My Writing Reflection

When walking into my first period class as high schooler, I pictured myself as a well-rounded writer. My impression suddenly changed after a few weeks in Ms. Giroux’s class. As I received my first ECQ grade with a blood-inked C written in the corner, I realized I was going to have to put a lot more effort into my writing. I began to spend more time and put tedious details in my writing while doing deep revisions after my paper was complete. Towards the beginning of the year, my writing lacked creativity and organization skills. With much help and hard work throughout this school year, I have strongly developed my overall skills as a writer. My writing has showed a substantial amount of growth in all areas due to me learning new techniques
I have always incorporated transitions in any kind of writing. However, in my midterm essay, I further exceeded in solid transitions throughout my entire paper. One of the best examples of this is when I wrote, “Another hardship that has come with the development of advanced technology, is students are using it to complete basic assignments for them” (Midterm 2). In this sentence, I connect my ideas with one another and that results in a smooth transition to my next topic. When my writing attaches my topics together, it provides the reader with a good understanding of all the points I wish to get across. Likewise in my persuasive speech, I wrote, “Additionally, women are made to feel that they need to give a certain impression for men” (Persuasive Speech 2). This example displays how I clearly state my next argument with linking it to my previous topic. Despite my ability to create superb transitions, I have struggled with the use of sensory imagery while writing
One of the worst examples of this is in my personal narrative, “I notice a slight nudge, while my sister Madison mutters, “Bri move!” I quickly stroll to my seat and join the rest of my family” (Personal Narrative 1). This sentence adds little to my overall paper, and doesn’t help the readers understand anything about the story I am telling. Similarly in my partner mini memoir, I wrote, ‘“When he gave me the light green jersey with a large soccer ball plastered on the front he said, “Kenneth you are going to score your first goal in this jersey”’ (Partner Mini Memoir 1). In this sentence it is evident that I lack the ability to integrate dialogue strongly into my papers. When writing this, I should have built up the anticipation to what the coach says because that was the focal point of the paper. Dialogue is a skill that I have often struggled with when writing my papers and is something I need to improve on. Although I didn’t show any growth in my use of dialogue, It is clear that I advanced in integrating quotes in my writing throughout the