This blog is an overall reflection about how my English Composition I class is going at this point in the semester. Below, I have provided insight about the progress I have made these past eight weeks and what I look forward to in the future. Please also refer to Blog #7: Life-Choice Memoir Process Reflection to learn more about my progress with my Life-Choice Memoir and the Reflective Writing video. In addition, I have also composed a brief video reflection summarizing the text written below. Feel free to comment and let me know what you think of the video! How did you feel about English Composition before the semester started? How do you feel now? Going into English Composition I, I was very excited. I had recently decided to major in English and I had been looking forward to gaining more knowledge about how to improve my writing. Now, I am ecstatic about the amount I have learned in just a few short weeks. The class is so engaging and the blogs really help me to create my formal assignments. I especially enjoy the writing sessions and how much work I am able to produce with free-writing. The first time we did this activity, I felt so accomplished and embraced the messiness of my unfinished work. In this class, how do we define composition? In class, we define composition as “combining two or more communicative elements to make meaning.” In this class, we write so we can [fill in the blank with a substantial answer]. In this class, we write so we can get our thoughts down on paper and eventually develop an incredible piece of work. The first step of the writing process is formulating ideas and writing as much as you can down. Then, you take the parts you want to include in your draft and revise them. After a lot of revision and getting feedback from others, your writing will improve dramatically since you first started. What have you learned thus far about yourself as a writer? As a writer, I have learned that my writing does not have to be perfect initially. In high school, I used to think that everything had to be structured and completed. Now, I know that writing is supposed to be messy and it’s okay if it is unfinished. I have learned that I am not limited by how I write as long as I take the time to revise and work hard to improve. As a writer in this class, do you feel as if you are improving? How so? Since the start of the semester, I definitely feel like my writing has improved. Before, it took me so long to develop one page of quality work. It was like pulling teeth out because I felt like everything had to perfect like I said before. Now, with free-writing, I can easily get 500 words out in fifteen minutes. Even though it’s not my best work, I go back and add more description. My ability to “show” has also improved. Before, it was very hard for me to develop a scene for the audience. While I was writing my life-choice memoir, I think I used more description than I have ever used before on a formal assignment. This is a really good feeling because I know that in future, it will only get better. What are your three primary English Composition I goals for the rest of this semester? My three primary English Composition I goals for the rest of this semester are: 1. Revise my life-choice memoir a little bit each day 2. Read more of my classmates’ work and comment on their blogs 3. Have more people read my work and ask them how I can improve
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