Personal Narrative: My Growth As An English Student

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Introduction: When I came to Jordan in 2012 I could barely speak a word of English. Jordan was a very welcoming school and I had a great time. I had some hard times. But with the help of my friends family and teachers it all got better and I got through those hard times. Jordan develops my character and it helped me grow as a human being. At Jordan, I learned who I truly was. I also learned that if people did not like me for who I was then they weren 't worth it. Jordan thought me a lot of things including English. With the help of all my teachers, I grew as an English student in the areas of reading, writing, and speaking/listening.

Body paragraph 1: focus on the first piece: The first thing that helped develop my skills in 8th grade was the lady and the tiger pre-assessment argumentative essay. In this assignment, I had to write an essay, a debate, and then present and put into action my debate. The essay helps me develop my skills as a writer because writing an argumentative
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This prompt was a lot of fun to write because it was so many memories that rushed back. When I was writing the piece I was almost laughing. A line that shows how much fun I was having was: “I was a pretty good liar, I could come up with a lie in as much time it takes to think about the truth”. This line shows the fun I was having writing this line. I was letting go of all my worries because I was thinking about those times. I was thinking about how stupid I was. All those moments that I hadn 't given a thought in all those years came back in an instant and it felt good. But I realize that I made a lot of spelling mistakes which I only realize now because I that time I did not know those rules. This is proof that I have grown as a writer because I know no dice spelling mistake that I was not able to notice at that

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