1) Writing some fun and interesting papers

2) Working on the nouns, pronouns, and verb like stuff

3) I am better at articulating my thoughts into a clear and concise manner.

4) better writing assignments. Less cliched and more interesting.

1. I would say my favorite part in Composition would be writing all the different essays. I don't mind writing essays so they didn't really bother me.
2. Well to be honest, I would consider the book work my least favorite. We already went over a lot of stuff before in our school years, but I get that the book work is a must in Composition.
3. I think it improved a lot with all the essays we had to write, and even the Writer's Workshop assignments. Made me a better essay writer I guess.
4. I think that there should be more Writer's Workshop assignments. I really enjoyed writing some random story and I think it would be neat if there were more assignments like these.

1) My favorite part was definitely the writers workshop days.
2)The first semester test. I don't know if we got enough study material.
3)Yes, my attention to detail has improved along with making my story make a little more sense.
4)I liked composition over all and i really don't think anything needs to change.

1. My favorite part in Composition would be in the book work with nouns, verbs, and adjectives.
2. My least favorite part in Composition would be the research paper.
3. I think my writing improved a lot because we wrote more essays and learned a bunch in the book.
4. I think that there should be more free writing essays and writers workshop assignments.

1. My favorite part of comp this year was Writers workshop, because it gave me a chance to write about what I wanted to, and also see the work of my peers.
2. My least favorite part was about the year was the combined essays when we had to work with a partner, because I enjoy writing by myself.
3. I improved my grammatical skills, revising and editing skills, and spelling skills.
4. More Writer's Workshop assignments and more applications when doing book lessons.

1. My favorite part of comp. was the writer;s workshop. I liked free writing about any idea that popped into my head.
2. transcendentalist, by far, because it was too confusing and odd.
3. I have learned to think about what i write before i write it, or brainstorm.
4. Eliminate transcendentalist!

1). Watching Pay It Forward, I really liked this movie. I had seen it when I was younger with some of my family, but I didn't realize it until I had started watching it in comp.
2). Doing book work, because I didn't learn anything.
3). My writing has improved because I have learned to use bigger words.
4). No book work.

1. My favorite part of Comp this year was watching the movie "Pay it Forward" because it was a pretty good movie.
2. My least favorite part was the research paper.
3. My writing improved a lot, writing so many essays teaches you how to become a better writer.
4. More writer's workshops.

1. writing some intense papers.

2. transcendentalists paper

3. I am able to put together a organized paper.

4. To get rid of the transcendentalists paper.

1. My favorite part was the pay it forward part because we got to watch a good movie.
2. Working on nouns and all that stuff.
3. I was able to put in more details in to my writing.
4. There should be more writers workshop because you get to wright about what ever you want.

1. My favorite part of composition this year was all the great writers workshops.
2. My least favorite part of composition this year was working on nouns and verbs and things like that.
3. I am better at correcting my own paper and looking for places that don't make sense.
4. More reading, or writers workshops.

1. My favorite thing is writers work shop because its fun to look at what other people wrote and you get to comment on them.
2. Writing the Transcendental paper that was the worse thing ever!
3. I felt like my spelling and grammar has improved thought out the year.
4. More writers work shop writing because they are fun and easy to do, maybe throw in a couple more excises.

1. Definitely writers' workshop. I was able to write whatever I wanted.
2. The Research Paper. It was very long and boring.
3. I took the pre-writing a little more seriously. My essay was already thought out before I started writing it.
4. Do more writers' workshops. Read more frequently.

1. the reading
2. writing essays
3. it has improved a lot
4. a lot more writing for my bro and sis

1. Watching the Pay it Forward Movie and doing the essay also.
2. Writing the Transcendentalist paper because it was very difficult and I don't ever want to write that much again.
3. My writing has improved greatly throughout the year because of all the writing we have done, all the work in the composition book has helped me with sentence forms.
4. We should do more Writers Workshop because I enjoy writing about anything I want to.

1) My favorite part of comp. this year was the essays. Writing isn't that difficult when we had all the principles do it.
2) The grammar and book work I wasn't so good at that.
3) Well I now am refreshed on how to write the thesis and state my main idea in my essay while being descriptive at the same time.
4) No grammar work. This is a class of writing so grammar questions in this class are unsatisfactory.

1)I think my favorite part was writing for the Writers Workshop. I like the creative side of Comp class.
2) The book work really wasn't helpful. To me, it was mostly repeated stuff from last year. I think if we could have just touched on the important if-you-don't-get-this-right-you'll-fail-college stuff and skipped the hairy details.
3) I have learned that there are in fact some merit to outlines. Before this year, I found the process of outlining pointless, but when doing a large research paper, it is helpful.
4) I would suggest that you rely less on the text book for grammar lessons because they really don't help much with our writing.

1. Pay it forward the movie has a lot of meaning to it
2. nouns, pronouns, verbs, and other book stuff
3. I pay more attention details and what I put in my writing
4. more writers workshop.

1. Writing essays about interesting topics and having time to get them done.
2. the nouns, verbs, and parts of speech lesson.
3. My essays are more organized and more concise.
4. no transcendentalists paper.

