Blog #11

Culminating Writers Profile

1. I'm aware that AP English class requires lots of writing, still I chose to be in it. I must admit that I'm not a strong writer, however, I've changed the way I used to write. Before, I always used a casual tone, but I've learned that we need to be a little more formal in some essays. My grammars have not change but I'm working on it. 
2. I'm not a good writer, so I feel like I don't have much of a strength, but I do feel like I can stick to my thesis and support it all the way.
3. I have many weaknesses like: writing convention, tying the conclusion, and zoom out. I'm trying to improve my writing convention by reading more books and paying attention to the sentence structures. Every times, I came across a prompt that I don't understand, my mind became blank. So instead of reading the prompt over and over again, I try to break it apart and slowly comprehend it pieces by pieces.

 Evaluating Your Writing Process

1. If I can write one more draft on my essay, I would try to get rid of the "to-be" verbs. Also, I need to organize my thoughts and make the paper flow easier. Some how, I felt like my essay is a bit cliche, so maybe I can make it less cliche?...
2. After having the feedbacks, the easiest one to be fix is the wording since my sentences are awkward. I did have feedback on the ideas of death, but it's a little tough to do.
3. The hardest problem in this essay is trying to write something that is not too cliche. I have a hard time trying to make the reader see my topic in a different ways and I feel like I didn't do too good on it either. 

Evaluating Your Successes

1. My biggest successful large-scale revision in this essay would be the organization of the ideas on my topic.
2. I didn't combine the elements, but I used mostly descriptive and a little similes. 
3. Since everyone has a different perspective on "death" (or not), I tried to have a different counter arguments for the readers to see.

Being Honest with Self

1. I was intimidated by the fact that it was the first AP essay, not only that, it's the first essay where I have to explain/show the reader a different perspective on the topic I've picked. I read through the example definition essay, the viking, and tried to come down with some ideas on how I should organize my paper.
2. My essays have always been weak, but through the text and all those preparation, I learned to use a stronger tone. I also added more description and a little bit of vivid imagery.
3. I like how students used their personal experiences in this essay. So I tried using personal experiences in my essay as well.
4. My peers helped me expand on my ideas, since my essay look like I've put everything into a big clump of thoughts. 
5. After completing this assignment, I feel like I've improved in my writing, not tremendously but little by little. I might need more practices to create a strong essay and I think I can do better job next time.