College Composition Class Reflection

Improved Essays
Walking in English 1101 at 11:30 am for the first time thinking, “this class is going to be easy. It’s just like repeating high school English all over again.” My mindset at the time didn’t know that it was a lot more I needed to learn to improve my writing, reading, and thinking skills. I didn’t think that college composition was going to be difficult, because in high school English was easy. I thought I was going to walk out the class at the end of the semester with an easy A. However, ever since that first day of class. My mind was forever changed. My mind was changed, because being in this college composition class I was face with some challenges. I also learned a lot about myself as a student in this class. I learned that I am not as strong …show more content…
So, make sure you using your time efficiently and wisely. Writing is a process and you can’t skip or half do a step-in writing. Rarely ever could someone sit down in one sitting and come up with this amazing paper. That has no errors, correctly grammar, and all around a perfect piece of writing. Even the most experience writers go through a lot steps to make their papers perfect. Depending on how much time you have until your paper due. You should take almost half of the time to plan and research your information. If you take the time out to plan your writing in greater details it will make the writing process so much easier. You also should have a routine when it comes to writing. Do you like writing at night or early in the morning? Do you like writing in your room, park, or at the library? Do you like listening to music while you write? Having a writing routine help your thinking process when it’s time to write. I also learned that in your writing you cannot be vague, because your readers aren’t mind reader. So, they cannot completely understand your point of view unless you take the time out and explain everything in your writing. In writing overly explaining your ideas is not a thing. Just try not to be redundant. Even though I have learned a lot about writing, and I am trying to improve my writing skills. I’m still in the process of taking these techniques, and finding out what works best for

Related Documents

  • Improved Essays

    Coming into English 101, I really did not know what to expect. This was my first college writing class so I had no idea what it was going to be like. In high school I would have considered myself to be a decent writer, not the best or not the worst. I would never impress anyone with my writing skills but I could still come across as educated on my topic.…

    • 856 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    My Strengths As A Writer

    • 262 Words
    • 2 Pages

    As a writer one of the strengths I find, is the ability to know how to word things. Although, sometimes my work doesn’t always sound good, it does when I take the time and apply myself. A challenge I face in writing includes, introductions, and conclusions, also being able to write a lot about something. I did however, learn how to properly write an intro and conclusion in this course.…

    • 262 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    When writing a paper or essay in the past I have used the outlining technique and have found that at the end I had scribbled all over a paper and had to write everything again on another piece of paper. Since being in this class I have become fond of the visual organizers. Kristen has done a great job with them on her videos and section 5.01 in the eLearning solidified my liking to visual organizers. I use notecards that have my introduction, main points, supporting facts, opposing points, refuting points and conclusion. Once I have all my ideas written down I can lay them out and move them around which allows for my brain to be stimulated and produce the best work possible.…

    • 151 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Throughout this portfolio I will demonstrate to my instructor and peers my development throughout our course, including the challenges and successes. I hope my portfolio will serve as a helpful source for me to refer back to in future classes, and aid as a guide for future students and their journey through college. In the beginning of first semester, in English Composition 121, I had preconceived ideas as to what the expectations would be for this class based on my experience eleven years ago. I had pre-determined how I would approach this class and what I was going to do, so never once did I expect to learn something useful.…

    • 536 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Blog 4: how my writing process is working Writing skill is like any other skills; we need to practice it and follow the appropriate strategies to improve it. My writing skill has provided and developed compared to my writing in the freshman year at the UD. At the freshman year, my first step to write a paper was brainstorming before I read, and write without an outline. I changed my process to develop my writing strategies to provide an excellent paper. My process to write a paper goes through three main stages: (1) collect ideas and information.…

    • 368 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Decent Essays

    The most crucial step of my writing processes is letting my mind go wild and my fingers move freely. Whenever I write anything, I always let myself write whatever is on my mind at that exact second. Even if it doesn’t make 100% sense or isn’t exactly on topic, I’ll type it out. When I was writing my essay, I didn’t stop to fix anything until the very end. When I finished writing, I looked for mistakes.…

