I took English 2 Semester 1 my sophomore year of Highschool. I took the challenge to take English 2 honors that year. I was nervous to take that class knowing i had to be hardworking. i did work hard that semester. I would always complete my work, my quiz scores were high. My grade for the whole semster was at a stable B. I can say I was a good student. It was one day, towards the end of the semester that the class was assigned an essay. I was able to complete the essay, i followed what the directions asked us to do.I answered the prompt with no problem. When I checked infinite campus, I had seen that I received a zero on the assignment. The essay category is a high percentage grade. That essay was the only assignment going into that category. The reason i did not receive a passing grade in my English 2 semester 1 class and am now taking summer …show more content…
school is because I received a zero on an essay i completed that apparently did not meet the requirement she asked for. I put my effort into all my work i was assigned to in this class.
I knew if I worked hard in this class, i can get a good grade and avoid taking credit recovery or summer school. So when i was assigned the essay, i knew i had to write a good essay to get a good grade. I was at home stressing about that essay. I remember it costing me sleep! i wrote my essay in 4 pages with one page being ¾ of a way done. I turned it in on time, with no problem, confident that my essay was going to receive a good grade on it. The class didn't get the essay back until about a week and a half later. The grades were on infinite campus and it said i received a zero on it. I went to talk to my teacher and she had told me, my last page was a full, completed page. I was upset and disappointed because I actually did put effort into that essay. So that gave me an F on my report card, and this is why i am attending summer school today. The next time we are assigned an essay or just any work in general, i will see if i got a good grade and if there are any mistakes on there, i will ask my teacher what i did wrong and see if the problem can be
resolved. Another problem i had with my teacher was that she never really inputted grades that semester. She only put in grades when they were due for progress reports or report cards. That affected me because i couldn't know if i was missing an assignment or her messing up on my grade. No one really said anything because we all thought she was going to get to the grades on time. But she never came around. To avoid this problem, i am hoping that she is inputting grades on time so i am able to fix problems and ask her questions. I didn't really have problems in my class. I was never disobedient, I hardly talked, only when i had a question and i asked the person next to me quietly. I wouldnt say i was disruptive and had problems with the teacher. I was a good kid that always got my work done. I actually liked that class. The people in it were nice, they had a sense of humor. We always got our work done and never complained about anything. My Teacher taught us well, She wasn't lazy and she always expected hard work from us. She just wasn't good at inputting grades on time. I can be speaking for many or just for myself, but i hope that this time, she won’t put in grades last minute. I will also make sure that the next time i am assigned an essay that requires 4 completes pages, i will make sure they are full complete pages and not ¾ of the last page done. I wasn't hoping to take summer school for this class, or any class in general. I dont want to spend three hours in a class room with people i dont know. To top it off, i dont even like people. I have to be here today, because if that essay. That essay haunts me, and so does this classroom. I t brings back haunting memories of my past. If it wasn't for that essay, i wouldn't be here right now. In honesty, i should have received partial credit for that essay, or at least be graded equally as others but get points marked off for the things i missed. It was as if i didn't do the essay when i spent my time on it. I could've gotten a decent grade on that, and not spent my summer at school with people.
This trimester I began the class English 101 with mixed feelings. Depending on the topic and style, I could really enjoy writing. However, there were occasionally times where I just did not feel much inspiration, and consequently, my writing quality was not exactly remarkable. My previous course to English 101 was AP Literature, where I learned how to analyze writing and write powerful papers. Although, to my disadvantage for this class, the teacher was more concerned about content than presentation and grammar technicalities. I learned to create good ideas and responses, and while I did possess the ability to convey them with proficiency, I could not express myself at a college level. Nonetheless, I can happily report that I have acquired these skills throughout English 101, learning to curb my near addiction to prepositional phrases, in addition to halting my use of coordinating conjunctions to begin sentences. I find it pleasing to read and compare my first essay to my latest one, seeing all of the differences and enhancements. My writing has improved through the trials of in-depth analyses and short deadlines, enabling me to perform my best no matter the style or topic. Overcoming the oppositions found in the class and my own
Over the course of five weeks we’ve had to write three essays (four if you include this one). With every essay I’ve written I have improved my writing process. Having the chance to practice my writing skills in English 102 has made me a better all-around writer. From the beginning of this course, I knew I had a few major issues that I needed to overcome to improve my writing. The biggest being my issues with punctuation, specifically comma splices. Comma splices are something that I just can’t seem to wrap my head around. Although I have gotten better at recognizing comma splices they still seem to sneak in to my writing.
