Cover Letter #2

My writing throughout the semester has made me grow. I felt I have progressed tremendously from last year taking Writing 117 at community college to now finishing English 103 with Dr. Hartman. I learned many new varieties of writing and how to compose an organized paper. I felt that the informative, and taking a stance paper really showed my greatest progress. I feel that this class has really prepared me for English 104 next semester and writing for the future.
I believe the description that is needed within the essays required for this class has made me that much better of a writer. I can honestly say I have liked my progress from writing for the newspaper in high school to writing essays in community college then now writing papers at this university. I feel Dr. Hartman, and his critiquing really has made me progress. This course really has prepared me for English 104 next semester, I think Dr. Hartman gave us a good amount of papers for preparation for 104.
Overall I am looking forward to what the future brings for myself and my writing. I have always thought of myself as a good writer, and the grades have shown for it as well, but there is always room for improvement. I can honestly say Dr. Hartman has helped tremendously and I hope to continue my writing enjoyment and success into the future.

Cover Letter

For my portfolio, I started at the very beginning. My first essay I included was the first one we wrote, the personal memoir. I felt this paper was the weakest off all of the pieces I have on here. Yet that is to be expected since it was the first piece. What I wanted to show the readers of the portfolio was to start latest and then progressively move into most recently written essays. I felt this way would show the readers strength and progress as I moved further along in my writing throughout the semester.
My writing process within the portfolio was to explain what I did with each piece and why I chose that particular topic to write on. I want to give some background behind each piece, so readers can get a summary of what the piece is about before they actually read it. I felt this could ease the reader in so they don't go completely blind before they read the particular essay.
The process I used was to show the readers the progress I made as a writer. Although my grades were consistently "B's", I felt each paper was my strongest. Even though I got a B- on the controversial topic essay, I felt that it was the strongest piece. It was the third essay we wrote, and I felt that the use of sourcing, research and placing that research in an organizing manner, really taught me how to write a good informative essay. Overall what I learned from this semester was that writing takes time and that its like anything you do in life, the more you do it, the better you get at it.

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This semester has sped through time as fast as the speed of light. I can't believe the semester is almost over. I can admit though I have LOVED my first semester here. It was a rocky start to the semester but I have the potential to finish strong.
I have met so many new people here this first semester, and plan on and looking forward to meeting more awesome people. And what happened this semester was the last thing I was expecting, yes I have myself a girl friend now. I told myself coming here that I was not going to get into a relationship and I don't wanna deal with it with school. I guess plans change.
Overall this semester got better the further it came along. I look forward to starting next semester. I feel it is going to be easier than this semester, but I have work to do between now and then.
In the mean time, I wish everyone best of luck with their exams and have a safe and happy holiday. Maybe see some of you next semester.