Hits and Misses

This past 9th grade year, I have grown a lot with my writing. My writing used to be very basic and had no depth in it. Now, I feel that I have a lot of detail. One thing that I struggled with for a writing assignment was my literary analysis. Not only was it my first time writing this style of a paper, but I was just lost with where to start. Once I found an interesting topic to argue, it got a little better. One thing that I liked that Dr. D gave us was a roadmap that showed me what to do with our writing. She gave us lots of details from what is a literary analysis, to how to properly write in MLA format and how to embed quotes. After I finished this paper, I remember feeling so accomplished because this paper was very difficult for me.

I feel like one of my strong papers was my research paper. It makes such a difference when you research a topic that you like. I really enjoyed researching my topic about Islamic Spain and that helped motivate my writing. I feel like if you enjoy a topic, then it is easier to write. I was ready to move on from Lord of the Flies, so I wanted to get my literary analysis out of the way. That could be one reason for why it was difficult for me. I feel like I have grown so much this year, and I am curious for the portfolio assignment because I feel like I will like it.