Course Reflection

Leticia Rivera

Pro. Matyakubova

English 210

November 8th, 2016

Final Reflection

The Fall semester of 2016 is nearly finished, and various tasks were completed and submitted. Each assignment was submitted with the hope that I showed my best ability in writing, as well as show my capabilities of following instructions to complete each task. This semester with my English course was special, for reasons that I was able to explore subjects I was interested in. In the past, I have taken various science courses, which focuses on research, and discussing researchers findings, but in this course I was able to be the researcher.

In the beginning of the course, I was assigned two small task such as the memorandum and the formal letter of introduction. The reason why I stated “small task” is because it was just one page long and the amount of time dedicated was not large. These assignments was to be able to slowly get an idea of what writing assignments require and to show our ability to the professor as the semester proceeded. The formal letter of introduction required information on my literacy background and goals in reference of writing. The memorandum assignment required me to discuss an issue that concerned me and professionally address it in writing. I decided to speak about an issue my college institution City College of New York was currently in, which was about low amount of available math tutors. As a student who is constantly in need of math tutoring, it was an issue to consider. These two assignments allowed me to refresh my writing abilities, in order to continue with the course.

The following assignment was an informative report, which held an objective stance. This assignment allowed me to practice on my source use, such as being able to evaluate, paraphrase and cite my sources. For the report, I chose to speak on the pros and cons of plastic surgery and only state relevant information, not my opinions. Eventually, I created an argumentative report on reasons why euthanasia should not be legal. This assignment helped me learn the technique to formulate and articulate a stance through and in my writing. Before the argumentative paper was due, I was able to spend time on perfecting myself in sentence structure with the class.

Lastly, the most significant assignment of this course was the final research paper. This assignment is designed to incorporate the previous assignments because there were informative aspects, argumentative points and is dependable on sources in order to create the research paper. This final assignment was about research on the impact the ivory trade has brought onto elephants in Africa. The research paper approached all the learning objectives for this class because drafting, engaging in writing processes, engaging in genre analysis, formulating a stance and using resources was each incorporated as I complete the assignment.

Overall, this course was exceptionally engaging and valuable. My professor was very helpful to the class with our writing because she took the time to guide the class as writers to each individually be creative writers, but also to pay attention to grammar, sentence structures and citing properly. This english class worked together to progress because there was so much interaction between students in peer reviews, group works and even presentations. The success of this course happened as a group, which makes this class amazing.