The English 99 Class, Application Essay Example

Before English 99, my writing skills were below average. I did not enjoy writing before because I did not like to have to think of complicated or big words to write my essays or papers. However, having joined the English 99 class, I have gone through a decent growth in writing.

I am now fluent in communicating my idea, by selecting strong and positive word to explain my points. I have developed a good knowledge of the purposes of my writing and the audiences that it is meant for. This has helped me gain a professional approach in my writing.

In this portfolio for my English 99 work, I have included the three major assignments, two of which are, in my opinion, my best take-home essay and one recopied in-class essay.

My most memorable and intriguing of them all was the essay on “America’s Homeless from another Perspective”. The subject is a universal human view of the correlation between homelessness in the United States. The topic was an incursion into the fundamentals of American society. The essay required a lot of research, a skill I have learned to develop since starting the English 99 class. The second essay on “Advertisement Analysis” was particularly eye opening and highly educative. It brought out the fundamental and conceptual framework of marketing through advertisement. The third essay, “Edwin Thomas Booth Biography” was truly captivating. Discovering the growth and development of Edwin Thomas within an environment of high achievers and prominent actors.

The English 99 class has involved, in my opinion, five key dimensions of learning, namely, use of prior and emerging experience, skills and strategies, confidence and independence, knowledge and understanding, and reflectiveness. I am gradually learning how to become self-reliant in my work. I have used the instructors to obtain more ideas and better understanding of the requirements of assignments, but doing most of the utilizing my own ideas. This portfolio exhibits my accomplishments as a student so far in English 99.