Blog #1: Self Assessment Blog

I have never taken an English class (that I can remember) that was influential or that taught me grammar, punctuation or even sentence structure. I moved to another country right before I was getting to it and when I moved my grade had already passed that content. I grew up not really understanding, not really knowing if I was correct, and not knowing different forms of grammar, punctuation or sentence structure. I would like to focus on those 3 forms of the English language as they interconnect.

Grammar to me is the natural flow of the English language that brings clear concise ideas together. I feel like I have some grasp on the idea but I want to strengthen how I write so that I can teach other how to write; I want my students to know how to correct their own flow and composition. I do not always understand the “rules” of grammar in the sense that I do not know the rules of some punctuation. I want to focus on having my freestyle writing ability to have more than simple periods and commons. I am over it. It is too generic. I would like to experiment with the colon and semicolon, preferably, and I would like to have more fun with exclamation points. I can not wait! I am exciting for this course and even more so to learn how to use punctuation; I can not wait to strengthen my writing ability.

Sentence structure is something that can be very easy but sometimes I have trouble doing is professionally. It is the age of texting, Facebook messaging and Twitter, so everyone has a mixed sense of sentence structure and I would like to experiment with more professional sentence structures that I can put in emails, essays, and even practice for when I speak to professors or in my classes. I would like to use something other than short and sweet sentences. I have trouble with long sentences and making it not make sense. I would like to experiment with long sentences so that that I can learn how to have dynamic and dramatic stances in my writing. Punctuation can also help me with experimenting because semicolons and colon prolong sentences and mix it up a little.