Self-Evaluation Essay
Little did I know that I was going to learn a lot more than I thought throughout the semester in ENGL 1433. I began the course dreading reading and writing. I just wanted to be done with the class before the class began and go back to science classes. I never have considered myself a good writer or someone who was good at analyzing literature, it was never something I enjoyed. Despite these initial thoughts and preconceived notions, I did, for the most part, enjoy the class. Yeah, I still didn’t like to read or to write as I am actually dreading writing this right now. However, I did really enjoy the class discussions and learning about analyzing the literature. I ended up learning a lot more than I thought I would. This …show more content…
My mind tends run more factual and less creative and less deep thinking. This was very evident in my first close reading paper. I ended up with a 76 percent on the paper, well-deserved I believe. I found it very difficult to analyze song lyrics. I myself hardly knew what I was arguing about. I was taking the words too literally and I was unable to look deeply into them in order to find the true meaning. Comparing this to my second close reading paper, I did much better. The second paper I analyzed two characters in the movie The Piano Lesson and received an 89 percent. This obviously was a huge improvement. It shows the progress I have made from the beginning to the end of the semester. I actually knew what I was talking about. I felt comfortable analyzing characters and looking into the deeper meaning of things. Sure, I am still not great at but, I have definitely learned and improved my analysis skills. Not only has my analysis skills improved, my overall writing has improved as well. The method of grading these papers was really helpful. This allowed me to see what I was doing wrong or not the best way and allowed me to improve based on the comments back. From there I could improve my writing and any future writing so I knew not to make the same
Little did I know that I was going to learn a lot more than I thought throughout the semester in ENGL 1433. I began the course dreading reading and writing. I just wanted to be done with the class before the class began and go back to science classes. I never have considered myself a good writer or someone who was good at analyzing literature, it was never something I enjoyed. Despite these initial thoughts and preconceived notions, I did, for the most part, enjoy the class. Yeah, I still didn’t like to read or to write as I am actually dreading writing this right now. However, I did really enjoy the class discussions and learning about analyzing the literature. I ended up learning a lot more than I thought I would. This …show more content…
My mind tends run more factual and less creative and less deep thinking. This was very evident in my first close reading paper. I ended up with a 76 percent on the paper, well-deserved I believe. I found it very difficult to analyze song lyrics. I myself hardly knew what I was arguing about. I was taking the words too literally and I was unable to look deeply into them in order to find the true meaning. Comparing this to my second close reading paper, I did much better. The second paper I analyzed two characters in the movie The Piano Lesson and received an 89 percent. This obviously was a huge improvement. It shows the progress I have made from the beginning to the end of the semester. I actually knew what I was talking about. I felt comfortable analyzing characters and looking into the deeper meaning of things. Sure, I am still not great at but, I have definitely learned and improved my analysis skills. Not only has my analysis skills improved, my overall writing has improved as well. The method of grading these papers was really helpful. This allowed me to see what I was doing wrong or not the best way and allowed me to improve based on the comments back. From there I could improve my writing and any future writing so I knew not to make the same