Goals for this year |
My goal for this year is to improve my structure and organization in my essays. In my cynicism prewrite I struggled to get my sentences to flow properly. At the start of the paper I had said “For me I’m very closed minded. I don’t like it when people don’t agree with my opinion. For me I feel as though they are wrong.” This was not the best way to start this paper. I feel as though I could have done a lot better if I asked for assistance. I think the way i'm going to improve my writing is by writing out an outline for myself. Once I have an outline done I will have it checked by the teachers and make sure that I have hit all of the points that they wanted me to cover. Another way I can do this is by refining my work a lot with the help of peers and other adults this way I will avoid any mistakes.
Another one of my goals is Grammar and punctuation. In my college essay I had a lot of grammar mistakes for example “ I didn't want teachers to know that I couldn't do the equation or paper because I put myself down.” This was my first draft of my college essay. I didn't like the way it sounded with you read it out loud. Then I realized I didn't really make sense. It didn't flow properly. In the end I ended up scrapping the whole paper and starting again. The way I think I'm going to combat this is by taking sentences I think are weak and re write them. One thing that I want to improve on is coming up with a image and description. In my final paragraph of my college essay I had wrote. “Glancing quickly at the clock I realize I need to work before my time runs out. Jumping from where I once laid I cross the room to my oak desk.” To improve this sentence I could have said that It was an electric clock that was glowing. Then the sentence where is says “I need to work before my time runs out.” It sounded as though I had procrastinated and rushed to get my work done. In the future I will put more thought into the words I choose. |