English Composition 1
Final Assessment
Jim Altringer
This semester I learned of many new things about writing and reading. I learned
how to get a better understanding of what I read. I learned how to write better and
correct some of my grammatical errors. Throughout the year I think that I had become a
better writer and reader.
I think that my best paper I wrote this year was my persuasive essay about people
needing sleep. I took my time on this paper and carefully looked at the statistics and
facts, and then I put those facts and stats into my own words. The people that read this
paper understood what I was saying and they understood why people need more sleep. I
do believe this was my best paper. At the beginning of the year my papers were pretty
weak. I remember my first paper that I wrote about dreams. I did an alright job on it but
it was spotty. I didn’t realize that you were supposed to stick with one point so I wrote
about different dreams. Now I know that you are supposed to stick with one point when
writing a narrative essay. That is one other thing that I learned this year. In my
powerpoint that I did about my family I thought that I did very good. I learned how do
some new stuff with the powerpoint that was pretty cool. That was probably my favorite
assignment that I did this semester.
I learned how to write properly this year. I learned how to cite papers correctly
and I learned how to organize essays. I think that Mrs. Russel did a good job of teaching
this year. I got a better understanding of writing and reading.
My papers got better as the semester went on. At first, I was using wrong
punctuation and sometimes the wrong words. As I wrote more papers I could see them
getting better myself. Less errors and less wrong words were obvious in my writing. I
believe that I deserve a B in this class. I think that I did a good job on my papers and I
think I did a good job on powerpoints. I also did well on the group work that we did.
In conclusion I enjoyed English Composition 1and I think that the stuff that I
learned this semester will carry over to Composition 2 and help me to continue to better
myself in writing and reading.