Hi, my name is Troy and I am currently a junior at Miamisburg High School. I an a former student from English 1101 and a former student of English 1201. While not in school, I enjoy to work and hang out with friends. Currently, I am working at a race horse farm that breeds and boards race horses. Reading and writing was a hard part of my life when I was younger. When I was little I didn't enjoy to read or write at all. I would always have to read for school but never read because it was boring or I didn't understand what I read so I thought it was pointless. Eventually, my parents would sit down and read with me to help me understand. After a lot time, I eventually got better at reading and I continue to get better to this day.
In my ePortfolio I have my inquiry proposal, research essay, casebook, summary essay and argument essay. First, is my inquiry proposal. My inquiry proposal is about gun control and my experience with it. I talk about why I wanted to do a research paper on gun control and my personal experience with it. Next, is my research essay. My research essay is my views on gun control and statistics that back up my viewpoint. I sum up what I think about gun control and why I think that way. Next, is my casebook. My casebook is all my sources I used and a few more for my research essay. I tell where and how I am possibly going to use the source in my research essay to back up my views. Next, is my summary essay. My summary essay is about the Obama speech about MLK. I sum up his speech and show how I corrected my article after teacher feedback. Finally, is my argument essay. My argument essay was written in another class but it shows how far I have come in writing. Also, it shows a different style of writing I have done.
The easiest part of writing is developing an idea to write about. The hardest part of writing is starting off a paper. It is hard for me to make an introduction that makes the reader want to read more. Prewriting was the best process because I can easily sum up my views and figure out what I agreed with the most. I think I could work on revising more because I can edit the paper but finding where the editing needs to be done is hard for me. I think my strengths in writing are organization and development of ideas. My weaknesses are grammar and conclusions.
Overall, I think I have done well in English 1201. I have contributed to several forums and feedback to other students. I think I could have done better on the forum posts. I think I could have thought more into the posts and maybe put more effort into the posts. I think I deserve a high B because I have done well on all of the assignments and did good on the research paper. In English 1201 i have learned a lot about writing. Ive learned that a visual helps strengthen a paper and that I am a better writer than I thought.
The easiest part of writing is developing an idea to write about. The hardest part of writing is starting off a paper. It is hard for me to make an introduction that makes the reader want to read more. Prewriting was the best process because I can easily sum up my views and figure out what I agreed with the most. I think I could work on revising more because I can edit the paper but finding where the editing needs to be done is hard for me. I think my strengths in writing are organization and development of ideas. My weaknesses are grammar and conclusions.
Overall, I think I have done well in English 1201. I have contributed to several forums and feedback to other students. I think I could have done better on the forum posts. I think I could have thought more into the posts and maybe put more effort into the posts. I think I deserve a high B because I have done well on all of the assignments and did good on the research paper. In English 1201 i have learned a lot about writing. Ive learned that a visual helps strengthen a paper and that I am a better writer than I thought.