When you think about English as a school subject, how do you define it? Do you define it as a boring chore, a frustrating and fruitless endeavor; or maybe as a way to express yourself and communicate what you think about the world? The truth about English is that there is no one ultimate “right” definition for it, because English is about everyone’s different ideas, perspectives, and understandings.What we've done in English 191 so far has been English because we communicated and influenced through language, we created new perspective and meaning, and we both produced and analyzed texts.
First, The writing and speech presentations we’ve completed in English 191 so far have been English because we communicated and influenced through language. We formed arguments that were then used to influence our crowd, especially the judges. In fact, convincing the judges …show more content…
Doing so forced me to think about things in different ways, that is, with a different perspective.
Finally, the most important reason that what we've accomplished in class has been English is we both produced and analyzed texts. Even before our debate we did an in class writing that I’m dissecting right now to write this paper. During the debate we created a logos outline by analyzing apart published texts and creating evidence to support our claims. Lastly, we produced several different speeches to present during the debate to consider the topic and the other side's point of view. The production and analysis of text is a crucial aspect of the English classroom experience. As soon as we are taught to read and write we are producing texts. By middle school, we are delving deeper into our topics and using outside texts to support our claims by analyzing them and carefully selecting what to include in our own text. The many research papers, book reports, and essays I’ve written prove that producing and analyzing text is a substantial part of
First, The writing and speech presentations we’ve completed in English 191 so far have been English because we communicated and influenced through language. We formed arguments that were then used to influence our crowd, especially the judges. In fact, convincing the judges …show more content…
Doing so forced me to think about things in different ways, that is, with a different perspective.
Finally, the most important reason that what we've accomplished in class has been English is we both produced and analyzed texts. Even before our debate we did an in class writing that I’m dissecting right now to write this paper. During the debate we created a logos outline by analyzing apart published texts and creating evidence to support our claims. Lastly, we produced several different speeches to present during the debate to consider the topic and the other side's point of view. The production and analysis of text is a crucial aspect of the English classroom experience. As soon as we are taught to read and write we are producing texts. By middle school, we are delving deeper into our topics and using outside texts to support our claims by analyzing them and carefully selecting what to include in our own text. The many research papers, book reports, and essays I’ve written prove that producing and analyzing text is a substantial part of