Action Plan

One of my current strengths and skills is being organised. I always keep my folders and notes organised, making things easier when it comes down to writing essays. I keep everything in folders which are clearly labelled, making finding notes easier and quicker. I have also never missed a deadline whether it’s for a simple weekend assignment or for a whole terms unit of work. I think this is down to the fact that I’m so organised.

Another one of my strengths is that I am always willing to try new things and to have a go. I will experiment with different photography techniques for example before I evaluate everything; this gives me more to write about and debate.

My main weakness is that I’m not very motivated, I can organise all my notes and work but I’m not very good at actually sitting down and writing an essay and putting everything together. I also need to improve on my written work, my vocabulary is very limited and I struggle to structure an essay properly. I think this is due to the fact that I don’t plan, I take my notes and jump straight into it without thinking about where I’m going to start or what the main point of my essay is.

I think to improve on these weaknesses I should make a study timetable, which should help to motivate me. I can look at it and think right I’m going to do one hour of revision, or spend 20 minutes writing the introduction to my essay, this should also help me organise my time even more. I need to also make a plan before I start writing an essay so I know what I’m going to write about and what I aim to prove in my essay. I should also look at examples of essays and how they are structured so that I get an idea of how to structure my own. I think I will also improve as my course goes on, and I write more and more essays.

I will know when I have improved simply by my grade, as my essay writing become clearer and more structured then I will be achieving better grades, and also I will find writing an essay a lot simpler, it won’t take me as long. I will also become more motivated to do things and writing essays will become easier.

I’m not going to set a deadline for these goals because I think that I will slowly improve throughout the two years I am on my course, it will be a gradual thing. I can check back at the end of my course or as I am going along just to see if an improvements are being made.