When I first entered this class, I already knew that it wasn’t going to be easy just because I 'm not good with putting things into words and explaining myself with proper grammar. I can honestly say English 101 has really inspired me to be a better writer. This class affected me in a lot of ways it showed me that writing takes time and you can 't expect a paper to be great without any revising or editing. That has always been a mistake of mine, I would tend to free write a lot it seemed to be the only way I could get my thoughts processed on a paper. I would forget periods, commas and misspell words without even noticing. I never cared much for punctuation, but once I got into this class I knew it was much needed. The topics we wrote on were not just any random topics which in a way made it more interesting to write about things that are actually important and things our generation should be informed about.
When going through life learning is an everyday occurrence as each day is constantly filled with information that is used throughout the course of your life. Each day we get stronger and stronger in whatever we decide to put our minds to, weather that be academics, sports, our jobs we are constantly learning and growing on a daily basis. This semester I have grown in English as I personally felt that through the English 102 course I have been able to grasp some key concepts and writing techniques that will better me for the future. In this class there was a list of goals and outcomes that the instructor felt would be achievable and the best way to learn throughout the course. In each goal throughout this process I feel like I have improved to some degree but there is other things that I do need to touch up on a bit more to further my writing education outside the classroom.
I am Joselynn Brown. I just completed the first semester of my third year at WSU Tri-Cities. I am ashamed to say that, for the first time in my life, I failed at school. I have not always been a straight A student, in fact, I have only gotten a 4.0 once in my life. However, failing has never been acceptable to me. So what happened this semester? I failed not only one, but two classes. Now, I am left fighting for my spot in a school that I got automatically accepted to for having good grades. Thus, it is time to dig deep and explain just what went wrong.
It entailed a very long, drawn out process that often caused me a lot of stress, and took up a lot of my time outside of class. However, a few days after school had ended for the year I checked my grade on Turnitin.com and, surprisingly, found I got a 99% on my essay. I felt a certain pride in myself that I had received such a high grade from a teacher who grades so harshly. While I could not say I liked Mrs. Sterner, and I disagreed with many of her teaching practices, I do think I gained a lot of writing and analyzing skills from her class that have better prepared me for Composition I and II, and college. Even though I did not need to take World Lit to enroll in Composition I and II.
I just kept holding off the essay until Sunday night when I received a text from a friend asking if I had my essay done. Normally I wouldn’t post-pone my assignment to the very last minute, I would usually give myself two or three days to write the essay and figure out what needed to be done to receive the letter grade “B” or higher. As the night continued I was freaking out that I wouldn’t get my essay done, I was planning on pulling the “mom I don’t feel so good” and complete my essay that day. I used the knowledge that I picked up and applied it to the essay till it was complete. I felt alright with the essay, I knew it wasn’t going to the grade I expected.
