My First Day In America

As I sit here trying to compose this essay, I reflect back to my first day of school in America. I remember exactly how it feels not knowing how to even compose a short paragraph to introduce myself to the whole class. I struggle to develop my listening, speaking and especially writing in English. Writing is something that has always been a struggle in my life. With English being my second language, I always have a difficult time executing my ideas and wordings. As I continue to expand my knowledge about writing, I realize writing is so much more than putting words on papers. It is about the process, analyzation and mistakes that influence me to be a better writer. Throughout the first half of the Exposition and Argument course, I compose two writing assignments relating to topics that I have never been exposed to; along the way I come to a new realization about my writing ability. …show more content…
I begin my writing process with viewing the movie Gypsy and taking notes along the process. Then, I write down all the possible topics I could develop into an essay. Once I select my topic, I make a diagram of what I will include in my introduction, body, and conclusion paragraph. From there I transition into producing my thesis. After I finished my first rough draft, I exchange my essay with a partner. For the first time in my life, I get introduce to peer editing. I discover these workshops are very beneficial in my making my essay better because I receive feedback from an outsider’s point of view. My partner told me what exactly I needed to improve, elaborate and what was the worst and best component of my essay. Peer editing is an essential that I will continue to use in future writing assignments because it tremendously helps shape my writing into better