Monday, December 7, 2009

Reflecting Upon Writing?

Please share what you have learned regarding writing this semester. What have you improved within your writing assessment? Please reflect upon your improvements within this blog entry. This will be part of your writing assessment conference at the end of the week. Prior to the start of class, please respond to this blog by Fri., December 11th 2009.

29 comments:

  1. I have learned many things this semester, I have learned about the different types of sentences and how to write a good topic sentence. I love my 1st 9th grade writing assessment. I think I did a great job but their is always room to improve.

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  2. this semester i've learned a few things. i learned the different types of sentences and that a topic sentence really is just one sentence and not like 3 or 4. i'm pretty happy with my writing assesment but i definateley think that i could add a few more examples and back up sentences though.

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  3. i have learned that writing can be creative and inspirering and that some things are fun to write about. i have also learned the different types of sentences and how to shorten my topic sentence from rambeling on and just get to the point.

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  4. This semester I have learned a lot about writing. I have learned the 4 types of sentences; ss, cd, cx, and cd-cx. I have also learned that it takes time to make a good paper, so don’t just rush start through it. Also don’t wait until the last moment to do it. I also learned that it is good for you to revise your writing multiple ways; like with teachers, peers, or with the online website. I also learned that it is hard to take out linking verbs.

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  5. This semester I have learned a few things about writting. I have learned the different types of sentances. I also learned that you need to be creative and always get straight to your point. You don't want to beat around the bush when your trying to tell people something. The last thing that I have learned is how to write a good thesis statment. Those are the things that I have learned over the course of this semester.

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  6. This year in English 9 I have learned several things. I learned about the different types of sentences and to always put a thesis in my papers and it takes time to write a really write a good one. Although it is a pain to not have an dead verbs in my papers it does improve the paper. I learned a lot of new vocab this year.

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  7. This year I have improved on a lot of things. My overall fluency and word choice have improved a lot. My thesis statements have improved but not as much as I would hope for. Conclusions in my paper have also improved. My progress should extend into next semester and beyond.

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  8. This semester I have learned a lot of new things about writing and also have been taught things I already knew but had forgotten over the summer. A few things I've learned are sentence types, diagraming sentences, and to be yourself in your writing. It takes time to make a good essay. You have to be patient and creative. Use techniques such as good word choice, ideas and content, and organization in all your writing and it won't be hard at all. I have improved from these lessons this semester and I am still improving.

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  9. This year I have learned a lot about sentence types, grammar, and diagramming sentences.I have learned to look for words in my writing that could be replaced with more vivid words to make my writing more interesting. I have also learned that there is always more room for improvement in any piece of writing.

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  10. This semester I have learned many new things. I've learned how to write a better thesis statement and I’ve learned what the different sentence types are. One of the most valuable thing that I have learned would be to be creative and personal in your papers. The biggest thing that I can take from this semester is to take your time and always work hard on your assignments and to be proud of every assignment you turn in because if you aren’t proud of it, how proud do you think your teacher will be?

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  11. This year in english I have learned a ton of new things I now know will help me in the future. The thing is you just have to work hard at it and I've learned from this year that ya you can cheat in life and try to find shortcuts, but are you really helping yourself? Just like with vocab I was a good student by not looking at the answers in my note book even though I could easily have, but if I did, its not teaching me to learn from my mistakes and is setting me up to fail. Then if i get it wrong I can study it some more and hopefully I get it right the next time.

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  12. This year ionEnglish i have learned many thing likee hho to write the compound, simple, complex sentences and also how to annotate correctly

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  13. This year so far i have learned what a thesis statement is and how it should be constructed. I also improved in anotating 110%.

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  14. i have learend alot about writing this year. i thjink i did at least. i figured out how to make every thing make sence. so no more mixed up papers for me.

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  15. my writing has improved a bunch this year. I have learned the different types of sentences and i have improved my grammar. i also have a better vocabulary because of the vocab w3ords that we do a lot.

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  16. well what i learned is how to write a better thesis and lots of stuff about geammer and scentence structure.

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  17. This semester I have not really learned much more about grammar and writing because last year we got the same exact grammar paacket. Last year we also learned the different types of sentences and worked on idetifying different sentences.

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  18. I dont necessarily think my writing has improved this year but i think this year has improved my orginization. through things like sentence types and diagraming.

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  19. This year in english 9 i have learned many things like how to annotate correctly, the different types of sentences and how to improve my thesis sentences.

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  20. I have learned so much this semester, so many things that i didn't think i could ever master. I never believed that I could ever learn to do gramar like we did this year. I am still a little bit confused but im learning how to do it better. I have noticed that my writing has really improved since the beginning of this year. im still hoping to learn more in the next semester.

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  21. During this semester I have learned many tips how I can enhance my writing. I have learned many sentence types that will give my essay an organized and easy to read format. I also learned how to make a thesis sentence. I think i did a pretty good job on my essay but there is always room for improvement.

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  22. In this semester I have learned more and more about writing. I have learned how to find certain sentence types and how to identify independent and dependent clauses. I have learned that certain words such as you, I, me, your etc. are sometimes not appropiate to use in certain context. I have learned that you need to express creativity through writing always. Even if it is just an opinion. I can write so much more advanced now that my vocabulary has increased and I feel like I can write essays effortlessly!

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  23. I have learned that their are many different types of sentences and we use different ways of expressing ourselves everyday. This year as been a very important year for me because next year i will be a junior and having the skills of knowing how to write a nice sentence.

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  24. This semester i have learned many things about writing essays. I learned that therare different types of scentences. simple, compund, complex, and compound/complex. I also learned to show something and not explain it. That bring a deeper meaning.

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  25. I think that my writing is good but could have been better if i had worked on it. While in this class I learned that my sentence structure at the begining of the year was probally in the worst condition but after this class it has improved a plethora.

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  26. I have learnd a lot about writing this year in mr. trotters class. Like, i learned about all the different types of sentences. I also learned how to make a sentence sound right and flow.

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  27. I learned the different types of sentences and their placemets. I also think my writing has improved because now I know more vocabulary words and know that you need to make your writing interesting grab the reader's attention.

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  28. I learned how to make my thesis statement a lot better.I've also learned a lot about how to proof read and the different sentence types.

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  29. I've learned a lot this semester. I have been using all of the new vocab words we learn every day to improve my writing. I've also gotten a lot better at my thesis statements, and how to be a better writer. And as far as my paper improvements, I just added a quote and accoplished everything on the handout requirements.

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