47 Discovery Essay: “Read More and Suceed”
Reflection Letter
Smirna De la Rosa
ENG 1003/1013
Dr. Rachel Johnston
October 22, 2023
Dear __________,
How are you doing? I hope you are doing fine! I am doing super well, but I must say, I am super busy with schoolwork, but I am getting there slowly but surely. Now I am working extremely hard on an interesting and fun/challenging project in my English class called my discovery essay/wellness activity. So far, the project has been fun and very advantageous for me since I have learned a lot, you know how I love that!
You might be wondering what a discovery essay/wellness activity is? I will tell you all about it! So, a discovery essay/wellness activity is a personal resolution or goal that one commits to accomplish with the objective of writing all about it. One can write the reasons why one chose to do a particular wellness activity, the goal of doing it, and the steps one took for the fulfillment of the goal, or goals, one plans to accomplish with the wellness activity. Besides, one can also include in one’s writing how beneficial the activity was for oneself in one’s daily life. The failures and successes one experienced when attempting to meet one’s plans should also form part of one’s writing. Moreover, one needs to support one’s writing about one’s wellness activity, with primary and secondary research. As you can see my project was indeed a challenge, but a fun and educational one.
The topic of my wellness activity that I chose was to read more in English so that I can gain a richer vocabulary, get familiar with distinctive styles of writing so that when I need to write a paper, I can do it with ease because I have seen how others have done it. Furthermore, with reading more in English I seek to enjoy reading and at the same time to relax. Consequently, reading more often in English, as a nursing student, will help me to succeed in college.
To figure out what I wanted to do was not difficult for me because I knew what I needed. The help of my classmates and my professor was essential for the development and the actual fulfillment of my project since they gave me good ideas and advice. For example, my professor suggested that I find the audiobook of the book I planned to read so that I can read along without needing to stop and getting frustrated over words that I did not understand, and I did not know how to pronounce. Her suggestion was excellent, and it was what helped me to persevere. My
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classmate suggested that I first try to read books that are at my English level and that I read genres that are of my interest.
The actual writing of my essay was a lot of fun due to my wellness activity. I loved that I was writing about something that I was doing. I felt that I had a lot to tell because I was familiar with everything and that helped me gain a lot of confidence in my writing. In addition, the different activities that we