One of the main reasons I had enjoyed the class, English Composition 1, was because this class is like no other I had taken before. This was not the boring English class you are forced to take each year, basically learning the same thing year after year after year. English classes in the past for me consisted of reading several novels which followed with a test and essay on the book. Each year I would learn the difference between a noun, verb, adverb, and adjective, along with where to put a comma and semicolon. These classes became a drag and I could not stand them. Even after all these years with English I felt like I had learned nothing and my writing level was below my other subjects. I did not feel like I could write any papers well and they all were adequate. I received good grades on each of my papers but felt my papers had no meaning. My view on English had changed for me after I had taken this course at Delaware County Community College. This course was very different and did not follow the traditional English classes I've taken for years. This was very refreshing to me and sparked my interest in English and writing. Each day was something different in class which kept the class interesting. Instead of writing our papers and handing them in one of the coolest things we did was create this website. One day my mom and I had come to the school and looked for my classroom, when we found a classroom with computers for English we swore we were at the wrong class. Coming in the first day, our professor explained that we were going to be making digital portfolios and it made sense. When we first created our own websites I was not sure how mine would turn out, I had never done anything like this before and stepping outside of my comfort level was challenging. After I put time into it I began to love the website. Posting our work onto our website is so cool because anybody can read our work (Just like whoever is reading this right now!). Blogging is one of my favorite parts of this class, especially because you don't see any other English class with a blog. In the beginning I used this blog for English only, but half way through I began to use this for more than just my assignments. Getting out my thoughts has always made me feel better, so blogging has opened something knew up to me. I am considering starting another blog after this class to use to just get my thoughts out there and maybe help people who go through the same struggles as me (senior year, choosing a college, balancing school and activities). Another one of my favorite things about this class was how our professor taught us in interesting ways. Multiple times throughout the semester he had hosted game shows with rewards in regards to our class if we win. Game shows taught us many things without the feeling that we were learning. Learning through this non-traditional way made the information stick with me especially since you are more likely to remember things that stand out. Since I never did these activities before they always stood out to me. Our professor also drew many diagrams while teaching us which helped me since I am a visual learner. Many things were followed by a video so this helped me remember what we had learned. Also, our professor taught in a way that related to the students. It is the worst when you look back on notes and have no idea what you were just taught. Every time I looked back on my notes I could relate and they helped me. At the beginning of this year I was bummed when I received this class, only because all my friends were in a different class together. After the first day I was so happy, walking out of class I was so excited and they were all bummed because they were already given a book to read. This course is one of my favorite classes I have ever taken. I believe I learned more and improved my writing more this semester than in all my other English classes combined! I will definitely use my notes for this class on my future English classes and hope that my other professors follow the same structure as this class (I doubt any will be this good but at least along the same lines). These are some of the diagrams we used in class to Improve our writing that I have found very helpful!
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Brianna Costa
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