What have I improved so far this semester? How did I improve?

Just yesterday I have finished my first partial exams and with that, the first partial is over. I have never been in an English literature class, at first I was nervous because literature in my language(Spanish) for me is pretty simple, but reading literature in another language and try to understand it is a challenge. I am in English A1 and I have learned new things and thanks to that, I have improved my writing skills and grammar during this classes. 

 In my Literature class, thanks to my teacher and classmates I have improved in two specific things. The first one is to read a lot without seeing it as an obligation. Before this semester, every time people invited me to read a book or every time teachers in school made me read one, I was not really content. I did not had seen reading as a pleasant thing to do. But I think that reading during this first partial a manga, that is popular literature, was a good start for me to start reading more and not seeing it as a duty or as a homework. I have seen that reading is more than that, reading can take us to different worlds and places with our imagination. Maybe seeing that I have improved in this for many people will be silly, but for me it was a good way to start changing my way of thinking about reading.

 Secondly, I have improved on my writing skills and organizing my ideas. This was due to our teacher that help us during this partial to arrange our ideas with certain rubrics and writing outlines. Specifically I have improved on writing essays. Before this semester, I had no idea on how to write and essay. I didn't knew what things were necessary in an essay, but thanks to the the notes and tips that the teacher gave us and the essay I made, I know better what an essay is and how to write it. Obviously, I have to keep practicing and write more essays to be improving and with time, to know perfectly what I have to put on an academic essay. 

 I think that for being the first partial, I have improved in little things that for me are very important. With this two certain improvements I can progress in my academic works and in my literature classes. Not only in school, but I hope that my improvements that I have made this partial will help me in future situations and to make new habits and will be good for me in life.