Overall , my writing has improved greatly throughout my pieces throughout the year. Even though my first essay (The Oedipus Essay) was not my best piece of work, it did show that I met my goal of using supportive direct quotes and setting them up properly. My next wrting piece was the Kite Runner essay. This essay also displayed improvement of my use of direct quotes. It showed improvement in the area of writing a strong thesis statement, and backing it up with clear topic sentences. The Macbeth in class essay was my last piece of writing this year, and showed the most improvement. My topic sentences were clear, and my use of the loop cycle was very apparent, as my essay was very well organized and stayed on topic without straying from my main points that I was trying to make.