I believe my most successful assignment was creating the Poetry Flyer for Essay 3. I enjoyed researching various poems until I came upon Emily Dickinson’s “Dear March _ Come In.” This poem fitted into my emotions perfectly, especially some big emotions from past experiences. The diction made me feel that march was a real person and that he was my visitor. The process of designing this flyer made me focus on the meaning of this poem and understanding the importance of March and the changes in the season from Winter to Spring. I am very proud of the flyer I was able to create. I think I could have done better on the quizzes. In the beginning of the semester I felt I could have studied for the quizzes a lot more. The thing I learned is reading a story and establishing the vignette. I am very excited about acquiring this knowledge and I hope I get to explore it some more.
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I think the assignment I did best on this semester was Essay 3, where we had to create a flyer about a poem of our choice. Honestly, I enjoyed this project because it gave me a chance to be creative, which isn’t something I usually get to do in school assignments. I chose Robert Frost’s “Acquainted with the Night” because it’s one of my favorite poems, and I felt I could connect with it. Designing the flyer was fun because I got to think outside the box and find ways to visually represent the poem’s meaning. It wasn’t just about writing, it was about bringing the poem to life in a different way. I’m proud of how it turned out, and I think that’s why I consider it my most successful assignment. If I’m being honest, I think I could have done better on the Discussion Boards. Sometimes I felt like I put in enough, but I didn’t always get the grade I hoped for. Looking back, I realize that I might not have fully answered all parts of the questions or maybe missed some details that were expected. I also think I could have spent more time engaging with my classmates’ posts instead of just focusing on my own responses. I know now that I need to slow down and really read the prompts carefully so I can make sure I’m addressing everything. In the future, I’ll try to give more detailed answers and take the time to connect my ideas to the readings or class discussions. It’s definitely something I want to improve on as I move forward. One big thing I learned this semester was how to use citations correctly. Before this class, I always felt nervous about citing sources because I wasn’t sure if I was […]
The most successful assignment for me was essay #2. Although I found this essay to be somewhat challenging I still managed to understand the assignment because it was easy to explain how some websites don’t provide accurate information and if you don’t actually read the article your essay will now make no sense. Furthermore, using Chat GPT can lead you in the wrong direction when it comes to writing an essay about a short story because most of the times the AI is telling you to use these big words that wont make your essay better but it can make you seem like you’re talking “gibberish” because the essay doesn’t explain/cite anything correctly from the short story. Nevertheless, even though I am still not 100% good at it but this class taught me how to cite a text correctly in my essays. As well as knowing how to correctly flow when I’m attempting to cite so it doesn’t sound boring, eg: “The short story mentions …” However, I feel like I could’ve done better on essay #4, I didn’t take my time with that essay and I didn’t even realize that the paper was under the expected pages. Consequently, for the next paper I will intentionally utilize the outline to do my essay correctly and I will take my time instead of rushing to get something done on it’s due date. I genuinely enjoyed the transparency from Professor Conway the entire semester because it gave me the opportunity to challenge myself and get better with writing.
The assignment i feel was most successful has to be essay #3, I feel like I enjoy doing those types of assignments (flyers, posters). I had the option to do my own research and pick a poem of my choice. I enjoyed the freedom while learning and being able to be creative with some instruction. I feel like i could done better on essay #4, after reading your feedback and going over the directions I noticed that I didn’t have an ‘’yes’’ or ‘’no’’ opinion for my essay. I feel like I can do it much differently now and get a much higher grade. I must say I learned more about myself in this class. I learned how to cite work, I learned a lot more that my English 101 professor didn’t teach or request for us to do. I learned more on how I work better following outlines and directions even though sometimes, I have to admit I struggled at times.
The assignment that I feel was most successful was the flyer which I believe was essay number 3. I am more of a visual person, so this was by far the easiest assignment. The outline was easy to follow and meet. While having fun doing this assignment, I also learned a lot about poetry. I could have done better on the quizzes by double checking my responses and cross-referencing them with my notes and the material given. I could have also studied the material more intently to get a better grade. Coming into this class, I could say that I did not have much experience writing essays that had such a detailed and specific outline. At first it was a struggle because I felt like I was producing good work, but it just did not meet the directions. However, now I think having these outlines assisted me in producing work that is more focused, structured and organized. Because these are all great attributes of a good paper, I now appreciate this way of writing more. To summarize i learned how to write more structured, organized and focused papers.
Surprisingly, the first essay turned out to be the assignment I felt most confident about. This was largely because I was able to carefully analyze the instructions and grasp the multiple layers involved. It pushed me out of my comfort zone, allowing me to hone my critical thinking skills and approach the task with patience and focus. I was thrilled with the grade I received, as it validated my ability to interpret and follow directions effectively. On the other hand, the assignment I believe I could have improved on was the poetry poster. I overlooked the importance of citing the sources for the images I used, mistakenly assuming that free-use images didn’t require attribution. In hindsight, I wish I had taken the time to include proper citations, as it would have likely resulted in a better grade. One of the most valuable lessons I learned this semester was how to correctly use citations and incorporate them seamlessly into my writing. A specific takeaway was ensuring that both the sentences I write and the quotes I include are consistently in the present tense, which has significantly improved the flow of my work.
One assignment I feels I am most successful in was creating the Poetry Flyer. The reason being because I got do my assignment on to research no copyright pictures, a poem and use the BMCC Online Library to get the author’s Biography and apply it to my flyer. Also, it was different form the regular essay. However, I think I could have done better in my essays and understanding the literary devices use in poetry. Writing essays in this course is completely different from how I normally write them. I should have tried to understand applying citation and in quote more and the various literary devices use in poetry. Trying to figure out the literary devices and interprets what it meant is one of the areas I need to work on. Also, one thing I learn this semester is the structure of a paragraph, applying quotes and citations. Also, writing thesis, researching primary and secondary sources to my essays was also a huge help. In would try to apply whatever I’ve learnt in this course to my essays going forward, especially in writing the thesis and paragraph structuring.
