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Lance Fabery

Professor Batty

English 101

28 May 2019

Reflective Essay

Throughout the time spend during the course of this semester taking English 101

made me realize the importance of some of the skills talked about used throughout the

class, skills that for the most part I thought that I had an already strong understanding of

what goes into and how to effectively use said skills. Skills like writing, reading and

critical thinking we’re all not only expanded on, but put into a new light that I had never

considered before taking this class. As a result I feel more confident overall with my

current writing abilities among other skills not only acquired but strengthened over the

course of the semester. Even though I understand that there’s always room for

improvement down the line during my college career, I fully expect knowledge I’ve

gained from this class to Aid in that pursuit of becoming a better writer as a result.

The ability to read is a basic skill that acts as the building blocks for what makes a good

writer and acts as a stepping stones for other skills. Critical thinking is one of the skills that I

believe to not only go hand-in-hand with someone’s ability to read, but is it in important part in

the writing process as well. Simply put these three skills are vital , For someone’s overall ability

to produce a well written essay. During the course of this class one assignment in particular
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required and help personally strengthen these three skills. In the time leading up before actually

writing our Still Water Saints essay, our skills in both reading and critical thinking or use

throughout. Reading this book while using our ability of critical thinking to help better

understand not only the characters with the storyline as a whole help strengthen my then level of

skills. Furthermore I believe that because of this assignment I intern became better at critical

thinking and reading over all. The complexities of each character throughout the story really

required me to practice my critical thinking skills by dissecting each character in a literary sense.

My skills as a writer have also improved due in part to the free wrights assigned during class or

the course of the semester. As a result I became more comfortable and developed the ability to

better flow and incorporate my ideas as a whole.

This semester help me realize the importance that these three skills alone hold with in

regards to the Future English classes I plan to teach throughout the course of my college career.

Critical thinking, writing and The ability to fully understand what you have read are just some of

the things that have overall become strengthened by the activities/assignments I have taken part

out throughout the course of this class.