Ideas and Content
I think that my writing in both essays usually includes appropriate ideas and content. On the Alchemist, I was a little off topic because I did not really understand the whole destiny theme as well as I should have. It was quite complicated and involved a lot of deep thinking. But I improved on this with the Julius Caesar essay, because I spent a lot of time thinking about the theme and it was very clear to me. On the Julius Caesar essay, I kept referring to the prompt and chose quotes that related to what I was writing and this also helped me stay on topic. I think I could be better at enhancing my ideas and content by sticking to the prompt and trying to not go into detail that is not important.
Organization
On the Alchemist essay, it was different to Julius Caesar because it didn't have a time limit and we did it outside of class. This gave me a chance to really think about organization and recheck my work many times to see if there was any way I could improve it. But the Julius Caesar essay was different. It was entirely in class, and unfortunately I ran out of time. So I had to rush the fourth paragraph and go onto the conclusion and since I had to rush it I missed out on lots of detail. Next time, I could plan my essay writing time better to make sure I don't have to rush the end.
Personal Growth
I improved a lot on the Julius Caesar essay in comparison to the Alchemist by staying much more focused on the topic and even though I didn't quite finish the end, I did well on the overall organization of the essay. Also, having the time given, I was still able to go into a lot of detail. This proved that I knew my subject well. Its clear that I took the time to understand Julius Caesar much more than I did in The Alchemist.
SLR Reflection
I would say that the SLR I used the most in both essays was reasoning critically because I went into detail with ideas and content on Julius Caesar and I worked hard to find any organizational flaws on The Alchemist Essay. When you reason critically it means that you take what you know and use it to come up with deeper ideas. I think I did this successfully, especially in the Julius Caesar essay.
