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Reflections Essay

 Over the years of writing, I have progressed tremendously since elementary school.As a writer I have learned that, there is always room for improvement. AlthoughI have strengths, I also have many weaknesses as well. Between elementary school up until High School, I have written many essay’s and pieces of writing.Throughout the years, my growth as a writer has improved, strengths have improved, and I have been working on my weaknesses. As a junior, I also have written some of my best pieces this year. Each year, I notice how my writing gets better and better. Although I have many weaknesses, I still improve in many ways. As a writer I view myself as someone who can write well, but I have so much left to learn. My handwriting has gotten so much neater, and so much easier to read. I do a good job setting up my paper and choosing my topic, but sometimes I fail to stay on the topic I choose. But over the years, I get better at staying on the topic. My vocabulary has also expanded and I have also learned so many new terms. Junior Year, by far, was the year I have learned the most about how to be a successful writer. I succeeded on how to set up my paper stating my thesis, including all my main points, and having a closing. But there is always room for improvement in my weak areas. My strengths as a writer would be grammar, spelling, and being descriptive or detailed in my pieces of writing. When I write, I make sure I describe everything as well as I can so the reader can make a clear vivid picture in their mind.Sometimes I get too descriptive, and tend to form run-on sentence which leadsto another weakness. But I try really hard to watch myself, so I can gain strengths not weaknesses. Grammar and spelling are the two things I think I ammost successful at. My grammar is where I excel the most because, I write completely different from how I talk to my friends or family. Spelling is also an area where I’m great at, but there are still many words that I can use some improvement. My spelling has improved and gotten a lot better since my junior year. English 11 has taught me plenty of new words. Having a spelling test or quiz every day in English, definitely helped me remember how to spell words.They also helped me remember what the word meant which also expanded my vocabulary. Even though I have a few good strengths, I have many weaknesses as well. My areas Iam weak at are, staying on topic, run-on sentences, and getting the message across to the reader. Most of the times when I write an essay, I run-on my sentences because I always get the feeling my sentences are too short. My vocabulary has expanded since this year, but I still need to learn a lot more to make my sentences just right. I also fail to stay on topic when I get detailed in my essays. Sometimes I get a little bit too detailed, and I start talking about something else, going off topic. When this happens, I tend to confuse the reader about what I’m talking about or what exactly my point is. Especially in persuasive essays, when I have to choose what I agree with more I have a hard time sticking with one side. I always end up supporting two sides instead ofone. I never seem to stay on topic with one side, because I can never be completely decided on what I write about it. This confuses the reader and it makes it harder for me to write an essay easy to understand. But in all, I improved on my spelling, setting up my paper and stating a thesis, and making sure I stay in topic. My favorite pieces of writing this year that I created would be, my persuasive essay (topic strip. This essay was my favorite because, I was absolutely sure about the decision I made. I persuaded the reader with positive details and I didn’t contradict myself in the end. I stayed on topic and I knew what I was talking about. My thesis, main ideas, and closing were organized and they made sense. It was a lot easier for me to put this together because it was something I was familiar with. The topic also made it easier for me to write because it was simple. It was also easy because it was based off my opinion, and it there was not a wrong way. I was very clear on what I was talking about and gave good details. Some of my other pieces of writing in my portfolio are mostly based off of a specific topic or literature, which makes it harder to write about since they are graded on accuracy. Looking back at my writing, my thought was how much I improved and how much I still have left to learn. My years of being a writer, has progressed each year. I have gained a lot of experience since elementary school and even since the first year of High School. Writing many essays, having spelling test, and quizzes throughout my junior year alone,has improved my skills. I was able to point out my strengths and weaknesses. I also learned how to advance my strengths and improve some of my weaknesses. Although I have learned a lot, I still have so much to learn to be a successful writer. Hopefully during my last year of high school, I will become an even better writer.