When I started this school year, I was less than excited to find out that I had to scrap everything I had learned the previous two years. Verbose, lengthy phrases shoved into a 5-paragraph form had to be simplified and spread out to make essays more "organic." It took me a long time to truly break free from that 5-paragraph style, and more emphasis on the purpose and effectiveness of the organic style might be beneficial for next year's kids.
Another thing I would like next year's group to understand is why. For most of the year, I felt like the changes I made to my writing were arbitrary and not truly important, and it wasn't until saw how fluidity impacts the audience's understanding of the overall piece did I begin to formulate my essays on a lack of formulation.
I enjoyed grading essays and found it very helpful for making small tweaks to my writing. I do wish, however, that we could have received more direct feedback from you besides the comments you make in class and the occasional edited papers we received.
Lastly, I also enjoyed our final projects for both semesters, and I enjoyed researching my topic for both projects. I do wish, however, that they had been better incorporated into the things we do throughout the year and not just sprung on us at the last second. As much fun as they were to make, a speech and a PSA really had nothing to do with the other things we did in class.
Thank you for a great year of English, I really do think I learned a lot!
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