Writing has proven to be a very serious struggle in my academic journey as a whole. I struggle with naturally choosing to write how I speak, and in an academic setting this proves to be very harmful to my grade. This un-academic style of writing cause me to make a 2 on the AP English exam when, if I would have simply taken my time and chosen to write more scholarly, I could have scored a far better grade on the exam and certainly would have been able to exempt English 1101. It is something I know I struggle with, yet I continue to do it. Furthermore, I believe enrolling in Professor Misty Soles English 1101 class truly helped shape my writing to a more collegiate standard. The way Professor Soles conducts class has greatly benefited the maturation of my writing abilities.
I believe the most helpful thing she did to benefit my writing, was the mandatory peer review sessions we were graded on. These session gave us a chance to not only help other students out by offering revision options to …show more content…
This allowed me specifically to take the time and actually consider the mistakes o had made instead of simply correcting what I was instructed to correct and turn the paper in. The in class assignment called for us to consider an aspect of a paper we were either currently writing, or were, in the near future, going to be assigned to write, and prepare ourselves to correctly fulfill the assignment. Doing this not only benefitted my over all grade on the assignment, but it also allowed me to learn how to correctly do things like citing my resources correctly on my research paper. This style classroom teaching really allowed me to enjoy coming to English and also allowed me to really learn from what I was
I believe the most helpful thing she did to benefit my writing, was the mandatory peer review sessions we were graded on. These session gave us a chance to not only help other students out by offering revision options to …show more content…
This allowed me specifically to take the time and actually consider the mistakes o had made instead of simply correcting what I was instructed to correct and turn the paper in. The in class assignment called for us to consider an aspect of a paper we were either currently writing, or were, in the near future, going to be assigned to write, and prepare ourselves to correctly fulfill the assignment. Doing this not only benefitted my over all grade on the assignment, but it also allowed me to learn how to correctly do things like citing my resources correctly on my research paper. This style classroom teaching really allowed me to enjoy coming to English and also allowed me to really learn from what I was