Journal (feelings and emotions)

BY: Sandra

1-HOW WAS YOUR FIRST ENGLISH COMPOSITION CLASS?

I was excited to write this entry because it was the first one of the semester. I was trying to apply good grammar rules and to have a good punctuation and coherence of ideas. Unfortunately, I didn’t attend classes the first day of classes because I was really sick; I had been suffering from a terrible sore throat that didn’t allowed me to go to the university. Anyway, I wrote it trying to image an excellent first English Composition class and including things that I have expected for that day. It was difficult but funny at the same time doing the entry that I spent around 2 hours writing it down. Finally, I had done it and when the day to deliver the entry came, I approached the teacher and told her about my situation. Thank God, she received my assignment even though I have invented a first day of classes; she told me not to miss classes anymore.  

2-HOW DO YOU CONSIDER YOURSELF?

It was so special for me to write about myself because most of the time I don’t take at least 10 minutes to think about myself, how things are going, my likes and dislikes, in which aspects of my life I need to improve, and so forth. I took me many time to write it down because I didn’t want my writing looked neither too sophisticated nor too wear. I read and read it a lot of times to check if what I have written was ok. I consider that I didn’t invent anything about myself; I just wrote what myself told me to write so that I left the entry in that way.

3-Does English Grammar affect students the way they acquire knowledge? How?

Writing about it was really interesting because I could picture myself and the way Grammar has help me to understand better the English Language. To learn a second language as complex as English is hard even though the first language is totally different. I could notice that a good rule to learn easier is having some knowledge about Grammar.

BY: Tatiana

When I was writing this entry I felt so afraid of making mistakes.

 I remember that I took out two or three pages because what I wrote was pure garbage.I really liked to talk about may experience in the first class because I realized that I was with my best friends in the same group, and that English composition was going to be my favorite subject.

When I was writing this journal I felt so inspirited to talk about my way to get what I want to (my job). Believe it or not selling clothes is my hobby. I tried to explain it as good as I could.

This journal made me reflect on my performance in this term. When writing it I thought a lot. At some points I feel disappointed because my performance was not the best, but I am proud of me because I have learned a lot from this course.

BY:Andrea

In this entry I had to write about of my perception of the current president of El Salvador. I did not like this topic because I do not like politics I know it is important to talk about it, but for me it was not a good topic. To write that entry took me a long time because I did not have idea what to write about it. But suddenly some ideas came to my mind and could finish it.

This was my first entry, I wrote about the things I liked and the ones that I did not like.  I admit that I was  afraid  of writing it because I knew that I was committed mistakes, but my surprise was that  I got a good grade even though for my bad punctuation. However, that makes me feel comfortable, and I was happy because of my grade. I really felt motived since I thought I could do it better.

This was one of the most difficult entry that I wrote because was about me and how I consider myself. I am not good at talking about me I do not know why.  I could personalize it and that’s why I got a bad grade and also for many mistakes too. The grade made me feel frustrating but at the same time I realized that I had to it better. in my revised version I got a better grade , but I need to continue improving my writing skills.