Last class!

　Today is the last writing class in the first grade. I really loved this class and I was able to get many things in this class. I am going to miss this class a lot.

 Before I take this class my ability of writing was bad. I just wrote things I thought wihtout thinking any structures. In this class I learnt how to write an essay from beginning. Professor Leyda taught us neatly how to write an good essay. I think my essay became much better than in the first place. Firstly I can write it in the correct form and also I think more deeply about the original story when I write the essay about it. I used to read the story superficially but now I read it very slowly and think what each sentence mean. I realize the interest of thinking the deeper meaning of each story.

 As I said above, I think I can do well on reading the story in depth. After reading the story once to understand the brief flow, I re-read it again and write some memo about the part I did not understand. Normally these part includes some important message. Then I think of the critical questions which we used to do in the lessons. This critical questions are hard to think but it helps to write an essay afterwards so I worked on the critical questions hard. It was interesting to find out another new message from the story every time I reread it. Also I can do well on the works cited now. Well, actually i did not know how to write the works cited so before I learnt how to do it, I just copy and pasted the URL of the web page. It was really hard to do it at first. I had some difficulties. We did the practice of the works cited over and over again until we get full mark. As I did not want to do it over and over again, I did the works cited so neatly and carefully taking times. This process enabled me to understand the works cited. Now I can write it without looking at any study aid.

 In my final essay I worked hard on not getting off the track of the thesis. I always get off the track and write something that is not concerned with the main theme so this time tried to keep on the track. This was harder than I thought. After I have written 1500 words I got 200 more words to write. But at that point I had nothing more to write. I researched about the story and the author and finally got something to write about. I thought Next time I write an essay, I should first plan how many words I am going to write briefly in each paragraph and then start to write.

 I think I still have to work on a lot of things. I now understand how to write an essay, so my next aim is to be able to write a better essay. To do that I should read the original story more carefully and think about the thesis that is easier to expand to other points. Also I should plan more carefully about the structure and how many words I am going to write in the paragraph.

Anyway I would like to say thank you to all of my classmates who made me enjoy this class a lot. And also special thanks to Professor Leyda!

 I really enjoyed this class and I am really going to miss you all. I wish I can have the same class as you all again in second grade. I also want to have Professor Leyda's lesson again next year.