Writing is a big thing for both Angela and Kaylene, however, they didn't realize they could do better. Mr. Locker and Ms. Shah was a big help this year in 8th grade. They pushed them into making their writing better. They have different strategies for different things in writing such as grammar, spelling, transition words, introductions, conclusions, and others. Angela and Kaylene had a hard time improving on their writing. They both get upset easily when the teacher points out the little mistakes they've made in an essay or passage.
Angela is a big writer. Before coming to the 8th grade Angela liked to write little stories and a bunch of poems. She improved tremendously, but she can still make improvements. During the E.L.A practices, on the essay part, she felt like she wasn't going to finish on time in the real test. In order to go through it fast enough she would go straight to writing without really planning the outline to the essay. She realizes, now, that planning things out before hitting it head on is the better thing to do because then you get to know what exactly you need to add or take out and plus it keeps you organized.
Kaylene is an improved writer. She didn't really have experience with writing it was hard for her, she had to always figure out a way to put her thoughts on paper. She would always get stuck and it would be hard for her to continue writing. But the help of Mr.locker and Ms.shah definitely helped her out. They did charts and ways to organize writing. Now she is able to write essays with out of problem but I mean still have times that she gets stuck but she is working on it .
In sum, they both had a situations that needed to be improved and with their teachers they are progressing and growing . So a big thanks to the 8th grade teachers.
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