1. Mrs. K burning Kress
2. The U.S. history essay
3. Well I have gotten better on how to express my speech
4. Do more assignments out of the comp book

1. Writers workshop was a lot of fun, and watching pay it forward was fun and inspirational.
2. The book stuff, working on grammar, which is needed for a writing class. If felt like more of a review.
3. I have become a better writer, paying attention to the the smoothness of my sentences. My editing has become better as well.
4. The writing topics for essay were good, but maybe find some more meaningful ones.

1. Reading
2. Book Lessons, and writing essays.
3. I write with more powerful words than I did at the beginning of the year.
4. Get rid of the book lessons. I did not learn a thing from them.

1. I really liked being able to free read and blog every week. I also liked watching "Pay It Forward".
2. I didn't necessary enjoy the mini-lessons we did.
3. I learned to write papers in a three chapter form, which was challenging. It taught me to use more effective transitions and get straight to the point of my essay.
4. The essay writing topics were okay, but they didn't make me think to deeply. I would recommend more in depth essay props for next year.

1. Reading or the Writer's workshop.
2. The book lessons and the essays.
3. I am still forming a more defined vocabulary. I also learned more about sentences and word formatting.
4. Keep a more open mind on different ways of teaching harder lessons for next year; some kids learn in different ways.

1) I really enjoyed writer's workshop. In between all my other classes it let me be creative and I feel I improved as a writer.
2) I didn't care for the review of writing mechanics.
3) In my free writing, I eliminated a lot of redundancies.
4) I think this class kept a good pace, but I would cut out the book lessons and have next year's class write more essays. Also, I feel myaccess.com to be an unnecessary tool.

1. I really enjoyed watching Pay It Forward and reading every Wednesday. The break was nice.
2. The book lessons were definitely the most boring, mundane, and monotonous part of Composition.
3. It has become more developed and enriched. Its really gotten more technical throughout the year.
4. Less work from the book.

1. My favorite part of Comp would have to be writing all of the different types of essays! It's fun to write in several different styles.
2. I wasn't a huge fan of the exercises, but they helped my writing out.
3. My writing has gotten better in several ways, but specifically, it has started to flow a lot smoother and it is also better grammatically.
4. I didn't really love myaccess, so maybe not use it as much, but it was a good tool for editing and revising.

1. I liked writers workshop a lot.
2. The transcendentalist paper because it was so confusing.
3. Essays are not as hard to me anymore because we wrote so much of them.
4. I liked reading, and maybe do not assign the transcendentalist paper next year.

1. My favorite parts of Composition this year was writer's workshops, reading, and getting to watch Pay It Forward. They were nice breaks from the crazy junior year, and it was nice to relax.
2. The mini-lessons were not my favorite part. Probably necessary, but not very fun.
3. I think I have learned to edit my work better and cut out unnecessary words and phrases.
4. I definitely think it would be cool to have an "out-loud" book talk instead of commenting on the wiki. I also think there should be at one "free essay." And, since the mini-lessons are probably not going to go away, maybe making a game out of some of the lessons would make them more fun.

1. Writer's Workshop was definitely the best! I loved just writing stories and reading others!
2. My Access
3. My organization scores in My Access went way up from beginning to end. So, I must be organizing my essays better then I had previous years.
4. More lessons. Writing is good but if you don't know how to fix you're writing how are you going to fix it? More lessons that teach good writing technique, multiple ways. Maybe some lessons on college writing...Grant's college English class sounded completely terrifying!

1. My favorite part of Composition was doing the Pay It Forward Essay and watching the movie.
2. Doing the grammar assignments and transcendentalist essay.
3. I am better at organizing my thoughts and able to put them into an essay form.
4. More writer's workshops.

1) The thing I enjoyed the most was the writer's workshops, because we could make up our own stories and read what others wrote about.
2) I really didn't like book work
3) My writing has improved because I know how to be detailed, use a more advanced vocabulary, and how to transition my paragraphs
4) A good change would be less book work and more writer's workshop

1) My favorite part of comp this year would be reading the classes writers workshops, It was a unique way to just write with be care free.
2)Doing the Mini-lessons was not very fun.
3)I am using more detailed words and going more in depth into the piece.
4) I would recommend reading at least twice a week, junior year you have absolutely no time.

1. I enjoyed reading others Writers Workshop stories.
2. The book work, and the US History Essays.
3. I have reduced a lot of useless things in my essays and use better punctuation.
4. More Writers Workshop because it is fun to write when I pick my own topic.

1) I really enjoyed Writers Workshop days-- having time to free write and just let your mind go was nice. It's cool to see feedback from classmates on what you wrote. I also liked some of the different assigned topics we had, it made me think of things I wouldn't normally have considered (i.e., the ways I could be construed as prejudiced for the prejudice essay).
2) It's kind of a love-hate thing with the assigned writings. I generally hate writing "inside of a box" so I didn't like working on a lot of the assigned topics, although I feel I learned something from a few of them in the end. I also wasn't too fond of MyAccess, but it wasn't all bad. It was interesting to see an instant score.
3) New words. I used the "synonyms" function on word a lot to spice up my writing instead of repeating the same old words when making a point. Through the use of the thesaurus, I've expanded my vocabulary.
4) Maybe more writers workshop days? I kind of tired out by all the essays one after another, but I also understand that essay writing is basically what Comp is all about!

1. My favorite part of comp this year was free reading and writers workshop
2. I didn't like doing the mini-lessons but it's something that everyone needs to learn and do
3. I'm more comfortable writing essays then I was at the beginning of the year
4. Have more writers workshop days