F.+Midterm+Essay

90% is the new ‘A’ according to the School Board. In fact, that’s what I want to receive as my mid-term essay grade! I deserve it with all the hard work I’ve done so far this year. Plus, a little sucking up to the teacher helps to give them a better disposition towards me too. I deserve like an ‘A’ as my mid-term essay grade because of me learning to spell correctly, putting commas in the correct place, and learning about how to plan an essay using a web or outline. Spelling is not all fun and games; it takes practice and one must memorize the letters in a specific order. That is unless a person is a genius like me and already knows how to spell a large majority of them. Except for a couple words that gave me trouble: beginning, jewelry, guidance, business. I have remembered them too now. Some of the words like to trick you with different sounding vowels and continents. Otherwise the spelling words were simple and easy for me to learn and repeat without hesitation. I have greatly improved my spelling due to my English 11 class. Comma here, Comma there, STOP! Do NOT put a comma there. After a grueling time learning about commas I have finally gotten the hang of placing them in the correct place. It took me longer than I expected, but with hard work and determination I have accomplished my goal. Use commas before conjunctions or when ordering more than three thing. Commas in some cases act like an ‘and’. My punctuation can still be improved, but from how atrocious it was in the beginning of the year I have come a long way. Planning has always been easy for me, but using and outline/web made it easy than ever before! To plan an essay you must include: thesis, main ideas, supporting ideas, detail. It is as easy as that! It is all possible thanks to my two amazing English 11 teachers, Ms. Szymczak and Ms. Tucei. A web is slightly easier to use because it is already printed out, whereas an outline is something a person must remember each component. Either way the help organize my thoughts and help me plan more quickly and accurately. I deserve like an ‘A’ as my mid-term essay grade because of me learning to spell correctly, putting commas in the correct place, and learning about how to plan an essay using a web or outline. Some may say that I do not deserve an ‘A’ as my grade, but they are flat out wrong. It is true that the first quarter I was a slacker, but the second quarter I really stepped up my game and have been receiving nothing but ‘A’s and ‘B’s. I have taken my time to do what was necessary and beyond.