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My wikispace theme is a party. It is like a party because at first the party was slow but then it picked up. At the beginning of the year it was like when you first arrive at the party it always starts slow but then it picks up later. At the beginning of the year my party was slow, because I did not write enough, but now towards the end of the year, my party is picking up because I am writing more. Even though some of my party is picking up, I still make mistakes in my writing.

I have begun to see the problems in my writing; at the start of the year I had a problem focusing on the central idea of a topic. Now I still have some problems staying on the central idea but mostly I have been getting better staying on task. Now I know how to stay focused if I read the end of each paragraph when it’s done, then I can make sure it is on the same topic. Another thing that this year has taught me was that I need to be more organized. My Dante’s Inferno project was an example of that; because I wasn’t organized I had to rush the project the morning that it was do.

This year I have made progress establishing my voice and tone as a writer. At the beginning of the year I had a weak voice, but now my voice has gotten a lot stronger in my writing. An example of this is my haikus. This year also helped me establish my tone as a writer. The Doll’s House essay is an example of how my tone has improved since the beginning of the year.

My biggest problem at the beginning of the year was my spelling. I still have trouble with my spelling but I have learned how to fix my errors, the same way that I make sure I am on my central topic; jus t reread each of my paragraphs when it is done. Punctuation is not as much of a major problem now as it was at the beginning of the year. Because that I fixed it this year, I now can focus on other mistakes in my writing.