One of my first assignment at Capilano was my first English essay. Our instructor, Mr. Brian Ganter, explained the assignment in class and gave instruction on how to submit it. The assignment was a summary paper of one of the articles that we read in the class; however, it needed to be a university level essay. Moreover, we had to use words from “they say I say” book to help elevate our essay. The articles given in class were almost 7-10 pages and we had to summarize that into 2-3 pages, double spaced.

This assignment helped me learn how to craft a university level summary paper and how to use stronger words in my essay. I put relatively a lot of effort in my essay and in this process I managed to learn new skills. This assignment elevated my writing and enabled me to write more coherent essays without having to put many hours of work into it. In addition to that, I learned many strong verbs and adjectives that also helps me to write better essays.