Reflection On My Second Writing Assignment

Engaging in this reflective writing assignment is an opportunity to examine consistent themes that have evolved in the larger context of what I have learned regarding my professional practice from the material presented in GBLD 522 - Managing Difficult Relationships Within and Across Community Dynamics. Additionally, it is an opportunity to reflect on these learnings in the context of the completion my MAIS program which has had a continuing emphasis and focus on the analysis, management and transformation of conflict. I will take the feedback shared in our team Queenston assignments and limit my scope to the reflections directly regarding the connection of leadership and conflict transformation. In this paper, I will share my understanding

As a student, there are times that I face challenges or problems. All these challenges become an experience in my life in which I strive to learn from as a student. Writing in an English class has to be a daily conflict that I face. Though writing may be my weakest point in school, it makes me someone who is determined to be the best in. Having writing as my weakest point makes my room for improvement greater and more achievable.

Mid-Semester Reflection Aron Miller PADR-0021-017 Dr. Montecillo Upon my completion of the FOCUS assessment, I found that results were what I expected them to be. This is mostly because I am now a senior and therefore should and do know what’s expected of me. I will not be changing my major or my minor because I believe anthropology and sociology will give me the best résumé for law school and maybe even future jobs. After I receive my degree from Texas Tech, I plan to apply for law school in the greater Houston or Dallas areas.

As I am near the end of my writing 102 course, I have been reflecting on my experience and studies this semester . while the course was focused on the study of English writing. The lessons that I took were extremely useful. I will demonstrate how did this course helped me improve my self knowledge, writing knowledge, and critical knowledge.

“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” These were the words that my elementary teacher told my class before a summer vacation. I never forgot them because they were the reason I ever got into my creative writing. I’ve been writing stories for both profit and pleasure for the last ten years, and each one is an example of my improvement. I took this class as a review course after my recent two year hiatus, and I believe that I have made an improvement in my writing as a whole.

As a writer, I am constantly looking for ways to improve. Staying updated with current events keeps me exposed to various parts of the world. I believe that having an interest to learn not only about what’s around you, but also the world in which you live in, is really something that needs more attention amongst the student population. I am always getting inspired to talk and have discussions on topics about current events going on. When I start writing, I find myself having trouble putting my words on paper.

Critical Reflection Unit Two Throughout the duration of Unit Two, my writing and research skills have improved significantly. Rather than writing on simply facts, I learned to analyze other people’s work in order to better understand their writing. I can now easily pick out rhetorical features and analyze them in my own writing. Another major improvement I have noticed throughout this unit was better planning skills.

As time ticked by, my hands rushed to scribble down letters to form the first essay of the first semester, then the second, and finally the last. Throughout the first semester, I experienced writing essays in a short amount of time while trying to maintain the essay’s quality. I believe that although I did well in some parts of my Summer Reading Essay, The Odyssey Essay, and Character showing Empathy Essay, there were pieces of the essays that could be improved and in the future, I aim to achieve the goals I have set up to enhance my work.

As a writer I know that it is necessary to take others ' feedbacks as a reflection of my writing process. Throughout the semester, I take my peers ' comment very seriously because it is the only way to know how good my writting skill is, how professional I am, and what kind of flaws I need to fix. I have used those comments intensively to fix my Issue Proposal essay, as well as my Exploratory essay. I believe that those comments are the reasons help my paper more compelling and effective. One thing I notice is that the comments remind me the errors that I have overlooked.

My writing style and my confidence in writing have grown tremendously over the past year and a half. I feel more open to share and express myself through writing, without the fear of being judged. Recently, I have been working on improving my written projects by using less linking verbs, therefore, "growing up" my text. Overall, I feel more comfortable and inspired, especially while drafting the above letter to The New York Times.

When I started English 101 I had difficulties with grammar, vocabulary, and organization which to me these are my major flaws in my writing. I have to put enough effort to meet the expectations and standards that the course expects us to have. I knew that coming into this class it will be difficult because writing isn’t one of my best suits, however I was and still am willing to put in the effort to improve more than I already had. Prior to this class I had never written an essay in MLA format my high school teacher would really just accept any type of writing format, alongside that I never really learned and knew how to support my ideas. My improvement might not be a major change, however compared to my writing in the beginning there is

In my undergraduate studies, no course has left a positive impact on me more than expressive writing. Most courses I have taken dictated that good writing reflects the application and knowledge of course content and themes. While I improved as a student following this criteria, my capabilities as a writer needed improvement. This course helped me to overcome that writing obstacle and developed my self-knowledge that will help me in my pursuit of legal studies.

Have you ever had to evaluate your progression in writing? I have made many improvements in my writing, but still need to continue to improve. I have learned many new writing techniques since my reflection paper; however, I still need to build off my strengths, focus on my weaknesses, and follow my goals for writing. I have learned and created many new strengths when it comes to writing. First, I have paper and paragraph unity; as a result, my paragraphs flow together.

At first, I was slightly apprehensive about critiquing a fellow classmate’s written paper. The first thoughts that popped into my mind were, what if I give wrong advice on any corrections? What if my classmate gets offended by my comments? On the other hand, I had to make myself realize that the critiquing assignment was not about what was “wrong” or “correct” in their written work. However, it needed to be seen more as helping to make my classmate’s paper better.

During my first year of english class I had plenty of assignments that was expected of me every day, so I thought this semester was going to be even harder since it’s a higher and more advance level english course. Until the first day of class where we discussed about learning goals number 2 and 3 in the syllabus. They were almost the same as the ones listed on my english 104 and HA-96s course syllabus. Number 2 of the GELOS states that we need to perform the basic step of writing process, including prewriting, organization, composing, revising, and editing. Number 3 of the GELOS states that we need to be aware of what the purpose is, how to phrase the context according to who the audience is and how to effectively use rhetorical appeals.