The End of the First Quarter

It is now the end of the first quarter of my sophomore year. My English class has helped me improve my writing and analyses because of our lectures on the stories we read, thesis statements, topic sentences, and transition sentences. Even though I have polished my writing skills this year, there are still areas where I can do better.

This year I have improved my vocabulary skills. Although I always leave studying for the night before the quiz, it has become easier for me to learn the meaning of our vocabulary words due to the fact that we have a quiz once every week. Additionally, our class lectures have made me become better at writing thesis statements that include a strong point that I will easily be able to prove throughout my essays. On the other hand, I usually procrastinate the short stories and poems that are assigned for homework until the night before we have a quiz, which causes me to receive a lower grade. If I read the stories the day they are assigned, make quality annotations, and go over my annotations the day before the quiz, I would be able to bring up the grades I get on reading quizzes. Overall, the first quarter has been very helpful to me in the many aspects of English and I am excited to learn more topics that will assist me in the future.


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  1. AnonymousOctober 16, 2018 at 12:19 PM

    I totally agree! My vocabulary skills have improved too with constant quizzes. I also need to work on annotations to get my grades up.

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