TOW #27: TOW Reflection

            Major progression is evident in my TOWs from throughout the school year. From not including a thesis to not having transition sentences, my early TOWs lacked many of the necessary components of a good piece of writing. As my TOWs progressed, I am able to recognize where I became more comfortable with the necessary format and could then begin to focus on the analysis in my TOWs. After I became more comfortable with the analysis, I am able to see where I began to focus on word choice and other elements that would help bring my TOWs to the next level. I believe that the more that I became comfortable with writing throughout the school year, the better my TOWs became. I believe that from all of the practice I mastered the format in which I should use for the specific types of writing. Since I began the school year not knowing how to format a piece of writing correctly, I focused a lot of time in learning how to do so. From spending time in this area I was then able to become confident in the formatting aspect of writing and then work on the substance within my writing. This strategy enabled me to improve my writing substantially.

Though my writing has greatly improved this year, I believe that I could still strive to improve it more. I believe that my writing could use more style, as well as more intelligent diction that could raise my writing to the next level of sophistication. I also need to focus on limiting my repetition of words or phrases, so my essays are not repetitive. I believe that all of the TOWs throughout the year helped me escape and improve upon some of my bad writing habits because I could focus on eliminating them without being pressured for time like I am for in class essays. The extra time allowed me to focus directly on what I wanted to correct and take as long as it would take in order for me to do so. The TOWs also allowed me to practice analysis essays and work on finding the purpose of other essays throughout the year even though we moved on from them in class. This repetition throughout the year made it much easier to write the essays on the exam since we had been writing them all year. My progression in my TOWs shows the help that TOWs can provide when improvement is needed.