I see myself as a meticulous writer who always checks and re-checks that all of my points all fully analyzed and explained to back up my original claim (thesis). This rock wall image represents what I want my ideal essay to look like: all the pieces (claim, text evidence, and commentary/analysis) fit seamlessly together to fully answer the prompt.

2 Writing Areas of Needed Improvement:

Overall I see myself as a writer who writes straight to the point. I try to clearly state I my claim and back it up with evidence. Next time, I do need to make sure I check closely every single word in my writing to make sure everything is correct. But, I think something that represents my writing is clear water, because it is clear and you can see through it well.

Weaknesses

I feel I am a big-picture writer. This means that I look at the essay as a whole instead of all the little details. I focus more on the general idea(s) of the paragraph instead of the smaller details. The picture I chose was a picture of a puzzle. I chose this because just like in my writing instead of seeing the individual pieces I see the overall picture. 

 

As a writer I see that I have to improve a lot. I need to hone my skills on many things because my writing is left unsupported and does not have good commentary and quotes. I feel that I am bad at writing right now but have a lot of time to improve. My writing starts off strong with my topic but then starts to fall off in the end. 

I see myself as a very descriptive writer. I paint a clear picture for my reader to envision in their minds, letting them get creative, but they still get the main point I’m trying to get across. I hook my readers by my topic sentences and I make them want to keep reading more. When I imagine my writing, I think of a puzzle. My writing all fits together perfectly and they create a beautiful picture when they’re finished. 

I feel that as a writer, I am direct but also descriptive. I can get straight to the point of an essay, but still include details that support my writing. I also feel that my writing can get better. I've been working on stopping my habit of going back and forth between past and present tense since 5th grade and now, when I look over my writing, I can usually find most of my errors. This flower represents my writing because it is still growing, but very pretty, just like how my writing is pretty good, but can still improve.

Overall, I feel like I'm a decent writer. My paragraph was not too much of a headache to read, which is pretty good. My thesis was very strong, but the rest of the paragraph was lacking. This made the build up of the thesis seem to lead to nothing so I really need to work on making the actual meat and potatoes of the paragraph stronger. I also need to pay attention to the small details, as I tend to work really fast to just get it over with and those simple mistakes always get me at the end. This paragraph wasn't really my best writing piece but I can only go up from here

As a writer I see myself as someone who struggles to put what I am thinking into words. I often have trouble thinking of how to make my writing flow. Specifically, I need to practice on my quote blending. With practice I can get better and feel confident about my writing. 

2 Writing Areas of Needed Improvement:

As a writer I often try to be entertaining and involve my reader but I do get relaxed and informal about it as I go through writing. Sometimes I also don’g go into detail well but all of it is an attempt and I experiment with my writing often. It is always changing and I sometimes make mistakes on the way that is why my picture is a kid with his experiment blown in his face because my writing is truly an experiment that will often go wrong and my grade may explode in my face.

Weaknesses

I see myself as a pretty decent writer. I am not the best but not the worst. I need to work harder on getting the right details to use. I also see myself as a slow writer. I second guess myself all the time so I backtrack a lot.  I feel like my writing is like a construction site. It has a strong base but the details are off. 

Strengths

weaknesses:

Not going to lie but I don't really see myself as a "strong" writer because I struggle with coming up with ideas to write. But I think I can get better by practicing and not procrastinating as much. I chose this picture because it's literally me at home trying to finish all my journal entries so I can watch Netflix all day.

As a writer, I see that I have a lot to improve on. Also, I always try to see how I can make my writing better in any way, from the vocabulary I use to the analysis of evidence. The image of the unfinished puzzle represents my writing skills and of how it is not yet mastered. Each time I write, I strive to fit another piece into the puzzle till the puzzle is finished.