This year was a tough year for English grade wise, but are class was fun. It seems though if we were one of the most unique classes for good or for bad. We normally had energy. Also it seemed that our energy level depended on the time of a day.
Also I learned things from the class. One thing would be to not procrastinate. Also doing multiple drafts. One good tip anyone should use is if your teacher is willing to help you should take her up and that is one thing I don't think i did a good job on and I should have went and got more help.
Monday, May 14, 2012
performance evaluation
This year is rounding up and as I start to look back on it, it wasn't that bad of a year. For the most part I was prepared for class because I always had my binder and paper but towards the end I didn't bring my free reading book enough. Then came the lecturing part. I listened to Dr.d and for the most part I didn't distract. Also when we a dicussions I tried to present my piece of mind. Also on the topic of relevant questions I didnt ask to many questions but when I did they were relevant.
Next was group work. Which really depended on the group. If the group was off task so was I and I wasn't the person to tell the group to get back on task. Last but not least was my growth through the year. I think I improved and went up wether than decreasing. I improved on contributing to class diccusions and also improved and worked on not distracting.
Next was group work. Which really depended on the group. If the group was off task so was I and I wasn't the person to tell the group to get back on task. Last but not least was my growth through the year. I think I improved and went up wether than decreasing. I improved on contributing to class diccusions and also improved and worked on not distracting.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
reflection on outside reading for the year
This year in English each week we had to spend 150 minutes reading or working on an English project. Even though this wasn't my first year of being required to read a certain amount per week, it was still unique. What made it different was that we had to read a certain amount of minutes per week unlike past years when I had to read a certain amount of pages.
The 150 minutes per week had both pros and cons. Well cons was mainly just the overall amount of time. Even though I got use to the amount required at the beggining it seemed like a lot compared to past years. Another con was that we had to do a blog post, but I even though I didn't like it I still felt it was necesary because people could just lie about reading, but also that if you know your gonna have to do a post about what you read it makes you read closer. Then there were the pros, which I thought outweighed the cons. The pros were that we had a week to complete the requirements. Another pro was that you could have read in type of material (magazine,newspaper,etc.). Also I liked that if we had a project due and we worked on it at home we could add that to part of our 150 minutes.
Outside reading also helped me figure out what kind of reader I am. I found out that I won't read because I have free time so requirements are necessary for me to actually read. Also I found out that I shouldn't read a lot at one time. It's better for me the read more times but with fewer pages v.s. to read alot at one time.
The 150 minutes per week had both pros and cons. Well cons was mainly just the overall amount of time. Even though I got use to the amount required at the beggining it seemed like a lot compared to past years. Another con was that we had to do a blog post, but I even though I didn't like it I still felt it was necesary because people could just lie about reading, but also that if you know your gonna have to do a post about what you read it makes you read closer. Then there were the pros, which I thought outweighed the cons. The pros were that we had a week to complete the requirements. Another pro was that you could have read in type of material (magazine,newspaper,etc.). Also I liked that if we had a project due and we worked on it at home we could add that to part of our 150 minutes.
Outside reading also helped me figure out what kind of reader I am. I found out that I won't read because I have free time so requirements are necessary for me to actually read. Also I found out that I shouldn't read a lot at one time. It's better for me the read more times but with fewer pages v.s. to read alot at one time.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Perspective from Lady Macbeth
Both me and my husband live a good life. Then one day Macbeth, my husband, told me a witch told him he will be the king. The thing was once Macbeth found out he was going to be king he didn't want to wait till Duncan died. Since he didn't want to wait, we thought of something to hurry Duncan's death.
We decided we were going to kill him. The plan I came up with was brilliant. When we were going to kill him I wish I could have been unsexed so I wouldn't have to act like a woman, and so that I could show my rage. Then the time came when we killed Duncan, but first we had to make the guards drunk. Since Macbeth forgot to frame the gaurds because he was nervous I had to go get blood from Duncan, and put it on his gaurds to frame them. After the death Macbeth was showing regret but I had to remind him of the reward. Also after we killed Duncan we had to play it cool, but you could see the guilt in Macbeth's eyes. So I had to cover up double, and I did. For example when people were talking to Macbeth he was on the urge of bursting, and spilling the beans I had to think of something. My instinct was to just fake phaint so the attention would be taken off of Macbeth and brough upon me.
We decided we were going to kill him. The plan I came up with was brilliant. When we were going to kill him I wish I could have been unsexed so I wouldn't have to act like a woman, and so that I could show my rage. Then the time came when we killed Duncan, but first we had to make the guards drunk. Since Macbeth forgot to frame the gaurds because he was nervous I had to go get blood from Duncan, and put it on his gaurds to frame them. After the death Macbeth was showing regret but I had to remind him of the reward. Also after we killed Duncan we had to play it cool, but you could see the guilt in Macbeth's eyes. So I had to cover up double, and I did. For example when people were talking to Macbeth he was on the urge of bursting, and spilling the beans I had to think of something. My instinct was to just fake phaint so the attention would be taken off of Macbeth and brough upon me.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
writing wrap up
9th grade English could have been compared to an alarm clock. They both are eye openers, and they got my attention. 9th grade English was the hardest year of English i've ever had in all my school years. Also I wrote more essays this year than any other year. I wrote four big essays this year, a literacy narrative, profile (rough and final), and a global issues paper.
