Interest: This test was very interesting, because even though I am quite comfortable around grammar, I realized I had experienced difficulties, and it helped me eliminate my uncertainties. The questions looked easy, but grammar is very complicated, and this test made it easy, as well as educational.
Difficulty: I was not sure, at times, if the sentences needed a punctuation mark, and it frustrated me. At some time, I was confused with the many choices I had to choose from, which contained a grammatical error. As for the rest of the test, the questions flowed easily.
What I learned: I learned when to use capital letters, when to put punctuation marks, how to conjugate verbs, according to the sentence. I also learned where to put comas during a dialogue.
My score: 28/40, my greatest difficulty being adjectives, verbs and pronouns.
Course rating: I rate this course 8/10, because, it was quite easy, and, overall, was very effective, and helped me improve myself.
Course 4: Fundamentals of writing 2: Drafting
Interest: It is very interesting, for it explains step by step how you should procede to write an introduction, supporting paragraphs, and a conclusion. It helps in the process of organizing the ideas, and writing them down. The examples are simple, and make us easily understand the point of the lesson.
Difficulty: Some practice exercices were somewhat difficult, and demanded reflexion. As for the rest of the lesson, it was in the middle of easy and hard. When you had to compose paragraphs, it was a little bit difficult, but more long than anything else.
What I learned: I learned how to organize my ideas, how to make informal outlines and graphic organizers, how to do hierarchical charts, and Venn diagrams. I also learned ways to invite the reader, with attention grabbers, and good thesis statements. Furthermore, the lesson teached me how to make the reader interesting, by writing solid and supporting paragraphs, and use directed brainstorming. Finally, I learned how to inspire the reader by writing a conclusion, and learned what to do and what not to do in conclusions.
My score: There was not score in this lesson, but if I based myself on the practice exercices I did, I would still need to work on my writing.
Course rating: I give it a 8.5/10, because it was helpful, but the lesson was very long.
Very well done on both counts. Check for spelling of a few words as well as word choice: reflexion, teached, not score. Good section on learning. 18/20.
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