College Writing Reflection Paper

Writing is a topic that I have always enjoyed in school. This year, College Writing I has been intriguing and a class that I always enjoyed going to. I enjoyed having a free write journal and answering prompts almost every day. I believe that it is a good way to practice my writing and get my brain flowing before class. I enjoyed writing the prompt when we got to describe something normal in a very stretched out and detailed way. It helped me to better use descriptive words. Doing the free write journals also helped me to try and meet length requirements, which is something I tend to struggle with. Once I get a length requirement I usually have a hard time meeting it and up stretching what I am saying. The free write journals helped me try and get my point across without rambling in the page limit. I believe that what I took away most from this class is citing works properly. In past classes I have learned this, but it never stuck with me until this year. I felt that I was taught how to cite different works well. I also learned resources, such as Purdue Owl, that I can look to if I need help. Doing the small activities where we practiced citing works and books was helpful. Not all books and works are the …show more content…
All of the constructive criticism on my projects help me understand where I can fix my writing. I now know that I should try to put more detail into my writing, work on what tense I write in, and focus on revising my paper to catch silly spelling or grammar mistakes. This class also helped me in my other classes. In most of my other classes we had writing projects where I could apply the skills I learned in College Writing l. Also, this semester being able to have individual conference times helped me to feel confident in my work. It helped me to see mistakes that I did not see when I was reading my own papers. I believe that I will take all of what I learned with my into College Writing