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Reflection paper Shana White

Over the year my writing has improved drastically. I feel that my teachers have taught

me how to use many different writing skills thoroughly as I brainstorm, write, and type

papers. One thing I really improved on is my comma usage. Even in my previous years I

had trouble with commas. Mrs. Tucei and Mrs. Szymczak came up with certain strategies

to improve not only my comma problem, but many other students’ problems. They really

helped a lot because now I hardly have a problem using commas even though they still

are my best friend. I feel I have a problem trying to construct my papers and put them into

an orderly manner. I feel like sometimes my thoughts wonder off the subject, but the

subject is still lingering there. I don’t know how to fix that either because I’ve been

struggling with that for the past three years since I’ve been in high school.

Another thing I’ve learned in this class is many different ways to start off papers and

end papers. I learned many different appeals such as logos, Pathos, and Ethos. These three

each mean something different. Learning these taught me a better way to start off my

essays. These made it a lot easier for me to brainstorm and come up with a thesis for my

essays.

My favorite piece of writing this year was my love poem for Creative Writing. I

enjoyed this because I love poetry. I love being creative and making up my own things.

I’m unusual and this just fit my personality and what I like to do very well. Feel free to

read it and enjoy.

The topic I liked least was the Persuasive research essay. This was a very hard essay to

write. This caused for a lot of thinking and planning. I had to search all on the internet for

days. I had to figure out many ways to put this piece together so it would all blend in

correctly. Overall this piece came out to be a decent grade and I was proud of myself.

My thoughts of wikispace are about fifty fifty. I liked wikispace because it was right

online. I could easily access it, but sometimes I didn’t have access to wikispace. When I

first got into this class I didn’t even know how to work wikispace. I was confused and it

took me probably about a few weeks to finally learn how to steadily use it. Whenever I

was absent I could just go look on wikispace to see what I missed. I could also check the

homework. Paper portfolios have to be re written over and over; where as on wikispace

we only have to type it up once or twice. I definitely like wikispace better than paper

portfolios. Well, this is my writing portfolio, and I hope you enjoyed it.