The first essay that I wrote for EN100 was the Literacy Narrative Essay. Although this assignment seemed dreadful, this essay made me realize how much was expected of me, and how far my writing was from those expectations. Throughout the course of the semester, my writing vastly improved, getting closer and closer to meeting expectations. The Discourse Community Essay was so close to those expectations, and the Informative Essay was right where I wanted it to be.
In writing my Literacy Narrative Essay, there were considerably more negative things than positive. Starting out, my grammar was less than stellar. My previous English teacher focused on teaching reading comprehension, so when the new English teacher, Mrs. Miinch, came …show more content…
The task of finding a discourse community and figuring out when to observe seemed daunting at first. I thought and thought, then remembered that I know one of the elementary teachers at my school and contacted her. She was excited to have the opportunity to see me again and we setup dates for me to observe her sixth-grade class. Finding a way to organize my observations was difficult; I ended up observing a sixth-grade class without a previous idea for an organization method. I wrote down what I saw as I saw it and figured out what order I was going to use it when I wrote my outline for the body paragraphs. I was more comfortable with creating an outline, but still unsure how to outline my introduction and conclusion. Moving from one paragraph to the next, I could have done better in smooth transitions and shifting my topic. Also, I added extra information that didn’t help my essay like I originally thought it would My title and introduction paragraph were up to par and once I started writing the content came easily I was very pleased with my essay overall, and excited to use what I had learned to make a great Informative
In writing my Literacy Narrative Essay, there were considerably more negative things than positive. Starting out, my grammar was less than stellar. My previous English teacher focused on teaching reading comprehension, so when the new English teacher, Mrs. Miinch, came …show more content…
The task of finding a discourse community and figuring out when to observe seemed daunting at first. I thought and thought, then remembered that I know one of the elementary teachers at my school and contacted her. She was excited to have the opportunity to see me again and we setup dates for me to observe her sixth-grade class. Finding a way to organize my observations was difficult; I ended up observing a sixth-grade class without a previous idea for an organization method. I wrote down what I saw as I saw it and figured out what order I was going to use it when I wrote my outline for the body paragraphs. I was more comfortable with creating an outline, but still unsure how to outline my introduction and conclusion. Moving from one paragraph to the next, I could have done better in smooth transitions and shifting my topic. Also, I added extra information that didn’t help my essay like I originally thought it would My title and introduction paragraph were up to par and once I started writing the content came easily I was very pleased with my essay overall, and excited to use what I had learned to make a great Informative