A Semester of Improvement Every year, English students work hard in order to perform well in their English classes. These students strive, not only to earn a good grade, but to meet their overall goal to improve their writing. Every student wants to ensure that their final essay is stronger than their first essay. This year I have achieved this goal as my writing has improved since the beginning of the year. In fact, I have not only improved my essay, but my overall class performance as well. This year my class participation has been satisfactory, my performance has met expectations, my progress has increased at a steady pace, and my writing process has improved. My skill areas which I singled out for improvement mid-year have also proved,
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I provide better evidence and my sentences will flow together smoother than before. My first essay of the year reads, “My sister and I have different experiences since we pursue different hobbies. I enjoy creating crafts and cooking. My sister loaves anything to do with the kitchen. She enjoys watching anime and learning about robotics. I am completely uninterested with robotics. Due to dissimilarities like these we have had different experiences.” However, my rhetorical analysis written much later during the semester reads, “One fact he supplies in the beginning of his essay is a quote from James Truslow Adams that states that this man was the first to coin the phrase “American Dream” during the Great Depression (Page 610 – 611, Para.1). The quote successfully supports his argument as it reveals that the American Dream was created during economic hardship. Therefore it will not be damaged by the economic hardships during the essay.” In the latter excerpt the sentences transition into each other much smoother and the evidence is more concrete. My improvement in the MEAL plan was much greater since I was not taught the MEAL plan before this class. While my paragraphs somewhat resembled the MEAL plan, they did not follow the MEAL plan exactly. One of the paragraphs in my first essay
I provide better evidence and my sentences will flow together smoother than before. My first essay of the year reads, “My sister and I have different experiences since we pursue different hobbies. I enjoy creating crafts and cooking. My sister loaves anything to do with the kitchen. She enjoys watching anime and learning about robotics. I am completely uninterested with robotics. Due to dissimilarities like these we have had different experiences.” However, my rhetorical analysis written much later during the semester reads, “One fact he supplies in the beginning of his essay is a quote from James Truslow Adams that states that this man was the first to coin the phrase “American Dream” during the Great Depression (Page 610 – 611, Para.1). The quote successfully supports his argument as it reveals that the American Dream was created during economic hardship. Therefore it will not be damaged by the economic hardships during the essay.” In the latter excerpt the sentences transition into each other much smoother and the evidence is more concrete. My improvement in the MEAL plan was much greater since I was not taught the MEAL plan before this class. While my paragraphs somewhat resembled the MEAL plan, they did not follow the MEAL plan exactly. One of the paragraphs in my first essay