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English Final Reflection

Haylie Garrity reflects on her experience in an English course. She learned how to write a solution paper, a new type of essay for her. While writing is not her strongest subject, she feels she has become a stronger writer through the challenges in this class. Specifically, she improved at using APA formatting and incorporating more of her own words rather than relying on sources. Her goals were to do well and earn an A, which she exceeded by earning an A+. Overall, she feels she improved as a writer and likes to challenge herself, though she still aims to switch up her formatting and get out of her comfort zone.

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English Final Reflection

Haylie Garrity reflects on her experience in an English course. She learned how to write a solution paper, a new type of essay for her. While writing is not her strongest subject, she feels she has become a stronger writer through the challenges in this class. Specifically, she improved at using APA formatting and incorporating more of her own words rather than relying on sources. Her goals were to do well and earn an A, which she exceeded by earning an A+. Overall, she feels she improved as a writer and likes to challenge herself, though she still aims to switch up her formatting and get out of her comfort zone.

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Haylie Garrity

English Course Reflection

Before taking this class, I knew how to create an outline, peer edit, and write an essay.

Although writing is not my strongest subject, I have written many essays throughout my life. I

have done informative and argumentative essays in my past, but the solution paper was a brand

new theme to me. When writing my essays, I always start off by brainstorming what I want to

write about in each paragraph and then create an outline. After I have my entire essay layed out, I

find sources to use for evidence in each paragraph. I find what parts of the source I want to quote

or paraphrase and put it in my outline. Once I have a rough outline, I begin my draft by writing

the introduction and pasting all of my evidence. I go back and include my own commentary in

about two sentences or more after each source. Once all of my body paragraphs are done, I write

the conclusion and add my reference page. I think my writing style is very beneficial to organize

my thoughts and I believe challenging myself this semester has made me a stronger writer.

Although I think I have become a stronger writer in this class, there are still some

things I need to improve on. I used APA formatting for the first time in this class, so I struggled a

little getting every part of the format correct. I also think I could improve on incorporating more

of my own words into my essays rather than just relying on sources for information. The sources

I used for my essays were all related to the benefits of vaccines or the reasons why people

oppose them. I think a majority of my sources were very helpful and I would use them again if I

ever write a paper on this topic again in the future. I think finishing the final papers were the

most satisfying because once I had completed ideas, I felt like my essays had a strong message.

Some parts of writing the paper were frustrating as well. I think the hardest part for me was
creating my outline and first draft because I found that I had to find new sources a lot and it took

up and huge chunk of time. I like to finish my essays completely in the first draft, so it is

frustrating to me that it is so time consuming and takes a lot of thinking.

My goals for this semester were to do well on my writing projects and receive an “A” in

the class. I exceeded these goals and even have an “A+” in the class. I am proud of the work I

have done throughout this semester and I think it reveals how determined I am to succeed and

work hard for what I want to achieve. My writing from the first project until now has changed a

lot. The last writing project was definitely the most difficult for me and I think I have grown a lot

from the first essay. I challenged myself in the last essay and I think that I grew as a writer form

each writing project. My work was a lot more organized and detailed at the end, and I was able

to incorporate all 15 sources and reach the word count.

I think my work was a lot different than the others in my class. I felt like the way I set up

my essays was unique compared to what I saw from my other classmates. I learned a certain way

of formatting in the 8th grade and I want people to see that I organize my essays to follow a

specific pattern. I think that if someone else was looking at my work, they would learn that I am

interested in the medical field and that I am very organized. One thing I would like to improve

on is trying to be more creative when writing my essays rather than just sticking to the one style I

have been doing since 8th grade. I want to get out of my comfort zone and see what kind of

essay I can make without following the strict guidelines I am used to. I think I would try to

improve my last essay if I could take this class again. I think the essay itself was very strong and

met all the criteria, but I want to go back and incorporate different sources and set it up a little

differently.
Overall, I think that I improved a lot as a writer in this class and I liked the challenges I

had to overcome. In the future, I would like to try to switch up my essay formatting and get out

of my comfort zone. There are also some things that I would like to improve on more, such as

including more of my own commentary in my essays without making it repetitive and working

on APA formatting. I hope to keep improving as a writer, whether it is English or not, and to

continue to challenge myself.

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