A paragraph to descibe what I have done in 42ow Academic Writing
As time flies away, I have spent almost three months in 420w academic writing course so far. During this class, it is a pretty energetic class. First, the teacher is extremely nice and teaches some idioms and does some funny games and activities to make progress in students writing, such as setting up a blog, writing sentences on the board, timed writing on the class and grammar exercises, giving some useful sheets on how to writing connecting sentences and how to write a wonderful introductory paragraph. The classmates also are very nice. They always give each other sincere suggestions in their bolg and help each other to do peer editing and correct some grammar errors. The textbook is very vivid but the topic which for students chooses to write is not interesting and sometimes it is boring. However, some instructions and some language focus is really useful and help students to sharp their language use. From this class, I have learned lots of things. I learned how to write a good essay. There are some steps to write an essay, from brainstorming to outline, from outline to the first draft, from the first draft to edit and proofreading. This is very crucial for students to format their essay and not fail in their essay. The most interesting part is brainstorm. Students can write every odd or simple ideas of this topic and not care about whether it is in the topic or out of topic. The hardest part maybe is to write an essay, especially timed writing. Students felt nervous when they did timed writing and they can’t think the better phrase or words, at the same time, some of them worry about if it is out of topic. Sometimes, they don’t feel comfortable when they did this thing. It looks like students are not willing to write, like someone forces them to write. It is upset and can not develop by them. In short, this class teaches lots of techniques and students make some new good friends among each other; meanwhile, students also sharp my writing skills. For students, it is amazing moment because they not only get fun but also improve their writing.
