writng response

                   My writings this year didn’t get a good grade. According to all the feedback I received on my writing, I always make mistakes on common errors such as comma splice, fragment, and run-on sentence and so on. There are 2 run-on sentences, 2 fragments, 1 comma splice in my literacy narrative essay, 1 comma splice in my profile essay and literary analysis essay. In my literacy analysis essay, I have weak paragraph transition and didn’t show how each paragraph connect to my thesis. I was weak on using quotations and didn’t explain the quotations well in literary analysis essay and research paper. In the WrAP test, I was weak in sentence structure and supporting my thesis.

                   Our first essay as a class was the literacy narrative essay. I have never such a long English essay before and I have no idea what a literacy narrative essay was. It turned out that I didn’t do a good job on the essay, I made a lot of grammar mistakes and my opening is not attractive to the readers. I also made some grammar mistakes on the next essay, but my grammar mistakes decreased as I write more essays.

                   Based on the feedbacks, I knew that I had made a lot of common errors on my writing, but the errors I make decreased as I write more essays. I also knew that I was weak on using quotations and transiting paragraphs. My sentence structure also need more work.

                   Since the beginning of the year, my essays have improved in common errors, organization, word choice, and ideas, but I still need to work on interpreting rhetorical situations, using and explaining quotations, word choice, and transiting paragraphs.

                   I think the feedback I received on my writing this year match my understanding of my writing work because I noticed that I’m weak at grammars and made a lot of grammar mistakes, I was also weak in using quotations. The way I evaluate my writing has changed over the course of the year. At first I just think about how I can write enough to reach the minimum, but as I begin to write more essays, I begin to think about how to improve my writing and fix the mistakes I made.

                   After reading all the feedbacks I have received this year, I now know what I should focus on and improve next year. Next year I will work much harder and spent more time on my writing. My goal is to work on how to use quotations and how to transit paragraphs. I need to work on revising my rough draft too. I believe that my writing will be much better if I work more on my weakness and keep up with my strengths.