My first essay was my literacy narrative. The literacy narrative had to be about a reading or writing experience that changed your views about English, and mine was about poetry. In this essay my overall topic of poetry was pretty good. Even though the topic was good the essay could have been better if my punctuation would have been better. I missed a lot of commas. Also the length of essay didn't reach the requirements.
The second essay I wrote was my profile rough draft. The profile rough draft had to be about a person or place. I wrote the profile rough draft on my friend who i've been to school with since kindergarten. Like the other essay the overall topic was also good in the profile. What I could have done better was further explain, and give details for my overall ideas.
The third essay I wrote was my final draft for my profile. In the final draft I still had some errors. That could be explained by me getting a C in every aspect of writing. I also had missing commas, and my essay wasn't long enough. I also repeated myself. Last but not least I had a stupid mistake, and that was that I put loosing instead of losing.
Last but not least was my global issues research essay. My essay was on obesity. In this essay we really made the thesis a main point. Considering that I got a 4/5 on arguable thesis, and a 3/5 on how interesting the opening paragraph , I would say I was successful. Overall this was probably my best essay.
Considering all my essays there were similarities. Each essay kind of showed that my overall topic wasn't bad. Also each essay showed me that I need to work with punctuation, but mainly commas. Also in each essay I didn't meet the length requirements, so that kind of showed me that i'm more o short and to the point.
Even though my grades may have not showed it I would consider this a productive year. This year I was held to a high level of expectation. I would say I didn't really meet them. Even then this hard year of English only made me better for future English class's.
common errors:
didn't use commas in run on sentences
loosing instead of losing
MLA format
My first essay was my literacy narrative. The literacy narrative had to be about a reading or writing experience that changed your views about English, and mine was about poetry. In this essay my overall topic of poetry was pretty good. Even though the topic was good the essay could have been better if my punctuation would have been better. I missed a lot of commas. Also the length of essay didn't reach the requirements.
The second essay I wrote was my profile rough draft. The profile rough draft had to be about a person or place. I wrote the profile rough draft on my friend who i've been to school with since kindergarten. Like the other essay the overall topic was also good in the profile. What I could have done better was further explain, and give details for my overall ideas.
The third essay I wrote was my final draft for my profile. In the final draft I still had some errors. That could be explained by me getting a C in every aspect of writing. I also had missing commas, and my essay wasn't long enough. I also repeated myself. Last but not least I had a stupid mistake, and that was that I put loosing instead of losing.
Last but not least was my global issues research essay. My essay was on obesity. In this essay we really made the thesis a main point. Considering that I got a 4/5 on arguable thesis, and a 3/5 on how interesting the opening paragraph , I would say I was successful. Overall this was probably my best essay.
Considering all my essays there were similarities. Each essay kind of showed that my overall topic wasn't bad. Also each essay showed me that I need to work with punctuation, but mainly commas. Also in each essay I didn't meet the length requirements, so that kind of showed me that i'm more o short and to the point.
Even though my grades may have not showed it I would consider this a productive year. This year I was held to a high level of expectation. I would say I didn't really meet them. Even then this hard year of English only made me better for future English class's.
common errors:
didn't use commas in run on sentences
loosing instead of losing
MLA format
Monday, April 23, 2012
150
2 hours reading biology book
10 min reading train to iraq or something like that
20 mins reading article on john force
10 min reading train to iraq or something like that
20 mins reading article on john force
Monday, April 16, 2012
150 minutes
I spent my minutes reading a NHRA magazine and then the four poems. The were called "Poetry" by Marianne Moore, "Summer" by Lucien Stryk, "We Real Cool" by Gwendolyn Brooks, and "Homage to My Hips" by Lucille. Every poem had its own poetry techniques.
In "Homahe to My Hips" it had a lot of enjambments but also showed a lot of repetiveness in the way it started it sentences with they and these. Also I noticed that if you traced the outside of the poem you would notice that it somewhat looked like hips. In the poem "We Real Cool" every sentence then the first two and the last one had an enjambment. Also in each little section or paragraph there were one pair of rhyming words. In the poem "Poetry" I didn't notice that much except a few enjambments and a few repeating words. In the last poem "Summer" I also didn't notice that much except a few enjambments and I also noticed -- twice in the poem. Also while reading this peom I had to look a few words.
In "Homahe to My Hips" it had a lot of enjambments but also showed a lot of repetiveness in the way it started it sentences with they and these. Also I noticed that if you traced the outside of the poem you would notice that it somewhat looked like hips. In the poem "We Real Cool" every sentence then the first two and the last one had an enjambment. Also in each little section or paragraph there were one pair of rhyming words. In the poem "Poetry" I didn't notice that much except a few enjambments and a few repeating words. In the last poem "Summer" I also didn't notice that much except a few enjambments and I also noticed -- twice in the poem. Also while reading this peom I had to look a few words.
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