Reflective Essay On Learning Through Writing

Learning through Writing As my first year of college comes to an end I can see how much I have improved throughout the year, especially in my writing. Throughout this year I have seen how my writing go from struggling on the start of it, to being able to start off quickly using different methods to finish a full, well written paper. I can see the difference this first year has made with all the techniques I’ve learned. These new techniques I have learned throughout 5A and 5B have become really useful when it comes to my writing. Although, I do struggle still at some points, such as writing my thesis and making it clear. I know that if I keep practicing throughout the years it will keep improving. The writing strategies that I exceled in were Entering a conversation, synthesizing and triple entry journals. I have also improved thanks to the workshops we do during classes. And hopefully all these strategies continue to help throughout more of my college career. The first method I have mentioned was entering the conversation. Entering the conversation is when a reader starts to read something and can easily be informed of what’s going on. For example, it’s as if a person walks into a conversation that is already going on and they …show more content…
When it comes to writing a paper about a certain text and use quotes and other valuable information from the reading, a TEJ is what to use. What a TEJ is, t’s basically a three column chart that has however many rows (depends on how many sections your text is broken into), and it is labeled at the top, summary, quote and response. In the summary part, it’s pretty simple you just summarize what the author is trying to say in your own words, and how you interpret it. The quote section is where you pick one or more quotes that either caught your attention or quotes you could possibly use in your