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English 11u2-u7S

Connie Bouglas

Final Reflective Lettei

Apiil 28, 2u14

Beai Connie Bouglas,
I have enjoyeu this yeai with you anu mostly I have enjoyeu youi way of
teaching. In the beginning when woik was assigneu in the textbook to be uone in the
uaybook, you know veiy well I uiun't enjoy it much but like you saiu befoie "who
caies." I know no one caies, but I answeieu a question that was piesenteu; the only
thing that foiceu me to actually uo the uaybook assignments was the class
uiscussions the next uay. I've always loveu paiticipating in the class uiscussions
especially when they became heateu; yes, some of my opinions aie always likeu I
feel I was iespecteu anu given the appiopiiate time to piove a point.
When it comes to wiiting, my fiist wiiting assignment, the
intiouuctoiy assignment was my best wiiting piece, it was oiganizeu anu concise; it
gave the geneial iunuown of my life anu some of my views towaius society. Ny
wiiting ovei the couise of this class has evolveu; I felt some of my eaily wiitings
such as the ihetoiical analysis weie unoiganizeu anu confusing. Buiing the
iounutable anu especially the multi-genie I have tiieu to make it a goal to keep my
wiiting pieces as oiganizeu as possible. Pieviously when staiting off to wiite a
papei I woulu fiee wiite meaning I woulu just go on to the computei anu stait
wiiting without any planning oi uiiection on wheie to go. Chaptei seven in the
Piactical Aigument Textbook was veiy helpful in assisting me in oiganizing my
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wiiting piactices into steps, anu builuing off those steps to piouuce a goou wiiting
piece that was inteiesting to pull in the ieauei but easy to unueistanu. I like to
think, the best papei a peison can wiite is a papei anyone can pick up anu
unueistanu
0iganization has nevei been a stiong suit, but I have tiieu to unueistanu how
I can bettei oiganize my thoughts anu opinions into a stiuctuieu papei. Papeis that
I useu to wiite weie confusing, I lost tiack of my topic anu veeieu; foi example, the
ihetoiical analysis essay, the topic was 0bamacaie but I uiun't know how oi which
way to attack the topic. I wasn't suie of a topic at that point, I felt a political topic
was the way to go anu it tuineu out that an engineeiing topic was moie of a bettei
ioute.
In the E-Poitfolio on Weebly, I have incluueu polisheu wiitings foi the
ihetoiical analysis, iounu table essay, line of inquiiy pioposal, anu also my
annotateu bibliogiaphy. I feel if I take the time anu foice myself to ieau ovei my
wiitings they can become iefineu pieces, which I have attempting to show you in my
E-Poitfolio on Weebly. Nost of the time it seems the mistakes maue aie pooi
giammai anu ovei my next college yeais iefining my giammai skills anu taking the
time to ieally ieview my wiitings will help me to piouuce bettei wiitings.
I enjoy the stiuctuie of the class itself, woik shopping anu gioup woik has
helpeu out in euiting my papeis. Ny gioup always hau helpful auvise anu the teams
weie put togethei efficiently, I believe the keisey tempeiament quiz hau something
to uo with it. The one on one, stuuent to teachei ieflections have maue it easiei to
iealize my own faults anu what I shoulu uo bettei in the class; this type of stiuctuie
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ieally piepaies stuuents foi the futuie. When in a caieei one will have to iealize
what they aie uoing wiong befoie a supeiioi sees it fiist, anu if that happens the
consequences aie gieatei.
This semestei English I have evolveu my wiiting tiemenuously, my wiiting is
becoming moie oiganizeu anu as well myself as a peison. 0ne wiiting piece I wish
you woulu consiuei looking at is my Biofuels peisuasive essay, it is one of my
favoiite wiiting pieces anu I enjoyeu wiiting it; I hope you like ieauing it. The yeai
has been awesome anu I have enjoyeu the class with you, Connie Bouglas, as my
instiuctoi. In pait I uo wish that I hau moie technical wiiting piactices foi the
ieason of my engineeiing majoi; technical wiiting is going to be my most useu
wiiting piactice in my uaily woik in the futuie.
Youi stuuent,
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