My writing demonstrates appropriate ideas and content because I always stuck to a topic and I also support my claims. This was better represented in my Julius Caesar essay where I explained two of Brutus's main traits. Every time I toke a quote from the book I would explain why I had chosen it. For example “Not that I loved Caesar less, but that I loved Rome more.” This shows he will sacrifice a good friend just for the freedom of the people." You can see i stated a claim and backed it up with some evidence to explain my thinking to the reader. There was also room for improvement in explaining my ideas and content. I believe i should have taken more time to plan my writing so i could back up my claim a lot better. You can see in the above quote that there is not a lot of explanation to my claim which would make the reader still confused due to the lack of explanation.
Organization
My essay demonstrates appropriate organization in a few ways. First I have an appropriate paragraph structure in both essays. I have a introduction paragraph, two body paragraphs and a conclusion. One thing I am proud about in both my paragraphs is that I have a clear and strong thesis statement. In my Caesar essay it was "Honor and patriotism, both are driving factors of Brutus that caused him to kill Caesar as he believed that it would lead to a better Rome free from tyranny." I am proud of this thesis statement because it is very clear and concise and explains what my whole paragraph was about. One thing that needs improvement are my conclusions. I always find conclusions the hardest part to write because you have to link it with the introduction. In both of my essays you can tell that my conclusions are a bit rushed and do not wrap my paragraph up well.
Personal Growth
I improved a lot in my writing. I am very proud that I have gotten better. I believe through this year i have improved on backing up my claims a lot better. In the Alchemist essay there wasn't a lot of explanation about my claims. I simply stated my claims and did not back it up with strong and well explained evidence. In the Julius Caesar essay i started to improve in backing up my claims. My goal is to be able to create a clear and well explained explanation to back up my claims.
SLR Reflection
The Slr that really reflects writing is communicate effectively. You have to communicate your thinking onto paper and back it up effectively. If you were to communicate effectively in your writing any reader would understand what you are writing about and why.
