I am confident in my preparation for this class because I know how to use the library to research information. In the second grade my class was assigned an animal to research for a research paper. Everyday during the time set aside for our papers, we would travel to the library and scour the shelves for different books about our animal, reading them thoroughly and taking notes on what we picked out as important. This experience stuck out to me as an important moment in my writing experience because it was the first time I was asked to “use library research resources to find relevant and credible sources for writing” (Outcomes 101). I am confident this research paper has taught me how to take this class by introducing me to the research skills
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My Dracula essay in Mr. Jensen’s British Literature class was the first time I truly understood how to write an academic essay. Throughout my highschool career, starting with Mr. Pilla’s Advanced English class in the 9th grade, I could never quite grasp the concept of writing an essay, or more specifically the thesis of an essay. Working on my theses throughout AP American Literature and Composition, I figured out the thesis situation, but I found theses writing was not the reason I had never gotten above a B- on an essay. I had another problem to face: I had no idea how to analyse and explain the quotes I was using. This proved to be quite the predicament, seeing as Mr. Jensen only gave A’s to those who had phenomenal analysis for each quote. I worked at my analysis and eventually learned to fit both pieces together in order to “write [an] academic [essay] with [a] clear, focused [thesis] supported by evidence from texts” (Outcomes 101). Beginning British Literature I was a bit on edge because I knew the only step up from that class for me was College English, which was a big step considering I had gotten C’s on all of Mr. Jensen’s previous essay. Then, for some reason, it just clicked in my mind and I started getting A’s and B’s on my essays, which eased my mind about my preparedness for College
My Dracula essay in Mr. Jensen’s British Literature class was the first time I truly understood how to write an academic essay. Throughout my highschool career, starting with Mr. Pilla’s Advanced English class in the 9th grade, I could never quite grasp the concept of writing an essay, or more specifically the thesis of an essay. Working on my theses throughout AP American Literature and Composition, I figured out the thesis situation, but I found theses writing was not the reason I had never gotten above a B- on an essay. I had another problem to face: I had no idea how to analyse and explain the quotes I was using. This proved to be quite the predicament, seeing as Mr. Jensen only gave A’s to those who had phenomenal analysis for each quote. I worked at my analysis and eventually learned to fit both pieces together in order to “write [an] academic [essay] with [a] clear, focused [thesis] supported by evidence from texts” (Outcomes 101). Beginning British Literature I was a bit on edge because I knew the only step up from that class for me was College English, which was a big step considering I had gotten C’s on all of Mr. Jensen’s previous essay. Then, for some reason, it just clicked in my mind and I started getting A’s and B’s on my essays, which eased my mind about my preparedness for College