Personal Narrative: My Essay About Myself As A Writer

I have grown a lot in English this year. I have excelled in reading, writing and language.English is probably my least favorite subject but I am good at it. I have realized that I shouldn’t set myself so low in English because I am good at it. I have found what I am good at and like to do, which helped me choose my classes for senior year. I began to enjoy English a lot more this year. The most interesting thing I have learned this year is that I’m a very good writer. Last year, my teacher never gave me the grades I wanted for some reason, which made me hate writing. I enjoy it now because I get good grades on them and they have become easier for me to do. My favorite assignment was making the mind map and writing about it. I learned a lot of new essay styles like how to write a research and argumentative paper. I had one challenge with the research paper and became very stressed over. I chose a topic that I didn’t really understand myself so I couldn’t really write a paper over it. I then chose a different topic and got and A on it. My argumentative essay was easy because I argue a lot to get my point across. I have noticed that writing is just another skill to me that I can do without problems. …show more content…
We didn’t read much in class but the books I read on my own I like. I read a book that is now my favorite book. I have learned how to analyze a book so I can understand it. In the books I have read, I started asking a lot of questions to myself and try to find the answers to them. I have also learned to read quicker but still understand. I used to be a very slow reader but I finished a 300 page book in 2 days. Also, with the research essay we had to write, I learned to use Gale which helped me find really good evidence. Now I have a good resource tool for finding evidence for research. I want to be in the medical field so I will have to use a lot of evidence for