Reflection

Part One-Thinking and Writing

Creative Writing-For the creative writing essay, we had to write about an experience that we had whatever it may be. It could be an adventurous story or a sad story. I wrote about the experience I had leading up to the death of my grandfather. The main idea of the writing was to basically explain how I made it through this period of sadness in my life. I was learning in this piece of writing, how to use the "Brushstrokes" in my writing. "Brushstrokes" are tools used to help you write better using vivid adjectives and using action verbs that create a visual picture in your mind.

Comparison Essay-In this essay we had to compare a character in The Crucible. I compared Elizabeth Proctor to a pineapple. In this essay, I was trying to figure out how to compare and contrast different elements. The main idea of this piece of writing was to explain how Elizabeth and the pineapple related to one another. They are alike because they both are unattractive on the outside, but on the inside they are totally different.

Nature Essay-For this piece of writing, we had to compare our experience of nature with Emerson and Thoreau. I was trying to figure out how transcendentalism played into a human's everyday life. The main idea of the writing was to compare our nature experience with transcendentalism.I used quotes to describe Emerson and Thoreau's aspect of nature and transcendentalism. I explained how this played into my experience with nature and how it made me think better of God's creation.

Scarlet Letter Essay-In this essay, I explained how the letter "A" changed throughout The Scarlet Letter. I was trying to figure out how Hester changed, and because of her changing, how the "A" made a complete transformation. This was the main idea of my Scarlet Letter essay.

Connections Between Each Essay-There is really no connections for me when I am writing. Basically, when I am at the computer I just start typing from my mind. My words and phrases just come together when I am writing.

Part Two-Process of Revision

Scarlet Letter-In this essay I made many revisions. Most of my problem in this essay was coming up with a thesis statement. Then I had to learn how to relate my ideas to the thesis statement. Coming up with a conclusion paragraph was also difficult for me to do. I had to learn how to sum everything up in the last paragraph of my writing. Another comment that was made was that I had too much summary, and that I needed to have more descriptiveness and more details.

Nature Essay-In this piece of writing, I had a lot more revisions than my last essay. I was told that I needed to use more specific sensory details. I was also asked to use less of the being verbs such as: am, were, was be, being, been, is, and are. I needed more details about my nature experience and show how I felt not tell how I felt.

Part Three-Learning From Your Classmates

First Thing To Remember-Always use lots of sensory details to help your readers understand what you are trying to describe in your piece of writing.

Second Thing To Remember-Learn how to come up with a good thesis statement and relate your ideas to the statement that you have made.

Third Thing To Remember-Use less of the being verbs. It will make your piece of writing sound a whole lot better without all of the repetition of the verbs.