Creative Thoughts

Reflections

 On Amanda: I thought that all of Amanda's work this year was really great! She definitely improved from that first draft of paper 1 to the final draft of paper 3.  From what it looks like, the workshops really helped her a lot.  For me, her second paper was the best.  It had great ideas and a good structure to go with it.  I remember reading one of her writings in class and thought that with a little more revision that her writing would be great! And it was!! She improved as a writer this year overall and hopefully will continue to show that much improvement in the future!

On John:  From reading all of his work, the third essay really stood out in my mind over any other essay I read from anyone else’s this semester.  It captured me in with the first sentence and kept me engaged throughout the entire essay.  All of John’s work this semester was really great and he is definitely a successful writer.  Every piece was so different and full of details that I didn’t get bored reading any of his work this semester.  He will definitely be successful with wherever a future in English takes him!!

On Chantelle: After reviewing all of her writing, I think that her reading responses were better than anything else she wrote this semester.  They were different and written well.  All of them flowed effortlessly and captured the essence of each writer.  From reading her work, I think that she is going to make an excellent teacher! She shows a strong ability to get her point across, and that is exactly what a teacher should be.

On Helen: I think that Helen did an incredible job with all of her pieces this semester. I really enjoyed her first paper the most because it gave a different twist to what everyone else did with it.  I loved the little kid classroom scenario because it really put vivid imagery in my mind.  All of her work was excellent and well thought out.  Her details in even the smallest writing responses were spectacular. 

On Myself:  To be honest, I was really proud of myself this semester in this class.  I had no idea what to expect out of it, and I thought it was definitely challenging.  As a writer, I came into the class unsure of my work, and I am leaving much more confident.  You taught me to understand what I am writing, instead of just writing it without thought.  I definitely think I grew as a writer from my very first draft to my last draft.  I realized that voice is SO hard to capture and I probably will be flip-flopping with myself on it the rest of my life.  I learned a lot in this class and I thoroughly enjoyed every minute.  Thank you for that Dr. Allen!