Curricular Response

In this writing sample I practiced my pruning skills. My paragraph started with 100 more words! I am proud of that outcome as I haven’t had much experience with pruning. Other strengths included string evidence from the text and acceptable reasoning behind it. In future writes I hope work on my transitions and to vary my text. I use the same words often and the writing can seem repetitive.

Core Competency Self Reflection

I enjoy writing when I am able to organize my thoughts and ideas before hand. I find this useful as it gives me a guide to build off of while writing. I find it makes it easier to see a common theme on one piece of paper rather than an essay worth of unorganized writing. When writing the thing that takes the most time for me is relating evidence from the text. Although I usually seem to figure it out, I often take the most time in this part of writing. An enjoyable part of writing for me is when I am writing about something I am either interested in or want to learn about. It gives me extra drive to write! Outside of English class I journal however it is in an informal tone.