Aubrey’s English Blog

 prompt: the writing process helped my know how I wanted my ideas to flow and saved me the trouble of reordering and rewriting certain sentences over again. It also helped me know how to phrase certain quotes and bettered my understanding of how I wanted to word my thesis because I had everything planned out and connected before the real writing even began. summary: wrote finalized essay reflection: learned how to apply the writing process to a body of finalized work

 prompt: drafting is important because it helps you organize all your ideas and better understand how the execution of your ideas works. When you only have a final draft, it's harder to look over and see your mistakes with a fresh eye, there's no room for later revision. summary: was not here this day but assuming drafts were written reflection: learned the importance of drafting 

 prompt: I felt strong about my general thesis and overarching idea for the essay. Sometimes in essay writing I don't feel strong about the topic I have but because i'm familiar with the book and I actually agree with the prompt because I was able to choose it myself, it was easier to make a thesis that I could actually argue.  summary: I wasn't here this day, assuming working on parts of the writing process and gathering evidence for the body paragraphs reflection: learned how to better exploit the writing process

 prompt: the most interesting idea I came up with was how Cheryl experienced humility during her time isolated. Throughout most of the story she experiences a lot of self - doubt and makes a lot of mistakes that cause setbacks. This experience is ultimately what helps her discover herself and her capabilities, which I think will be interesting to analyze. summary: went through the pre-writing phase of essay writing reflection: practiced brainstorming ideas for essay

 prompt: One thing I learned is more information about trade schools and what they have to offer. I think it's important for seniors to exposed to more options than just a traditional four-year, especially since alternatives tend to be cheaper while still offering the same education. It also helped me get rid of the stigma in my head towards trade school, as they aren't typically advertised as prestigious, but know I know they help you get to your career faster, which I can imagine is good knowledge for students.  summary: Worked on college readiness commonlit assignments. reflection: learned more about the resources for college readiness and how to prepare

 prompt: most of my changes were regarding the details of my explanation and evidence. In my paragraph I had the evidence that I wanted to use but I had to work on using the proper details and analysis to explain the evidence. That's what most of my revisions are centered around, as well as just being generally more concise and clear. summary: worked on revisions reflection: learned how to apply clear commentary to evidence in writing

 prompt: Writing in your own words is important specifically in a classroom setting because it allows the teacher to see where you stand. Once you submit a piece of writing that's in your own words, the teacher can properly assess what your level is in writing, and teach you the things you need to work on. If you submit an essay that is clearly more advanced than your capabilities, it can cause a lack of trust, and the teacher won't know how you actually perform, which conflicts with whether you'll progress to your next level.  summary: watched a report  on a.i usage in schools and how it affects students and teachers reflection: learned the effects of a.i on school a curriculum 

 prompt: The most challenging part for me is figuring out how to effectively explain evidence once you have it. It’s easy to over explain or even underexplain at times so finding out what’s the most concise way to give reason to your evidence can be challenging.  summary: brainstorming and writing body paragraph to the prompt given reflection: practiced writing methods

 prompt: I have written many essays through middle and high school and the general formatting and structure of an essay comes naturally to me by this point. The most challenging part of writing is likely finding the right language to convey the idea I have. Sometimes I know how I want to answer a prompt but I don't exactly know how to articulate in a way that makes sense, and it can take me a while of scrolling through thesaurus.com. I could also improve on being concise, sometimes I find myself writing too much and having repetitive or redundant sentences, and my writing would be stronger if I had a clearer way of conveying the idea. An example would be in my college essay; The word count limit is somewhere around 650 words and I found myself struggling to convey my ideas in such a short essay. summary: went over planning and analysis for writing claims about chapter 16 of wild reflection: learned how to articulate claims about a passage