Writing has never really been my thing. In my personal opinion I have always started all my writing assignments early enough to plan everything out and have plenty of time to write the essay but always had troubles starting it. For some reason this is were I seem to struggle with writing therefore, as you would probably think my confindence in my writing is not very high which is a completely true statement. When it comes to my strengths and weaknesses, my major weaknesses are not starting well and not ending well and my strength would be once I started writing it typically starts to flow and it becomes easy for me to write all my main paragraphs. The one thing I would really like to work on in my writing is my gramar. I do not use the best grammar in my writing and often make gramatical errors. Overall I'm not a huge fan of writing but I need to improve on my ability so I am excited to take the class and hopefully improve my writing skills.
When it comes to the portfolio assignment I really dont have any questions. I do really like it though how we are allowed to chose our favorite pieces for the portfolio and dont have to use them all in case I had one bad paper or something. The unit im looking forward to most is the Huck Fin unit. Talking to the class last year, it sounded like they liked that unit and I find it very interesting so I am looking forward to that. The unit I am most worried about is also the Huck Fin because I have heard it is a tougher unit but hopefully I will still do well.
Starting out a paper is always the toughest thing for me, too. Whenever I'm faced with writing a major paper for my own classes I'm taking, I tend to stare at the screen for a while and don't know what to say.
ReplyDeleteOne remedy of that is doing lots of thinking ahead of time and doing some pre-writing. The more thinking you do ahead of time, the better chance of really getting into the writing. Also, sometimes I just toss down a thesis statement and then jump into the body paragraphs. The sooner you start writing, the better.
Grammar is s difficult skill, and it's something that we'll be working on (especially since it's big for your English test on the ACT). We won't emphasize grammar over the actual writing and your message, but it will be something that we work on as the year goes on.
Did you mean you're excited for The Great Gatsby? That's the one students typically really enjoy reading and discussing. Huck Finn is difficult, but it's also one of my favorite pieces of literature and one of the most important novels ever written. Typically people love to gripe about that book, haha.
Can't wait to get started and see where the class takes us this year!