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The writing literacy objective for Brockton High School requires the students to argue a thesis and support one’s thinking. We did this by choosing whether or not The Ugly Duckling was appropriate for children to read. For this writing assignment we were required to provide evidence and explain our reasoning. Writing this essay was one of my favorites, because it allowed me to think more about my personal views and morals as an individual. I enjoy debating with people and hearing their personal…

Dear. Mrs. Kreider, I am so excited to be in your class this year! I have always loved to read and analyze literature, and I know this year will be no different. I have taken Pre AP or AP English every year it has been available to me, and I decided to take AP Lit to continue the same high level of English discussion and analysis I have enjoyed each year of high school. Along with expecting to delve deep into the discussion of various books, plays, and poems, I also expect that this year, in…

Writing is a practice which involves a multi-stage, recursive and social process. In other words, to understand you must learn that in writing you must brainstorm, outline, draft, edit, and proofread. These steps will be done repeatedly and for reinsurance have a peer review your work. My understanding of this goal can be seen in my essay titled “The Impact of Privilege.” During the course of the essay I often brainstorm new ideas that will inform my readers about privilege. Brainstorming lead…

throughout the paper that would make it sound better. I also added why The Central Building was named after William Beardshear, this is located at the end of the first paragraph in the first section titled, “History of Beardshear Hall.” I decided to take out some things. I took out unnecessary words/phrases. An example of one of the phrases I deleted is: “The overall layout and design of Beardshear Hall is hard to describe.” This is just a filler sentence that has no meaning to my paper. I took…

Since I was a little girl, I have always loved writing. Although, I admit that I have never been very good at explaining things. Writer’s Block has always been my most immense struggle when it comes to writing so I guess you could say that writing is a painful and enjoyable experience. I have learned that once I get past the writer’s block, there is no stopping me. As I said earlier, when it comes to explaining things, I always find myself in a predicament. Writing is so enjoyable yet so…

academically and globally over these 4 years and never thought there was more to learn. I was wrong because two events (me writing my research paper and the rally in the valley) have changed my perspectives and taught me more about a topic. I have grown as an academic student by writing my research paper in both English and A.P. Government. This research paper had us choose a proposition that was on the recent ballot on November 8, 2016. I went ahead and chose to write about proposition 67.…

Joseph Brodsky said, “There are worse crimes than burning books. One of them is not reading them.” A lot of people have an apathy for reading. When you read you gain so much knowledge without even realizing it. Reading laconic books from when you were in kindergarten like, “Goodnight Moon,” taught you how to appreciate everything around you. Reading notification or fiction you could still learn something. The things that you know now, are things that you learned when you were younger. Do you…

I have learned quite a bit from the readings, research, and discussions we have had in Literature & Rhetoric II so far. Even though we have not studied a large number of items yet, I have already noticed my values that I have learned through the work that I have accomplished thus far. The theme of this class is “the wide, wide world” and, from this idea, I have gained knowledge on the subjects of individualism, collaboration, and respect for viewpoints other than one’s own. All the works that…

In English 101 this semester I have learned numerous things that have strengthened my literature skills. Coming into the active learning environment I was a bit apprehensive because I used to prefer working alone. The classroom environment was like nothing I had been apart of in high school. Actively learning has made me become more confident in my own beliefs. Although the environment has benefited me, I had some struggles in this course. One major struggle was having to balance the…

In the fall, I took the English 1001 class. I knew the class would personally be a struggle for me from my past writing attempts. I knew I had to pass this class in order to graduate, so it had a lot of importance to me. It was overwhelming to me throughout the class. Towards the end of the class, though, I saw a significant change in how quickly and smoothly I could write an essay. Before I ever took the class, I was a very limited writer. I had short essay assignments all throughout high…