Reflection of the Quarter
Before attending my first class of English 151, I had negative expectations for the course. I never enjoyed writing throughout high school and did not look forward to having to take a writing class in college. However, today I can honestly say that I am glad I got placed in your class because I have learned far more in your class than I did in any of my other three courses. The past ten weeks have greatly affected my overall writing skills, especially regarding discourse communities and taking into account who will be reading my texts.
Now I am supposed to attempt to persuade you that I deserve an 'A', which I will admit, I am not too comfortable with this, but it is of great importance to me to get an 'A' in English 151. To start off, I want to tell you that I read every assignment in our Downs and Wardle book and did my best to analyze the text and answer the questions correct, even though some articles were rather difficult to fully comprehend. I also followed all of your requirements for each paper we did throughout the course and tried to be really helpful with my peer revisions. If you decide not to give me an 'A', that is perfectly fine, but I want you to really consider me for that prized grade and think of the effort I put forth in all of my assignments before deciding.
I chose to include my fourth paper, a major rewrite of my second paper, one of my homework responses, and one of my peer revisions.
Fourth Paper: http://www.scribd.com/doc/85855993/Paper-4-Edited
Major Rewrite: http://www.scribd.com/doc/85872109/Final-Revision-Paper-2
Homework Response: http://cambolin.blogspot.com/2012/02/february-27th-homework.html#comment-form
Peer Revision: http://www.scribd.com/doc/84605751/Anna-s-Revised-Paper
I do feel like I acquired a great deal of knowledge about rhetoric, discourse communities, and how to analyze scholarly articles while taking part in your class. Thank you for a great freshman English class and have a wonderful spring break.
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