I am not confident in writing essays; therefore, I am constantly trying to improve my writing skills. I set up goals in both WR100 and WR98. They include summarizing more concisely, organizing my thoughts in my essays, and identify grammar mistakes in my essays.
In WR 100, I started to write outlines and they dramatically improved the organization of my paper, since I planned out the layout of my paper beforehand. However, I still make common mistakes in my papers, such as subject-verb agreement, word choices, and verb tenses. My goal in WR150 consist of my previous goals as I know there is still room for improvement. In addition, I want to also work on goals listed by the Writing Center here at Boston University.
First, I want to be able …show more content…
There were many instances, either during class or reading comprehension tests, where I could understand individual words but could not grasp the author’s argument. For example, when I read E.B. White’s letters, I was very confused as of why he suddenly directed his attention to his dog or the highway of Maine. I also failed to realize the connection between the two letters when he referenced the first in the second. However, I did understand after the discussion in class, which hopefully I can learn how to read and fully understand a passage after this class.
Last but not least, I want to acquire the skill to respond accurately to questions about academic writing in the form of a thesis and an essay through practicing in WR150. For example, I want to know what should be in my essay about our assignment of a response essay to Mark Twain’s quote. Even though I know what the questions mean, I do not know how to construct my essay to answer those questions.
In conclusion, I am aiming to read comprehensively and respond accurately to questions in my essay while writing constructing better arguments through expressing my ideas and thesis clearly. Hopefully I can improve my skills as a writer after
In WR 100, I started to write outlines and they dramatically improved the organization of my paper, since I planned out the layout of my paper beforehand. However, I still make common mistakes in my papers, such as subject-verb agreement, word choices, and verb tenses. My goal in WR150 consist of my previous goals as I know there is still room for improvement. In addition, I want to also work on goals listed by the Writing Center here at Boston University.
First, I want to be able …show more content…
There were many instances, either during class or reading comprehension tests, where I could understand individual words but could not grasp the author’s argument. For example, when I read E.B. White’s letters, I was very confused as of why he suddenly directed his attention to his dog or the highway of Maine. I also failed to realize the connection between the two letters when he referenced the first in the second. However, I did understand after the discussion in class, which hopefully I can learn how to read and fully understand a passage after this class.
Last but not least, I want to acquire the skill to respond accurately to questions about academic writing in the form of a thesis and an essay through practicing in WR150. For example, I want to know what should be in my essay about our assignment of a response essay to Mark Twain’s quote. Even though I know what the questions mean, I do not know how to construct my essay to answer those questions.
In conclusion, I am aiming to read comprehensively and respond accurately to questions in my essay while writing constructing better arguments through expressing my ideas and thesis clearly. Hopefully I can improve my skills as a writer after