Over the years, I've developed so much as a writer. From learning to vocabulary or learning how to organize my writing so that it becomes more effective. I think that I started to appreciate the art of writing in 7th grade. I remember the first writing piece that I was proud of. It was an expository piece I wrote on "friends". It was the first time that I realized my skills of expressing my thoughts through writing. I've written many different types of pieces throughout my school years. From procedures, to essays, poems, and short stories. With all these different types of writing, I found that my favorite pieces to write are expository essays. I especially love to write essay's that allow me to get personal and connect it to my experiences. When I write about things I can get personal with or express myself through it is hard for me to stop. It's almost like there are no limits to what we write. Through middle school and my freshman year I feel that my writing skills improved so much. Last year, I was not afraid to admit that I enjoyed most of the writing tasks we were given during the 1st semester. I don't know why, but writing it not a "chore" to me. It's something that I enjoy doing very much :)
Because last year I was able to really practice the "6 Traits" of writing I feel that I am improving at it. But I still do have much more room to grow. My goal as a writer this year is work on making my writing sound more sophisticated. I think in order to do that I need to learn how to control the voice in my writing and work on the sentence fluency in my writing. & also, like every year, I would like to create a bigger vocabulary :) because you can never learn too much words...hahahaha
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Hi Niki!
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear that you enjoy writing; loved that bit about not being afraid to admit it, too :)
Your goals are good ones, definitely attainable. And we will be focusing on sentence fluency this year! And the topics will "connect" with your own experience as you find your way through coming of age and then out into the universe.
Now, to the essay...very nice job of presenting your argument against banning electronic devices in school. You use quotes from the articles effectively and your transitions move the reader through your argument and build to the last, and most important one, that students and teachers should trust each other.
The only thing I would suggest to make the argument stronger is to pull in ideas on the positive side...what makes tech an important tool to include in the classroom and in student learning?
Last thing is the conventions part...we'll be working on "pronoun antecedent agreement" during the year. That refers to stuff like combining "a student" with the pronoun "they" or "their."
mrs s
Hey Mrs.S!
ReplyDeleteHaha, I thought you would like that bit :) & I'm excited to start writing again and especially if the topics are letting me connect to my personal experiences :)
As for the essay, I actually really liked this argument because I don't know if you've noticed, but I was really into it. Hahahaha, I had so many things to say about the topic. I think thats what happens when I get to excited about a topic, I just want to keep arguing with the negative side and I forget to defend for my own side. Bahahahaha! :D I was also not very good with "conventions" and pronoun stuff...gah! I think as the year goes by I'll get all the "rules" of conventions drilled into my memory :) Hahahaha
thanks,
Niki