    • 261 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Over the course of this semester I learned a lot about myself as a writer. This English 1010 class has really allowed me to expand my essay structure and ways of thinking. When I first started this course, I was scared and didn’t really know what to expect. I branched out to different styles and types of essays as well as incorporating outside sources into my work. When I received my first essay back with the feedback and the grade, I realized that I was not a really good writer.…

    • 794 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Going into this college writing class, I did not know what to expect. All I anticipated about this class was that it is a general education class, that was required to graduate. I figured there was essays, but I did not expect how much. This class has taught me good information that can further help with my writing career. I said at the beginning of the year that I might want to do a fashion blog.…

    • 907 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Essay: The Writing Process

    • 1335 Words
    • 6 Pages

    I have always struggled with writing essays and they’ve never come easily to me. I used to sit in my room, in the middle of the night, just staring at a screen, for what would feel like hours. Wondering, “When am I going to finish this paper, or even, start it?” The writing process is lengthy and has many steps, such as reading, brainstorming, creating an outline and a rough draft, editing, and finally having a final draft. These steps can help anyone write a decent and fully developed paper.…

    • 1335 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Improved Essays

    For my first semester of college, I took this class having previous experience in AP English courses. So I thought the class would be easy and I believed I wouldn’t learn anything new. After a couple classes however, I realized that I still had to improve my skills as a writer. Throughout the course of the semester, I was able to better understand the importance of peer edits, utilizing my resources, and writing elements which helped my growth as a student and a writer.…

    • 528 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    A student in an English class can write an outline for their essay that does not help them as much as it could. Although most outlines will improve your writing and the organization of your essay, a well thought out outline that you put your full effort into will give you a better chance to succeed. An example of this in my writing is the outline for my first essay, in this outline a lot of things in my outline were thrown out because the outline was not well thought out and was thrown together. This shows how at my early stages of this class my thinking about what I was going to write was not all the way there because there was not a solid frame to build off of when writing. My next essay went better because I put more effort into organizing my essay so I had the best chance to succeed.…

    • 1100 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    You also need to know how to pick and limit your writing topic. Rather than having many different ideas about one topic jumbled together, pick one idea and make a good, clear essay about it. You must have a topic where you are able to limit the size and handle it well. To be successful with academic writing, you must understand what you are doing when you write and it also depends on how you go about your writing task.…

    • 1224 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    While taking a class in college, many people just go through the motions and show up to class to get the job done. But after taking my first English Composition class this fall I realized how much important material and knowledge I have gained. During the class we learned everything from little bits of grammar to writing six page papers. Learning how to start the drafting process on a paper and build an effective was by far the most important skill I have learned in class. Being able to effectively write a paper is such an important skill and I will need this skill for classes that I will be taking for my major.…

    • 804 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Throughout this semester of English 101, writing has become more of a skill than a struggle. Writing was a challenge that I dreaded when I chose to be in the course, nonetheless with time, I learned from my mistakes and was able to improve. This course made me very doubtful on whether I could be capable of even writing a paper that would provide me with a decent grade, but at the same time made me push myself in my writing technique. In the end, I can reflect that I learned from my mistakes and wrote papers that took time and dedication to accomplish. I learned from this class to be confident in my writing and make all the mistakes to receive the grade I want in the end.…

    • 766 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Great Essays

    For non-native English speakers, having to take college-level English may result in a challenge. Especially since doing compositions and writing analytically are not easy tasks. English Composition I, which is English 101, is the first English class students have to take in order to advance in their career path. In English 101, the principal objectives are to apply critical thinking, critical reading, and critical writing in order to analyze college-level texts and to start on research as I did in my last paper. Furthermore, Martha Nagel was my English 101 instructor.…

    • 1083 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Great Essays