Ryan's Portfolio

I do not have many strengths when it comes to writing, but I have two that stand out to me. One of them is ideas. I have excellent ideas, and I connect ideas throughout the piece that I am writing. I have many interesting points, and I love to explain my points as best as I can. I also love arguing that my ideas are correct. This makes me an exceptional writer when it comes to argumentative pieces, but when it comes to creative writing, I am not so good at it. I also take pride in my grammar. I review my pieces countless times to ensure that they are, mostly, error free. I also get many of my family members to read and see if they find anything. I also get a few classmates to do the same. I go the extra mile to not lose many points on some of the easiest points to get on a piece of writing.

I am an ok writer and, I have improved over my 9th-grade year, but there are still many things that I can work on to further me as a writer. One of the things that can defiantly improve on is my organization. My thoughts can be very disorganized sometimes and others they can be on point. I think I just need to improve the consistency of my organization rather that relearning it all together. The second thing that I need to improve on is sentence fluency. I have improved considerably, but I was so bad at sentence fluency before. I need to make even more progress than before because of how far behind I was. I need to make my sentences seem more professional and more thought out. This trait is most defiantly a trait that I will follow in my revision.

I have many goals for next year. One that I would love to improve upon in my writing is my ability to write fluent works without having to go back and czech to see if it if fluent. I want to have the knowledge to trust myself that I did everything right. That is nearly impossible for writing in general. My English teachers proclaim that a piece writing could never be perfect. I would love to disagree, but it is true. The next thing I would love to focus on is my organization and transitions. I get a lot of help from the writing center on these topics. I would like to be able to asses the problem and remedy the situation on my own. I think this will decrease the amount of time I spend on English papers in the future and help me achieve better scores in my future English classes.

I have learned many things about my writing style. One of these things is that I have inadequate fluency. All of my writing seems very choppy when people read it, and I sometimes do not catch these mistakes. I also lack the vocabulary, to be accurate, the lack of utilizing the advanced vocabulary that I possess. I always use the same boring and monotonous words that 3rd graders use. I have also discovered that I like to write a lot in one sitting. One example of this is when I wrote my research paper in one sitting, and it took me about 3 hours of straight writing. I have done a lot this year to improve on these problems that I have discovered. I have worked on writing in multiple sessions, so I do not get tired of writing, and thus my writing will not be as faulty. The next problem that I have attempted to solve I the fluency or lack there of it. I can now identify what is choppy and what is not when I reread my writing, most of the time. The next problem that has been solved is the...

I am a very different writer than many English teachers would like. I love to break academic writing rules and write as if I am having a conversation with the person reading my writing. I am the writer that loves to make jokes in formal and informal works. I may get a point taken off here and there, but I think it adds a sense of happiness to an otherwise monotonous paper that my English teacher must read. I also am a writer that does not like to write. This can make my writing seem very snarky or maybe even a little insulting to some people. I may need to put a disclaimer that reads, "Warning this piece of writing was forced upon this student and is full of salt." I am also a writer that many people either like or dislike. There in no in-between with this writer, but that is who I am as a writer, and that is fine with me.

All of my writing center experiences are very beneficial. I take my time with my writing fellow, and we focus on some little thing, but there is one thing that my writing fellow and I do focus on. These are transitions and sentence fluency. These are my two major things that I discuss with my writing fellow, and this progresses my paper significantly. The way that this progresses my paper is set in stone. The experience forces me to look at my paper and read it out loud, so I can hear how is sounds and if it is very choppy and what have you. The next thing it accomplishes is making my paper more fluid with better transitions. My transitions are very basic, and my writing fellow tries to help me think of new ones.