Steven





This paper was written for my first debate response in my HIstory 151 class. What we were tasked to do was to read these two opposing views on the the whole Israeli Palestine situation write what they were about such as main ideas and points. Say if we thought the sources were credible and then give our honest opinion as "informed" readers and which article we related to most.

This was the seconded assignment we had in our english class this year. We had to make a personalized letter in the form of a public forum kind of way. We needed to take a topic we felt strongly about and address it so that it could be put into a public forum such as a news paper so that other people could look at it and relate to it in some way. The trickiest part about this I thought was doing the public forum thing while still making it personal, something I had never done before.

Ah our first paper. I am really proud of this paper not only because i got an A on it, but because to me it really demonstrates that I can be a good writer if i just put my mind to it. This was a format that I had done time and time before but the difference from this time and others was that i actually had something to write about. Basic was a big challenge and I have some very fond memories of it even to this day and it was just nice sharing one of those times I spent with the Reapers of 3rd platoon.

I really dont know what to say about this one. Until Dr. H explained this one to us i had no idea what a multi genre essay was. I found this one to be really hard to do. Just because of the fact that it didnt really flow or anything like the essays I had done before. I found that it was kind of hard to just get all of the different types of genres I had to do. But in the end I liked what came out and enjoyed doing something different for a change.

My final piece I have here is the last debate response we did for my History class. Now I know its not perfect but its a heck of a lot better then the first one. I say that because I spent a lot more time on the writing process such as a rough draft and peer editing. I think this is just a good side to the way I write so i have a before and after kind of picture.

I really enjoyed english class this year. Overall Id have to say that it has been an enjoyable experience just because of our teacher. He was able to explain things in a way that just made sense and I am thankful that I got him instead of a previous teacher I had my freshman year. He was very lenient and liked what he was doing and I must say that I've learned a lot this year. Thank you.