_O — — Shea Stanley uwrr 1100 Midterm Reflection Dear Ms. Douglas, ‘Throughout the time that I have been in this writing course we have worked on many things for example our daybook.| feel like I have worked very hard to keep up with and update my entries into my daybook, so I would say that I would give putting a lot of my personal opinions into my work. I believe that adding my own _ ee | myself a grade of a B. I know that I'm doing the work but | also know that | am We I personal thoughts into my writing gives my work an above average grade because try to focus on the context rather then just getting my work done. The reason it isn’t above and beyond though is because some entries are not as long as they should be but have the context and personal thought that I believe should be included, just. excluding the details. ee While in class I really learn a lot while listening to both you and my ae try to be involved in discussions and like the responsibility of being in charge of group papers; for example our slam poetry. | like working with my peers and helping everything come together. In class I feel like I partieipate enough to where — I'm more than comfortable to be called on for a questi c randomly, al involving my preparation skills. These reasons make me believe thattdeserve a grade between and A and B. I believe I participate more than the average kids in our class but I also believe that I could do better and be even more prepared for class and raise my hand to answer or make an opinion more often. Although we have been discussing literacy for the majority of the semester | seem to find myself in a place where I still haven’t experienced as much of it as 1 should. | love to read and follow the adventures and feed off of the social lives of the characters [ead about but | feel ike I don't read enough. In high school used to read all the time but now in college, the only reading I have is the educational readings of my textbooks. The literacy of the textbooks are great for gaining a new perspective of writing. I wonder how I prioritize my time for my personal reading and my required readings. The issues that I'm running into though with my required readings is the vocabulary that I'm struggling to understand, I wish to be able to read without having to look up the meaning of a work every other page. For my overall assessment for the course | feel like I have yet to reach my full potential which troubles me on when I will reach it. Right now I would grade myself to range between a C and a B. My work, especially my papers need to have more of my own thoughts into it that an audience can relate to. That is what I struggle with is relating to my readers. Once I learn how to accomplish that, I hope to possibly finish the class with a high B or a low A. My questions are is what can I do to improve my papers to reach my goal. I also need to continue to work hard on my daybook and continue to come to class everyday prepared and “a for es questions to be answered. saa