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Writing a Topic isn’t That Easy

On the day our English 2 teacher started her discussion with us, I felt a little bit nervous because she told us that we should speak English in the class and every time anyone caught by her speaking vernacular will perform either singing or dancing. Honestly, I am not good in speaking English. But, it is my pleasure to have a teacher like Ma’am Lynnie in order for us to enhance our speaking skills and be fluent enough in speaking English.
In our first meeting, I learned about writing a topic and narrowing it. At first, I was so confused on how to narrow a specific topic because I’m not used to do writing composition. It is easy for me to think of a topic but I find it hard to narrow it because I have no knowledge about its idea or information. However I put in my mind to really practice my writing skills and apply what our teacher discussed about the steps in writing. As our teacher go on discussing, she gave us some examples on how to narrow a topic. With this, I somehow got an idea on how to have a better composition. I learned that one way in narrowing a topic is by clustering and concept mapping. In this way, a topic is easier to narrow. She also gave us some activity by partner to think of a topic and narrow it. After it, she let us read our work. With this, our teacher made some revisions on the specific topic and thesis statement we made. I now learned some tips on how to have a better specific topic and thesis statement. I also gained knowledge about writing the sentence outline.
With what our entire teacher discussed, I realized that the first step of writing is somewhat easy. Having a first topic and narrow it. I just hope on the following discussions with Ma’am Lynnie about writing, I will learn more things on it and be a better writer.