In our composition class we where required to write two different types of letters, one to one of our friends and another one to the editor of Eagle news.
I think it was easier to write the letter to my friend because I already knew what I wanted to tell my friend, plus it was in an informal way so felt I could express myself better than in the letter to the editor.
When I start writing I put everything I want and just let go, when I finish I read it again and cross out the things that are out of the topic. While writing the second piece I have to correct errors like slang words and not going out of topic, because in the letter to my friend it didnt really matter because she knows my way of saying things that she would understand plus they were stuff that I wanted her to know too. My weakest point in writing is a little grammar, and the vocabulary; for example I normally have a lot of run on sentences and my vocabulary is not that big so sometimes I wished I know more SAT words to put in my essays.
Normally when I'm writing I think in the language I am writing or speaking but when I dont know how to express something in english I think how would I say it in spanish and then translate it, I think that would be a benefit because instead of not transmiting my message I just translate it and make it fit with the rest of the essay.
