In the past year, I (as a writer) have grown. I have pushed myself to go beyond my comfort zone, and done things that I have never done before. Before this year, I had never had to come up with my own thesis and analyze pieces of information to support that thesis. I have learned new techniques in writing that will be extremely helpful for me in the years to come. I can now look back on my writing in the beginning of the year and just see the improvement in my writing. I love looking back on old essays and seeing what I thought to be a great paper, when compared to what I am writing now is nothing close to it. I think that this year especially I have learned very useful things. I learned how to write a correct paper with a thesis, and a research paper. I know that I will be writing a least one of these each year, so I am glad to have learned the proper ways and techniques. Also throughout this year, I have seen changes in my score sheets. I have noticed that in some areas I improved, and some I still need some practice. Now at I know what I can see what I can do next year to further improve.
Since the beginning of the year, my essays have improved in word choice and voice. In the beginning of the year, I was receiving 8.5s or Bs, but by the end of the year they had gone up to A’s. My scores in the ideas category, sentence fluency, and conventions have been consistent throughout the year. I have a special case with my development of my organization. On the first few essays, it was very strong. Although when we did the two papers with a thesis involved, my organization grade dropped. I think that the reason for that is because those papers are not as straightforward and easy to write. You could tell that after the introduction you would flow into the beginning of the story, or the background information. But with a thesis paper, it is less obvious on what goes next. After writing more of these kinds of papers, I hope to become better with that. The reason I think that my grades on organization are lower just in the thesis papers is because of the grade I received on my WRAP. Organization was the highest score on my WRAP this year, which is good news, because it shows me that I am capable of doing well in this category, but I just have to learn how to do it on different styles of writing.
I have been introduced to many new styles and techniques in writing in the past year. This is the first time that I have created a thesis and wrote a paper based on that thesis. I was a little intimidated at first by the thought, but after many steps on how to correctly write a thesis, it wasn’t as hard as I thought that it was. Then the second time around, it was a little easier. I also wrote a thesis paper in French. We analyzed a theme from a movie that we watched in class. I never thought that I could have done that in the beginning of this year. My ability to write a thesis has definitely improved, and I think that with every paper that I write it improves even more. I also learned many new useful techniques that will benefit me later on in my writing. One thing that I learned was that instead of using words like “is hanging,” I should use “hangs.” This was brought to my attention while writing the profile essay.
The feedback that I received this year matches the understanding of my writing work this year. For example, like I said earlier, I had trouble organizing my literary analysis. I wasn’t sure which paragraphs should go where exactly, because it sounded right to me, but obviously it could have been arranged better. I respect that constructive criticism because I know that I as a writer can learn to do better with experience. I was also told that in my literary analysis, each paragraph should make a connection to the actual thesis. That was something that I was unaware of, but will be good to know for the future. I have noticed that over the coarse of this year, I have learned to be more accepting of corrections or suggestions to my papers. I know now that it doesn’t always mean that my paper is necessarily bad or wrong, but it can always improve. I think that it is easier for me to see my own mistakes now than it was before. This will benefit me in the future because I will be able to evaluate my own writing better.
Next year, I intend to improve my writing even more. I always want to improve on writing, and every year I do just so. Next year specifically, one of my biggest goals is to improve my writing of a thesis paper and become more comfortable with them. I hope that by the end of next year, my organization of these kinds of papers will have improved. Another thing that I hope to do better on next year is the WRAP assignment. I feel like if I improve on that, then I can be sure that my writing has gotten better. And although my word choice has developed this year, I would like to develop it further. As a whole I want to make my writing better, because I know that there is always room for improvement.
After analyzing all of my work throughout the year, I am happy to see the big picture of my development for this years writing. I am glad to see the improvement on individual categories, and in my overall writing. I also now know what I need to work on for next year, and what I have to pay more attention to. As I look back to the beginning of the year, I can tell how much I learned this year. I aspire to do the same next year by improving my technique, skills, and overall development. I known that with every paper I write
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