My Worst Experience In Rhetoric Class

Throughout my life, I have written multiple papers as assignments while learning throughout the process. Each time, I learnt from my mistakes and capitalized correctly. I’m currently a sophomore in high school; meaning I have plenty of time to expand my word bank and my knowledge on the art of writing. In Peter Elbows, “Writing with Power”, he emphasizes practices and techniques to help one develop into a more complete writer able to produce high quality essays.

Everybody has their own methods for writing; however, I believe there is always room for improvement. Chapter 3 in Everyone’s an Author has shown me that writing involves processes that need to be mastered through constant practice. It also revealed helpful tips on how to develop writing processes that can help write effective papers.

Like transforming from a caterpillar to a butterfly, my writing style transformed from something mediocre to something quite exceptional. In high school, even when I took advanced placement English and Literature courses, I was never good at writing. My writing would lack structure, reasoning, syntax, and a well-defined thesis statement. My inadequate grades on writing assignments lowered my self-esteem, so I assumed I would never enjoy writing papers because I believed I could never improve. However, since attending a university my writing style has improved far beyond my expectation. My EN 101 course enhanced my understanding of the different ways I could approach my writing. Also, it enhanced my comprehension of outlines to complete assignments. Investing quality time into my writing made a substantial difference because I became a stronger writer. Through the late nights, constant revisions, and agonizing head traumas, I learned that my writing is truly spectacular whenever I incorporate well-defined thesis statements, provide sufficient supporting evidence, and maintain a clear focus in my assignments.

Students are subjected to write an array of essays, but they lack the required tools needed to effectively deliver a great paper. They are struggling to write and teachers are needing to design and conform to their current student’s needs. New methods are created and implemented in order to execute the daunting task of learning how to write a well-developed paper. Practical recommendations are brought forth for teachers to use and good teachers will learn to design instruction and activities based on suitable references. Teachers must set goals and deliver their lesson with specific strategies to meet their objectives. They must learn to improve skills dramatically by observing and modifying the students. Teachers must plan strategies in order to help the struggling students catch up or exceed in their writing skills. They must learn to motivate their students by keeping them engaged throughout the writing process if not they risk losing the student’s ability and focus to do better.

As a college student I should be able to write a paper with minimal stress but that’s not the case. Since I can remember I’ve struggled with write and haven’t had the time to focus on improving the skill. A goal of mine before I leave Waubonsee is to become a strong writer or improve my 7th grade writing skills.

During this past semester in senior composition, I have learned how to properly write an essay. In the first semester of my senior year, I took creative writing with Mrs. Leese; I learned how to write stories and how to find books that I would actually like to read. That class got me to enjoy writing and when I found out this class was going to be all essays, I was not very ecstatic. In reality, I loved this class and everything I was taught in it because now I am able to use it for the better. In senior composition, I believe that my writing improved greatly because of the vocabulary I learned, the topics that I picked, and the punctuation/grammar I used.

I haven’t had to write a lot of papers in my life besides the occasional assignments in middle school and high school. Back in middle school it was mainly trying to get your handwriting down, creating rough drafts and then finalizing them in Microsoft Word. I had a few papers to write in high school but we were given multiple days to research and brainstorm what we wanted to talk about. This is really the first class I have taken that is dedicated to writing formal essays in a specified format with topics that are a little more challenging than what I have experienced in the

Essays are inevitable. No matter what career path someone chooses, they will be obligated to write essays. Presenting a well-written essay may mean landing that “dream” job or being accepted into one’s “dream” college. Struggling with essays is a common experience that may be alleviated with guidance and hard work. The writing process for an essay consists of multiple steps that, if followed correctly, will result in a well-written paper.

I have been writing essays since middle school and I feel pretty comfortable with them, but I know that there is still plenty of room for improvement. I have written essays for english classes about assigned reading, and comparing and contrasting different books and

Good writing skills are crucial for my future plans because of college applications, essays, and even lab reports. Although UW-Madison is my top choice, I am not automatically guaranteed in. I will need to write two essays for my application, which is probably the most important section. Furthermore, since papers and essays are usually worth a lot of points, I will need to continue practicing writing throughout high school so my grades won’t drop both now and in the future. Likewise, since I am going into the science field, I will need to write a lot of lab reports. However, my reports won’t be successful if they aren’t thorough and clear; therefore, I must learn how to improve my writing skills as well as be able to retain these new skills.

Writing was a difficult part of literacy for me growing up. I never really liked writing nor did I think I was any good at it. First, I had a hard time thinking of what to write let alone how to get those thoughts on the paper. Even when the teacher provided us with prompts I had a hard time thinking of how to tackle the thoughts I had or simply I didn’t have any thoughts on the topic. I floundered in writing for many years. I took a creative writing class in high school and enjoyed it. However, outside of that class I lacked the professional writing skills that my teachers wanted to see, such as indentations, punctuation and spelling. I had no organizational skills and my papers were choppy at best. At some point, someone, can’t recall who, told me to write

Although I am very good at math and science, writing has never been my strong suit. I find myself desperate for motivation every time I have an essay coming up. Ever since my senior year of high school, finding the correct words and coming up with ideas to write about give me some sort of anxiety. I plan to become better at writing papers by working harder to find motivation and by beginning writing far in advance, so I can come up with several ideas and give myself plenty of time to revise my paper before it is due. I can also utilize outside sources by getting the help of my English professor and using the Writing Center.

Although I did fairly well during school when it came to essay writing, I never truly enjoyed it. I feel as though essays restrict my writing. I am forced to stick to a specific topic and “choose a side and defend it.” I prefer the chance to be able to write what I feel instead of looking for evidence and details to support a claim. Regardless, I always dedicated myself to essays because I knew that english was the one subject I excelled at and I would not falter. I would drown myself in the books and stories I had to write about and used my passion for the stories to be able to get through the dreadful essays. Reading fascinated me so much that I often read the books my brother was assigned in his classes and even wrote some of his high school essays while I was still in middle school in exchange for him doing my art projects.

Since beginning to write papers in English class, I have had countless successes and failures. While many of my English classes have taught me how to improve my writing, I have not learned very much in others. My most recent English class was last year, my sophomore year. My class was particularly undersized; therefore, it gave each student the opportunity to have additional individual attention. Throughout the class I experienced high points, weaknesses, and even difficulties that I never overcame. Overall, my writing skills improved, but only marginally.

English class seemed to be the most dreadful to take within school. Writing essays for most of my grade in a class is not what I was looking forward too. When I entered college I knew that it would be one of many challenging classes I would have to take. Starting from the lowest English class to moving on up, the writing assignments became longer and more thought out. The time came when I got into this class that I knew more work was going to have to be put into essays and thus brought out what I had not seen before in my work progress.