English 101 Reflection Paper

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Reflective Essay The first semester of college has been a giant, emotional roller coaster. Roughly 15 weeks of constant work and a short break does not constitute a healthy student. English has especially been one of my most work-heavy classes. I would say that English 101 has been a very eye-opening academic experience. I have learned to formulate my writings to flow at a more advanced level than high school. I have developed strong opinions on the class, but I would say it has taught me much more than I expected. This is a reflection on the assignments in the class I made an accomplishment on. The projects I ended up feeling were my most successful in the class and achieved each of the student learning outcomes. I will include one item that I feel could have been done better than what it was. The student learning outcomes have been a great organizational tool for interpreting my writings in class. For each well-done assignment, I matched it with a goal for the SLOs. My final paper for my first project went with the first goal of rhetorical awareness. The final paper for project three matches with goal two, critical thinking and composing. Goal three is reflection and revision which I compared my first journal we wrote; and finally my second journal matched the best goal four …show more content…
My final draft of project three was close nit to this section of the SLOs. This paper focuses on unified sports and how the community has a great influence on society and the people involved in it. I was able to use more than one source to back up my claims for this assignment. I used three credible sources to write my paper and added them into my essay for details on the power of the community. I received my best project grade for this assignment. I tried to center my piece around the experiences of other people rather than myself, which is why the sources I used supported the details for the

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