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Marissa Simone
Composition 1302
Professor Moore
24 April 2017
Reflective Essay
Since I have taken composition one last semester and composition two this semester, I
have taken all the learning of importance of brainstorming, aspects of organizing within writing,
and revising and collaborating in writing from these two classes. English is a subject that has
provided a gateway for me and many students to express themselves, learn its literature, and
proper grammar as well. It is important for me and other students to reflect on what we learned
through our learning experience throughout taking these classes. What I am going to discuss are
the methods of learning that I have succeeded during my two semesters and which areas I need
to improve on, for preparation throughout the rest of my college courses I must take to graduate
When I started composition one during the fall semester I realized I was struggling with
grammar issues and sometimes not understanding the topics of an essay we were assigned to do.
This semester during composition two, I have a better idea of the work we have done throughout
the semester and my grammar has somewhat improved. I felt more comfortable with writing the
essays we were assigned to do, but my favorite essay this semester was my causal paper. I felt
successful after I turned in that essay because I felt my work was so much better than previous
essays in the past and far better than Rhetorical essay. Yes, I had errors and issues throughout
each paper I wrote this semester. For example, in my causal essay, there were a couple of
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sentences that I wrote that did not make any sense and the grammar was just not right. A study
about teens isolation from University of Houston mentioned, and I gave a quote after that
sentence. After peer review my fellow classmate helped me reflect on that sentence and I came
I feel more comfortable writing essays now because of all the work I have accomplished
this semester in composition two. Many assignments such as short academic responses helped
me learn communication as well, because I could express what I feel about certain questions that
were assigned to me. Turning in optional rough drafts and having peer reviews helped me fix
certain errors I had in my three major essays this semester. Not only did it help me, but it helped
After all the challenging work throughout this semester, my communication skills have
improved throughout my work in each class I have taken this semester. I feel more comfortable
to the idea of being able to write an essay without struggling as much as I did last semester. I will
be able to identify mistakes that I usually struggle with later throughout my education in the
future. It has been great having the same professor for two semesters, because I was familiar with
her expectations from the previous semester and that has helped me get through this last semester
with her. I am glad to say that I have received proper English communication skills from her