English 1100
August 24, 2015
Prof. Young
~ How would you describe your writing experience in high school? For example did your teachers allow you multiple times for you to revise your essays to earn a higher grade? Did you learn grammar rules and structure ? Did you learn about the five paragraph structure? ~
Coincidentally Prof. Young, my high school AP Literature and Composition teacher's name was also Young. Mrs. Young to be precise. Mrs. Young made my writing experiences very fun and allowed me to learn and improve from my mistakes. We were always allowed to write our paper and if we handed it in before the due date she would correct it and hand it back to us with her feedback on how to improve it. We could do this as many times as we liked until the actual day the essay was due. Not only that but near the end of the marking period, she would give us the opportunity to rewrite one essay of our choice. (Most typically the essay we did worse on or got a lower grade on) We would rewrite that one essay and she would re-grade it and if the grade was lower there would be no change, but if you improved she would erase the grade it was previously and replace it with the new grade. Mrs. Young also taught us about the five paragraph structure but wasn't a very big fan of it. She would always say "just write as much as it takes to get the job done." meaning it was fine if our essays were less than five paragraphs as long as we got our point across and have enough evidence to support it. (although we never went under five paragraph the minimum would be four if we ever went under five) As far as grammar rules and structure goes.. well.. the whole "just write as much as it takes to get the job done." sort of covers the whole structure thing; and for grammar we didn't really go over it that much. We would just expand our vocabulary and that was about it. Everyone basically knew about there, their, and they're and you're and your. (at least I hope)
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