had a lot of errors. My paragraph breaks, and because it had a lot of lack of topics it was hard to tell where one thought ends and one thought begins. One of the main issues I noticed was i switched from "her" to "him" when talking about the author. And That needed to stay consistent because the author was

male.
My last example of writing is an argument called “no background checks” the argument was if there should be background checks on guns. I think I did pretty well on this one than any other essay I have ever wrote. I gave some good details about why there should be no background checks on guns. My English was very good, but I had some minor errors. My essay gains power and focus as it goes on. The beginning was a bit disorganized, And it had some grammar errors.
This class has impacted my writing skills in a positive way. This class has helped me to acquire the skills needed to become a better writer in middle and for my future. I learned how to use the writing process effectively by brainstorming ideas for my topic, making drafts, getting in groups for peer edits, and revising my writing into a final draft. We had some group work in the class, and that was beneficial to my learning.