Tuesday, September 18, 2012

on writing

It's no secret that I like to do a rather significant amount of writing practice in English class. This is not to inflict torture in writing form upon you; rather, I'm training each of you to become better writers. This is a good thing, believe it or not. You cannot become a better writer if you don't write. So we write.

Reflect on your own writing--your attitudes toward it, your style, your positive and negative experiences with writing. What are your strengths? What are your weaknesses? After considering this, I just want you to write reflectively about how you would like to grow as a writer this year. Yes, this is technically an assignment, but I really want you to  consider this. This goes beyond me merely assigning things for grades. Set goals for yourself now so that, come May, you can look back on this year as more than a year you survived, but as a year that you took advantage of having the opportunity to get a good education. 

There is no word limit for this blog--you will be graded according to the thoughtfulness of your response.

Due tomorrow, Wednesday, by 8am!
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5 comments:

  1. UnknownSeptember 18, 2012 at 2:35 PM

    1) I would like to be a better speller
    2) I feel I need to and more detale to my writing
    3) My writing I feel lacks a charm or grasping factor

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  2. Rakoch123September 18, 2012 at 5:39 PM

    Strengths - spelling and vocabulary
    Weaknesses - writing style and detail
    I would like to grow in writing essays, and just becoming a better writer overall. I feel like my writing could be much better than it is now.

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  3. UnknownSeptember 18, 2012 at 6:29 PM

    Strenghts-I'm good at conclusions and brainstorming
    weaknesses- spelling and creativity
    I need to work on expanding my vocabulary and becoming a better writer. I feel im good at thinking of ideas but not so good at putting them on paper.

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  4. UnknownSeptember 19, 2012 at 6:52 AM

    First of all, writing in English would be a challenge for me, such as spelling, using the correct words/ phrases, grammar etc.
    Despite the language part, i feel like my weakness would be that i always spontaneously write things that already covered the idea/details on the previous paragraphs over and over again, which i guess could be considered as lack of organizing?!
    Also, every time when i write, i feel like i am always concluding or writing the thesis sentences all the time and out of details or specific example.
    And also, me writing first paragraph/ opening always takes forever...

    I guess my strength would be knowing that how many paragraph should be have and what each paragraph should contain.

    I really want to get rid of the weakness i listed and also i want to develop my personal style.

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  5. UnknownOctober 3, 2012 at 7:29 AM

    Strength- im good at coming up with an idea.

    Weakness- grammar, and i would like to be able to try the whole time while writing,and not just quit half way through like normal.

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