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Andre Giannini
Professor McGriff
ENC 11-01
4-16-20
A Semester of Comp 1
As the semester starts to wind down and come to an end, looking back on the semester to
see what I have learned over the time I have spent in the class and where I have grown while on
my path through comp 1. Over this period of time I thought I knew what I was doing but it turns
out I still needed some work. This class has helped me in a lot of ways but one I think that was
really helpful was when it came down to writing the essays. Another way it helped me was in
grammar because at the beginning of the class it wasn’t so good but as we get closer to the end I
have noticed it has gotten considerably better. Even though I already said some of it, the three
things that I have noticed in getting better over the semester is when it came down to writing the
essays, getting better with grammar, and being able to see my progress over the semester.
When it came down to writing essays I thought I was pretty good at doing them but it
turns out that I needed a little help along the way. Over the semester I learned many ways to
make my essays look good and have them properly set up. Another thing that this class helped
me with when it came to essays was having other people read them and critique them so I could
go back and fix the issues that were brought up. At first I was definitely hesitant about having
other people besides the professor read my essays but as it turned out it was really good for me
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when it came down to fixing them and getting them right. It also helped me become a better
reader and understanding when I would read other people’s essays and give them some feedback
that I thought was needed in their essay. At the beginning of the class I saw all of the essays that
we had to right and I thought to myself, I’m not going to do well because I still needed work, but
as it turns out they really helped me on my path to getting better with them. The different types
of essays that I did throughout the year was really fun especially the narration essay were I got to
At the start of the class I knew that my grammar needed work because I wasn’t that
strong in that part of the class. I didn’t know how well I was going to do but over the semester I
was working hard to get it right. We would go over them in class which really helped me
progress and get better at it. The time in class and some of the work that was given was a definite
help when it came down to trying to get better at grammar. The one thing I did notice was the
website that was given from the class would let you go as far as you wanted to make sure you
understood the material that you were learning. When we would go over it in class it started to
make more sense to me and I started to do better on the tests and quizzes. All of the study
material I would get in the class made it easier for me to get better and be able to help others that
needed help in a specific area. The one thing I did notice over the semester I could do the work
faster and I understood it better after the classes and doing the online assignments. This will
definitely help me out in the world so I don’t look dumb trying to do something that involves
grammar.
Looking back over the semester it was nice to see that I have progressed and have a better
understanding on how to write essays and have a better understanding on grammar. At the
beginning of the semester I knew I needed help on how to write essays and this class definitely
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helped in that aspect. All of the classes on how to write them and how to structure them were a
big help and helped me get good grades on most of my essays. Being able to look at the notes we
would get in class was a big help and it made it easier to understand the material and be able to
put the essay on the paper in the correct format and have just about everything that was required
of that certain essay. At first I was a bit skeptical that I was going to do well in the class because
of the amount of essays we got but in the end it was nice because I got a lot of practice and I
noticed I was getting better over the semester. When it came down to grammar though the
progress over the semester was a little slower than I wanted it to go. Looking back this class
definitely helped me get better and have a better understanding about how and when to use the
perfect grammar. It is nice to be at the end of a college semester especially one that involves
English and see that I progressed in something that I wasn’t particularly good at while I was
growing up. This class has definitely help me progress and has given me a good base to hold
onto if I decide to go further down the college path when I get out of the apprenticeship program
Over the semester I had a lot of ups and downs but it was nice to be pushed to get better
at something I wasn’t good at. At the beginning of class seeing all of the essays I had to write
was definitely worrying but in the end it was really good for me because I got to see the progress
being made and also see what areas I needed to get better in. The amount of notes that I took and
handouts that I got helped me a lot when it came down to do doing work that needed to be done.
This class also brought out the creative side in me when we got to write our own take on a fairy
tale and the group that I was with took it somewhere were nobody thought it could go and we
still got a good grade on it. My grammar even got better with all of the notes and the online work
we did to make sure I would be ready for the final and be ready for the world so I could speak
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and write without looking like a fool. Anyways to wrap this up it was nice to see myself get
better on writing my essays, getting better with my grammar, and overall looking back to see all
of the progress that I made during the semester. Thanks for helping me get better with my