English Class Reflection Essay

Throughout this semester, I have genuinely learned a lot. AP College English is definitely a difficult course for me, but I have strived to make efforts in changing that. It’s difficult to pinpoint all the things that I have learned during the course. I have learned many things about novels, authors, grammar, writing, reading, and the list goes on. Every year in English I have learned something new and this year is absolutely no different. To answer the question of if I am a better writer than I was before, I would probably say yes. By looking at my portfolio there is a slight increase in my writing grades. I began with the AP score of an 8, with my first impromptu, and then it fell to a 6/7 with my next. The Heart of Darkness impromptu I received the AP score of a 7, so there was a slight improvement from the last. Even though my scores don’t seem to be exactly going up by great amounts, that doesn’t portray if I am a better writer than I was before. Throughout the class I have learned a lot about the importance of commas and MLA formatting. They have always been important, but in this course …show more content…
In past English classes I have never been forced to deeply read, but that is different for this class. If I don’t read closely it’s as if I haven’t even read. I now have been trained to look for literary devices and deeper meanings in the things that we read in class. For example in Beloved I really looked for the deeper meaning in the novel. Toni Morrison is a great author to help a reader to read deeply, because everything has a deeper meaning and I found that out by reading closely. I can also tell that my reading ability has improved from the beginning of the year from the reading quizzes. In the beginning of the year, even though I read, I did very poorly on the reading quizzes. Now my scores are very high scores because I am paying great attention and taking notes on the