APDC English Class Reflection

At the pub on St Martin's Lane, you guzzle Brooklyn Lager while Iggy uploads photos to the Internet. England Trip with Dad--Day One, she's called them, and she tags you in each: London Heathrow! Eating fish 'n' chips! Dad's neckbeard, lol! In one hand she cradles her cellphone and in the other a champagne flute that pulses with prosecco, which, you've learned, is European for sparkling wine.

The first activity is interactive to create a basic awareness of the nonverbal concept of touch. The students will be paired up in two and sit facing each other, although their eyes will be closed. The teacher will instruct the students to hold their hands up in front of them, and to touch flatly their partner’s hand. Keeping in mind their eyes are to remain closed and are supposed to use their hands to communicate throughout this entire activity, the teacher should instruct the students to say “hello” to their partner’s hands. Then instruct the students to have an argument, and afterwards have the pairs make up and say sorry.

As discussed in the article by Clive Thompson, many people use different ways of speaking. Based on text conversations, social media posts, and comments language has made a drastic change. TBH grammar has made like a huge change on society. Lookin at billboards and social media, people post is a totally diff manner than speaking. Lol I remember the last conversation I had with my aunt that lives in Charleston, SC.

You should approach your high school english assignments with confidence. If you doubt your own work, it will never get done. When I was an underclassmen in high school, I would often spend hours working on smaller assignments that could be done in thirty or forty minutes. Although the style of writing in AP English weren't realistic to an actual college class, I learned to trust my writing abilities, and use the feedback from my teacher to improve my writing. Never try to write or read when you are tired.

The first day of college was different for me since it started during the summer. My writing skills in the beginning of the class weren 't as strong as they are now. I knew college would be a much more difficult than high school because there would be a larger work load. The diagnostic essay was the first essay I wrote in college. I was really worried about the results I would get on a college level.

I took AP English Language and Composition during the 2016-17 school year. My overall grade in the class was an A. Participating in this class taught me invaluable lessons about how to convey my ideas clearly both in written and spoken word. In-class essays and the rigor of larger projects taught me to focus not only on what I was writing, but also how I was writing it. Techniques for editing and reading that I learned in AP Lang have made it easier to read my writing with more self-awareness, and also to consider how it will be interpreted by my audience and what I can do to influence that interpretation. Having taken AP Lang, I now feel more confident approaching nearly any English-related assignment, and know that I have the skills necessary

I have learned so much in this class. In high school I did pretty well in English so, I thought I would almost everything I needed to know for this class. I was very wrong! What really stood out to me and I really utilize is that each paragraph is its own mini essay which includes a thesis statement and supporting sentences. I learned much more about APA format than I thought I would such as in-text citations.

Capstone Reflection Throughout the course of my second semester of senior year, I had been faced with my final big project of high school. This is called Capstone. For my Capstone project I had researched a topic I love, I researched and presented about Leadership at St. Johnsbury Academy and the community we live in. The three standard that St. Johnsbury Academy believe students should graduate with are communication, problem solving, and citizenship. Many thing I have learned about my own communication skills for my capstone and life are interpreting and responding to what I see, and understanding while reacting to what I hear.

As my hand curled tightly around the pencil, engraving words on the paper faster than I could think, the clock’s hands moved just as rapidly, much to my dismay. “Time! Find a stopping point and turn in your essay.” Sighing, I glance at the length of my timed essay: barely more than a page. This fell short of the requirements of being at least five paragraphs.

Tawney Nodland – As I look back over the past semester of English Composition, I realize that I have grown as a writer. Not onlyhas my understanding of the writing process changed, my whole attitude towards composition has too. This composition course has made a significant impact on my learning experience and has given me tools to take forward into my future educational and professional goals. Throughout this course, I have discovered things about myself as a writer and know some of my strengths and weaknesses. I now feel more prepared for future writing assignments, whether for work or for school.

I started taking honors type classes in third grade, when my elementary school had an optional class for gifted students to assist in developing our problem solving and literature skills. From fourth through seventh grade I was homeschooled. The curriculum I was using was more advanced and more involved personally than what I'd experienced in my regular elementary school classes. It wasn't simply a classroom where I was handed a packet of work and the teacher walked away. I was allowed to talk through my work and analyze my ideas deeper, instead of simply doing questions by rote, which helped greatly in learning more complicated subjects instead of only memorizing them.

My decision to take AP Composition and Literature has been made for a long period of time as I have always excelled and enjoyed my English classes. I also am always looking to further challenge myself academically when possible. While this made my decision for wanting to be in this class simple, I do fear of not keeping up with the workload as this year my schedule is made up of five advance placement classes. However, I have planned and prepared myself for this workload and while it will be difficult, I believe I have a plan that will allow me to keep up in all my courses. From AP Composition and Literature I hope see course work including a strong element of writing and formatting simply because they are areas I believe I am need of the most improvement.

The SATs were right around the corner, and I had no idea how to prepare myself to get a good score. This lesson of not using my time wisely had affected me in bound to failure. But after I had realized my failure, I tried to make it into a success by using my time more sufficiently and not making mistakes as I did before. My failure with the SAT was a fundamental way to later success. I never had picked up the SAT book until a month before my test, which was a big failure.

My journey in this English 3001 course during the past ten weeks, and over the course of taking is English class I have grown and learned more that I thought it is necessary for me to know as a student. I have improved in my overall writing skills because if you look at my second in-class essay and the rest of my essay you will see that I have made progress and improvement compare to my diagnostic essay and the first in-class essay. Moreover, now that I have completed the English course my skills are better that I am capable to meet the university standard writing requirements. This English course additionally taught me how powerful the composed word and language can be. This quarter my ability to compose essays and express my thoughts, ideas,

James, Thanks for sharing this. I don’t have any concerns about dates but I am curious why DDCE isn’t taking the lead on the other game weekend geared toward Hispanic students? Let me know when you have a chance. I’ve gotten a green light to add them to the list of campus partners I’m meeting with and plan to reach out to them today. If you can shed any light on your work with them in the past, it would be helpful to my conversation.