Essay's
Essay #1 - House on Mango Street
For this first formal essay we wrote about House on Mango street. The promt was how Esperanza changed threw out the book? 46/60 which is a C+. My strenghts in this was that I knew how to do the format. I think I need to improve on not repeating my self and get used to writing formal essays. For my next Formal essay my goal is to get at least a 4.
Timed writing #1 (Book club #1)
This first timed writing I took was about the first book club which for me was Dying to cross. The score I got was 42/60 which is a C-. I think what I have to improve on is getting comftarble writing while being timed. For the next timed writing my goal is to improve on fallowing the format correctly.
Timed Writing #3
For this timed writing I got a C-. My weaknesses in this essay was not giving enough information. My strengths in it was the past tense. I think what I need to improve on is getting a better grade, giving more information and finishing the paragraphs in order.
Timed writing #4 (Into the Wild)
For this timed writing the prompt was, What can be learned about Chris McCandless?
The score I recived on this writing was a 2. I think my weaknessess are trying not to use past tence. I think what I need to work on is addind more details, past tence and to include all of the format.
The score I recived on this writing was a 2. I think my weaknessess are trying not to use past tence. I think what I need to work on is addind more details, past tence and to include all of the format.
Formal Essay #2 (Into the Wild)
Final Timed Writing (Outcast United)
The prompt I used for this was "What positive impacts does soccer have on individual characters as well as the Fugee community? Use specific details from the novel to support your answer." My thesis was "In the story, soccer positively impacts individual characters as well the fugee community." The score I got for this was a two. My weakness is writing in present tense, I would start out using present tense and later on I would forget to use it. I think my strength is providing the correct information and quotes to support my writing. I need to work on writing faster and providing better information about what I'm talking about.
Reflection On Writing
When Erin showed us our writings from the beginning of the school year and our last one we had, I saw how much I have improved. This new writing format that Erin has thought us is more organized. The score I got on my last timed writing was a 2. I was hoping I got a 3, but I know why I got this score. The reason why I got a two is because I used a little of past tense and I didn't put concrete detail #2. I'm still struggling at finishing on time. I think its because I don't have so much practice writing fast. What I'm most proud of about this is that I didn't get so many corrections which to me is good because usually there's a lot of corrections. I feel like the less corrections on the page(s) the better I'm getting.