Name of Assignment: In Class Timed Essay Subject: Humanities Facilitator/Teacher: Ms. Terry
Description of Work/Assignment: For this assignment we had to write a five paragraph essay choosing from two topics which were either a personal narrative writing. A personal challenge we have overcome in our life, or an opinion essay, writing about the greatest challenge facing my generation. I chose the opinion essay as I had many challenges to choose from. I started writing about social media. How it affects our daily lives and going viral. Basically a pretty big issue in my generation.
Which 21st Century Skill do you feel this assignment addresses, and why? I feel this assignment addresses self directional skills. I feel hearing the words “timed essay” can be a little scary but I think I directed myself on the right path with a topic I have a lot of knowledge on. That made it a lot easier for me to accomplish my goal and have an effective mindset to finish the essay on time.
What are you most proud of from this assignment, and why? What I’m most proud of was how I was able to express many ideas in a fast and effective way. I had a really good and productive workflow that saved me a lot of time and stress. I really like everything I talked about in this essay that were things that were in my head but I couldn’t word correctly.
How did you develop and/or improve upon your 21st Century Skill with this assignment? My self directional skills were improved because I had to work on my own and make sure I wasn’t getting off track with my writing. I made sure I kept writing about my topic and accomplished my goal.
What was most difficult about completing this task? What was most difficult was making sure I was wording what I wanted to say correctly. Sometimes you have these thoughts in your head but can’t exactly find the right words to interpret it in the way you would like.
How could you improve this work? If you could start over, what would you do different? How I could improve this work is writing it in a more organized way with a thesis and whatnot. Starting over I would focus on having a better introduction and conclusion that flowed with the rest of the body.
How does this relate to what you have learned in the past? This relates with what I have learned about in the past with being able to write about a topic given to me and work from that to make a good essay.
How can you apply this to future learning? I can apply this to future learning with being able to self direct myself to write out topics in a timely manner and understand well what I’m capable of doing in a short amount of time.