Semester 1 Overview:

Over the course of the first semester of Senior lit.comp/comm. we have studied and worked on college essays, literature analysis, memoirs, movie analysis, and narrative photography etc. While working on these assignments , and many others it was important to test out new writing styles - depending on prompt, type of essay, or other factor. Writing style varied on each assignment, but was progressive in teaching how to change the direction of writing, and how to better collect ideas, and how to project them. For example; when working on story analysis (reading 'the fourth state of matter' and 'the Laramie project') we had to analyze each differently the meaning, certain phrases, the events and consequences, opinion etc. To differentiate between the two different writing styles and how different it was to have to analyze each. Or when we chose a memoir and wrote basic plot details and an interchanging discussion about the book overall - from characters and internal conflict to connections between the novel and the impact it had on the reader. Whether it be answering questions from a prompt, or analyzing a certain scene or dialogue between two characters, the knowledge accumulated from over the time is and will be helpful for future reference. When we first began class, my writing needed improvement and to expand - and from working on through the semester I am more confident in my writing ability - and ability if I were to analyze a form of literature I would have a better idea on what to do. I look forward to next semester, and what we might be learning, and if it will be more analysis work or reading/writing in general.