2009 was a year where i further developed my english abilities and expanded my knowledge to write and understand different forms of english. At the conclusion of this year I am confident that my work and abilities have made a significant improvement and I will be able to continue my improvement in the following years.
My favourite unit of work throughout the year was the work we did no the novel 'Tomorrow When the War Began' by John Marsden, who is one of my favourite authors. I love the book because it shows teenagers in a different light and the way it is written allows the reader to fully understand the characters and situations. The piece of assessment we did for this unit was a non-literary analytical essay in which the task was to outline the way in which teenagers are portrayed in the novel through discussion of the different characters. I do not usually enjoy in class essays as the preparation for the test can leave you unprepared, but because i knew the task, I feel I wrote a well structured piece and this was reflected in my mark for the piece, as I went really well.
My least favourite unit of work throughout the year was the work we did on protest poetry. I feel as if the assessment piece for the unit was thrust upon us, and I didn't feel like I was well enough prepared. This could also be because of the fact that I was away for a portion of the unit. We only had a little over a week to write the piece which was to be presented in the form of a comparable task about poetry being a vehicle for social protest. In hindsight, I think that I would have enjoyed the unit much more if we had more time to prepare.
My strengths in 2009 english were the feature article completed as our final assessment piece of the year and the in class essay about tomorrow when the war began. These were the two pieces that I enjoyed the most and because I enjoyed them the most, I went well in them in terms of marks.
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