Meta-Writing Essay

      Today, there was an in-class essay :( I was doing fine in my own little world until I looked up at the board: timed writing assignment. NOOO!!! I was now worried because I really hate essays, let alone in-class essays. I just tried to relax though because panicking won't help the situation. The prompt was given and I saw that it was about yourself. I wasn't too thrilled with it. The first thing I always do is think of all the specific things I'll talk about and then wrap all of it up into a nice thesis. Thesis is the most important part of the essay, I would say. I was a little puzzled by the prompt. It asks for strengths, weaknesses and goals to set. I was frazzled because I thought, "how do I come up with a thesis that sums all 3 of the requirements?" They can each be an independent essay but this essay contains all 3. So, I just mentioned my weaknesses, strengths and goals to improve as a writer in my intro & thesis and tried to support it all by my assertions. I don't think I did that great but I guess it was decent. I was under pressure and time so I just did my best. When I feel rushed, I tend to just get something down because I panic about the time limit. I didn't feel that the structure, diction, and intro was AP like. I like to include a nice hook to grab the reader's attention in the intro but I failed to do so. I wanted to add a hook to my intro but I ran out of time and I didn't know how to squeeze it in (which is a reason I like to  type essays).
      I write better in my house, on the kitchen table, spending my sweet time. But, the AP test isn't like that!!!! My weaknesses of writing are that I'm slow and I could improve my analytical skills. When I say slow, I mean slow.  My strengths were that I could come up with theses that could be well backed up and my grammar & conventions(even though I'm sure I mispelled things!). On the STAR test last year, I got 100% on the conventions part of the writing. But, I have a lot to work on as a writer and I'm sure I'll learn a ton in this class.