M.+Course+Reflection

My Course Reflection This school year has been quite difficult for me. While most children were already comfortable in their schools, and had already established friends I was new and had basically no friends coming to Kempsville High School. I have always had very good writing skills since elementary school; however I have always struggled with grammar. Still to this day I do not completely know what an adverb, verb, conjunction, etc is. My strengths are basically describing things and reading. The main thing I have improved on are my transition words, I always had a hard time going from one thought to the next. Since coming to Kempsville I have learned how to make a statement, and get my point across without jumping from one idea to the next. Unfortunately, I haven’t improved at all on my grammar words. This is unsettling for me because I know I will have to use those words everyday in my life.  My most favorite piece of work I have written has to be the extended metaphor poem. The extended metaphor poem is my favorite piece of work because I have always enjoyed writing poems, and I was able to display my talent this one time. My first assignment when I was placed in English 11 was a research paper. This was my most difficult piece of work, even though while I was enrolled at Tallwood High School we had already begun this. However, I still struggled with this paper.  At Tallwood we didn’t have wikispaces, we only had our paper portfolios. However I really enjoyed using wikispaces since coming to Kempsville, its convenient and simple. Paper portfolios always run the risk of losing things, but on your wikispaces when you save it there it’s saved for good. Wikispaces was challenging at first because I frequently forgot my password, which was a major disappoint because when I needed to use the computer I couldn’t log in. After a while I became accustomed to logging in on my own, and loading my own pages. This has been a short but fun filled semester, and I will strive to maintain high academic throughout my endeavors.