Reflective Essay: English Composition Class In Hocking College
Writing has never been my favorite activity. Before this class I took English Composition class in Hocking College and I had chance to write several essays about different topics. Before Hocking College I never had written an essay in English language. So going into research class did make me a little nervous. As a middle aged women , out of school for 20 years and English as a second language I am probably have a little disadvantage compared to the other kids , fresh out of highschool but I welcome the challenge and tried to do my best.
This class assignments were divided into small chunks which introduced every little nuance about the final paper. I liked the part where I could write a little about myself and get to know the other students. …show more content…
Selecting the topic was easy for me. I have been interested about health, healthy eating for a while now thats why I chose my topic genetically modified organisms in which I had been interested before so I had read several books and watched some documentaries but all my previous information had come from non scientific and not peer reviewed sources therefore it was exciting for me to read all the articles in the academic journals. Also the easy part was finding the good reliable sources from academic journals because my chosen topic had many articles to choose from. That part was the most enjoyable for me and I did read a lots of articles. The week when we started to learn about APA and MLA reference styles seemed overwhelming in the beginning, so many rules but the Moodle had some great examples posted which I used a lot also my instructor wrote a comment with every grade and that helped a lot.
The annotated bibliography assignment was quite easy for me too because the week before I had done annotated bibliography homework for my psychology …show more content…
My instructor’s comments were very helpful and detailed and helped me a lot to revise and correct my final draft. And my final challenge was when I had submitted my revised , polished research paper , which I had proofread over and over and when I went and looked it over in “Turn it in” program I discover that all the spacing was off and my paper on which I had been working so hard was a big mess. I am very thankful to my instructor again that she helped me to re-submit my paper.
I feel that I did great in this class and I know that I tried my best and spent many hours trying to perfect or improve my writing. The materials for this course were very helpful on the Moodle and very well put together. I did not collaborate with other students but I did enjoy reading others research papers and learned a lot in several topics what interested me like assisted suicide and essential
This class assignments were divided into small chunks which introduced every little nuance about the final paper. I liked the part where I could write a little about myself and get to know the other students. …show more content…
Selecting the topic was easy for me. I have been interested about health, healthy eating for a while now thats why I chose my topic genetically modified organisms in which I had been interested before so I had read several books and watched some documentaries but all my previous information had come from non scientific and not peer reviewed sources therefore it was exciting for me to read all the articles in the academic journals. Also the easy part was finding the good reliable sources from academic journals because my chosen topic had many articles to choose from. That part was the most enjoyable for me and I did read a lots of articles. The week when we started to learn about APA and MLA reference styles seemed overwhelming in the beginning, so many rules but the Moodle had some great examples posted which I used a lot also my instructor wrote a comment with every grade and that helped a lot.
The annotated bibliography assignment was quite easy for me too because the week before I had done annotated bibliography homework for my psychology …show more content…
My instructor’s comments were very helpful and detailed and helped me a lot to revise and correct my final draft. And my final challenge was when I had submitted my revised , polished research paper , which I had proofread over and over and when I went and looked it over in “Turn it in” program I discover that all the spacing was off and my paper on which I had been working so hard was a big mess. I am very thankful to my instructor again that she helped me to re-submit my paper.
I feel that I did great in this class and I know that I tried my best and spent many hours trying to perfect or improve my writing. The materials for this course were very helpful on the Moodle and very well put together. I did not collaborate with other students but I did enjoy reading others research papers and learned a lot in several topics what interested me like assisted suicide and essential