Another class that i'm failing is biology.I think the reason why i'm failing this class is because I didn't turn in some of the assignments that was worth 100 points.The reason why I didn't turn it in was because she never asked us to turn it in.I finished the work and I was ready to turn it in, but I never heard our teacher say,"ok students, take out this assignment so I can grade it."I was confused
I was planning on getting home and working on it . I did come work on it on Friday night but I forgot about it .It was Sunday night I was regretting all my decisions I was so irritated at myself I promised myself I would not procrastinate on any big assignment. That sunday night I was writing the worst essay I believe could ever exist. I was certain that I was getting a D on the essay it was the worst. I was so fed up that I just wrote without over thinking and the time flew by so fast. I was done with the essay that took me forever to write. I had finished it in the course of two
Before I came to English 101 I was more of a raw writer than most people. Although I would write my papers filled with great content, I would also have many problems with my grammer and organization. Throughout my time in this class I have developed and trained multiple areas of my writing. Some of the areas that I have improved the most have been grammer, organization, and MLA format. These areas have lead to an evolution in my writing that has given me a new level of understanding in English. Which has provided me with the skills that will endow me to achieve success in english 102.
Craft’s class is where my story comes into action about how and why I began to dislike any form of essay or short story assignments. Even though the class was originally supposed to be an art class, I ended up writing more essays in that class than in my English class. Not having an actual art class bummed me out since I was really good at drawing. I wasn’t the only student who did not like Mrs. Craft. Statistics showed that 67% of our class had a lowered GPA due to her course. The statistics were given out during a board meeting to discuss what should be done about the situation. My father was and still is a board member at Orangeburg Preparatory School and that is how I discovered those stats. The essay that changed my opinion on ever wanting to write another essay was titled, “Where Would We Be without the Hindenburg.” This essay was supposed to be about a significant part of the Holocaust past that had to be at least five pages. It was only the rough draft, and yet I clearly remember getting the paper back with no marks on it at all. The grade I received for the “Rough Draft” was a seventy. I never thought you could be graded harshly on a rough draft. I asked her what was wrong with my essay since she had not placed any marks on my paper. Mrs. Craft said, “Figure it out yourself since you are the one who made the errors.” So, I went back to my desk with a disgusted feeling in my
Throughout this fall semester, I have learned many things. Before this class, I have never had to buckle down and plan out my writing so tediously. The many outlines, rough drafts, and final drafts have crafted me into a much better writer than I would have ever expected to become. While I have always considered English as one of my strong subjects, through this class I have learned that English has many more components than I originally thought. One of the most substantial of these components is a transitional sentence and through this class and the writing practice it has brought me, I have learned how to properly write them.
At the start of this class, I made a goal to develop my writing skills to better prepare me for other courses for my degree. I knew English 106 would be different compared to any other English or college courses that I have taken. I knew English 106 environment will let me grow in diverse writing dimensions. My long serving years of experience in the military has exposed me to many cultures around the globe. In just seven weeks of the course, I have seen some improvement in my writing. This course has afforded me with several techniques that have made writing not only a little bit easier but also more in-depth resulting in a higher level of academic writing versus my normal military style writing. Now I understand the writing process and
The 4th in-class essay we did was different from the previous three about a good something. It was about whether or not high school years are some of the best years in your life. It came as a surprise to me because it was a topic different from the others. So I had a bit of a rough start. I took extra time thinking about my high school years, and what awaited me in the future. I had lots of evidence for my paper.In the first paragraph, I wrote about how hard it is to work everyday after you complete your education. Afterwards, I wrote about the difficulty of making friends after you are done with your education. I finished the paper a few minutes before the bell rang. I turned it in thinking it was missing something.When you gave us our grades, you later told me that I needed to have stronger warrants.I received a 4 on my 4th in-class essay which was better than the class average. Which I would try to work on in my
Before entering this class, I thought I was prepared for college English. I had incredibly capable high school English teachers, who taught me detailed mechanics, creative writing style, and of course, the necessity of practicing good grammar. On entering this class, I quickly realized how little I had actually learned in my high school English classes. While most of my high school English essays I wrote were based on literature, the majority of the essays I wrote in this class have been more experiential and centered on real-life issues. I expected to be writing essays on books I read and articles I analyzed, but that was not the case. This class showed me in a variety of ways that things are often very different than they seem originally