Ideas and Content
For both, the Julius Caesar and the Alchemist essay, my writing shows that I don’t provide appropriate information in an easy to understand way, as some of my paragraphs are not well crafted; an example is my Julius Caesar essay. On my Julius Caesar essay, my paragraphs weren’t well crafted, as they don’t have many important details, and I also didn’t explain the quotes very well. The way I could improve this is by focusing more on my reading, so that I can understand what the important quotes mean, and the important details of the story.
Organization
My writing clearly shows appropriate organization. An example is in my Alchemist essay, I started with a topic sentence, and then I go through some of the events in the story, then I had three body paragraphs and each paragraph was in order according to the way the story goes, and at the end there is a conclusion about the story. Although my writing is well organized, I believe I still could improve my writing for superior organization and one way I could do that, is by practicing my writing at home, or doing drafts and having a teacher give me feedback on my organization and writing, before I am ready to write the real essay.
For both, the Julius Caesar and the Alchemist essay, my writing shows that I don’t provide appropriate information in an easy to understand way, as some of my paragraphs are not well crafted; an example is my Julius Caesar essay. On my Julius Caesar essay, my paragraphs weren’t well crafted, as they don’t have many important details, and I also didn’t explain the quotes very well. The way I could improve this is by focusing more on my reading, so that I can understand what the important quotes mean, and the important details of the story.
Organization
My writing clearly shows appropriate organization. An example is in my Alchemist essay, I started with a topic sentence, and then I go through some of the events in the story, then I had three body paragraphs and each paragraph was in order according to the way the story goes, and at the end there is a conclusion about the story. Although my writing is well organized, I believe I still could improve my writing for superior organization and one way I could do that, is by practicing my writing at home, or doing drafts and having a teacher give me feedback on my organization and writing, before I am ready to write the real essay.
Personal Growth
Between my Alchemist essay and my Julius Caesar essay I didn't note any improvement, and the reason why I think this happened is because for the Alchemist essay, we had more days to write it and we went through every paragraph in class with the teachers help; when in the Julius Caesar essay, we had 2 days to prepare, we had to figure it out by ourselves and we only had one class to finish the whole essay, which to me it was not enough time of preparation and writing. I also think that I didn’t do well in the Julius Caesar essay, because I didn’t focus on it as much as the Alchemist essay, and also because I didn’t seek help as much.
SLR Reflection
So far, during these two essays, I haven't been able to find an SLR that I have really used while crafting an essay. The reasons why I haven't been able to find an SLR are the following:
- Thinking Creatively: the reason why I don't think that I interact with Thinking Creatively while crafting an essay, is because I don't use much creativity if I'm writing an essay.
- Reason Critically: I don't interact with Reason Critically while I am writing an essay, because it is noticeable through some of my writing that I do not Reason Critically much.
- Learn Enthusiastically: Although Learning Enthusiastically does apply to writing an essay in some way, I believe it is not well reflected on my essays as I had a lower grade on my Julius Caesar essay than in my Alchemist essay.
- Communicate Effectively: the main reason why I don't use Communicate Effectively, is because when I write an essay, I don't communicate my ideas or the main details of the story that well with the reader, so it makes it hard for the reader what the story really is about.
- Collaborate Constructively: Collaborate Constructively usually is more valued when the work is being done in groups, not for individual work like writing an essay.
- Live Ethically: Living Ethically doesn't apply to writing an essay so much, especially on the Julius Caesar and the Alchemist essay, this is because those stories don't have an ethical issue, which is the one of the reasons why Living Ethically would be used while writing an essay.
