Monday, December 10, 2012

Lit Anal #5


                                                           GREAT EXPECTATIONS:
 
1. Briefly summarize the plot of the novel you read, and explain how the narrative fulfills the author's purpose (based on your well-informed interpretation of same).  This is about a boy’s life and his troubles. He likes a girl that doesn’t like him back because he’s not a gentleman. Then this guy trys to kill him but then funds him to go to school in London to become a gentleman. Then she likes him and they live happily ever after.


2. Succinctly describe the theme of the novel.
Don’t judge a book by its cover. Just because they don’t look like a gentleman doesn’t mean they aren’t one.


3. Describe the author's tone. Include a minimum of three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).
It’s just describing a boy’s life so it doesn’t really change. But it’s everywhere, depending on how the narrator is feeling.

 
4. Describe a minimum of ten literary elements/techniques you observed that strengthened your understanding of the author's purpose, the text's theme and/or your sense of the tone. For each, please include textual support to help illustrate the point for your readers. (Please include edition and page numbers for easy reference.)  
The author used direct characterization and indirect. He also tricks you with having his boss be Estella’s father when he tried to kill pip in the beginning. Also pip changing into a gentleman.


CHARACTERIZATION
1. Describe two examples of direct characterization and two examples of indirect characterization. Why does the author use both approaches, and to what end (i.e., what is your lasting impression of the character as a result)?  
Pip and Estella’s father are indirect characters. And the direct characters are Estella and her mother because they are typical and common in these types of stories.


2. Does the author's syntax and/or diction change when s/he focuses on character? How? Example(s)?
 Not really. It just changes as Pips mood changes since he is the narrator.


3. Is the protagonist static or dynamic? Flat or round? Explain.
He goes through a lot of ups and downs and he changes a lot. He goes from a dirty bad boy into a gentleman.


4. After reading the book did you come away feeling like you'd met a person or read a character? Analyze one textual example that illustrates your reaction.
yes, it was a good book because it was like stepping into someone’s life and troubles. It was like I met all the characters.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Lit Anal #4


1. Briefly summarize the plot of the novel you read, and explain how the narrative fulfills the author's purpose (based on your well-informed interpretation of same). I this poem there are people stuck in a room and they have been there for a long time. they are confused why there is no torture devices. When they started to fight with each other and hurt each other.


2. Succinctly describe the theme of the novel. Avoid cliches.
The theme is that us humans are torture to ourselves with what we say and do to each other. We are crude to each other.


3. Describe the author's tone. Include a minimum of three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).
The authors tone is calm. They are just sharing a story and to inform people that we should think before we say something or do something because it could hurt someone.

 
4. Describe a minimum of ten literary elements/techniques you observed that strengthened your understanding of the author's purpose, the text's theme and/or your sense of the tone. For each, please include textual support to help illustrate the point for your readers. (Please include edition and page numbers for easy reference.)
He uses indirect characterization, symbolism and, imagery.

CHARACTERIZATION
1. Describe two examples of direct characterization and two examples of indirect characterization. Why does the author use both approaches, and to what end (i.e., what is your lasting impression of the character as a result)?
Direct characterization would be the people. Indirect characterization would be their emotions and how they act to each other.


2. Does the author's syntax and/or diction change when s/he focuses on character? How? Example(s)?
 It’s all sweet and innocent and they are friends and they want to get out, then they become their own enemies.


3. Is the protagonist static or dynamic? Flat or round? Explain.
They are pretty normal people and they really don’t change physically, but they change mentally. Their actions changed from being nice to hating each other very much.


4. After reading the book did you come away feeling like you'd met a person or read a character? Analyze one textual example that illustrates your reaction.
i felt like I read a character, but I can relate because I know how mean people can be to each other.

Sunday, November 25, 2012

Somewhat of a Sonnet...

OK, so I had no clue how to write it, and to me its probably the worst work I have done. But here it is. Don't laugh... :)


He did something daring according to the others
he went towards the light, and came back with pleasure

He knew he had to spread the news to them
but they were stubborn and were stuck in their own ways

Perhaps they were just scared, or afraid
they don't know if the land will be grand

If they would just step outside of the box
if they would just remove their old thoughts

They could see the great that is out the cave
if they would just get out of their seat and walk away

Remove the old life, the little knowledge of other lands
step out of the dark and into the light into better hands

Eventually they will think, they will change their mind,
they will find that the new land was the best thing they will ever find.






Tuesday, October 30, 2012

#1 lit. anal.

1. Briefly summarize the plot of the novel you read.
-this novel is a story about Celie's life. As a child she was abused by her father (Pa) and he raped her. She also was forced to marry someone who was abusive.

2. Succinctly describe the theme of the novel. Avoid cliches.
-the this novel is violent because the all the times she was abused and treated badly, also the other girls in the story like her sister. It is also in a way racial because it's about an African american lady in a bad town surrounded by bad things like violence(stereotypical) (cliche).

3. Describe the author's tone. Include three excerpts that illustrate your point(s).
-this novels tone to me is intense and serious or sad. Her whole life she was abused and treated like dirt, which is sad. And she also was beat and raped which is intently terrifying. Also this isn't a funny laugh about her sad life novel. Your suppose to feel putty for her and her life with the other people around her either in the same boat as her or the one abusing her or others.

4. Describe five literary elements/techniques you observed that strengthen your understanding of the theme and/or your sense of the tone. Include three excerpts (for each element) that will help your reader understand each one.
-the writing is intense and its her diction thatmakes you understand her problems. It makes you kind of interested in her life and you want to know if it gets better or if it stays bad until she passes away. Just the way every thing is put together and how the stories are easy to understand because you can relate to what's going on right now and the stories you hear.

Vocab improvements

This week I will be making flash cards of the vocab words that I have the hardest time with. I also will be team studying with Sara Armas this week. We will go over the flash cards and figure out ways to help us re-gain the words over the 7 weeks.

To Facebook, or not to Facebook?

I think that Facebook is a good source for information on other peoples lives that you haven't seen in a while. You can use it to find out things that are happening around the world but I also believe that you shouldn't stop there. You need to continue your search with other sources you find. But you can also communicate with other peers and higher authority on a topic that you are struggling with that you need to understand better. Sometimes communicating with someone who understands it better is the best way to understand it better. I believe that Facebook is a good thing to use(it's a good resource) but don't just stop there continue with your search!

Vocab midterm review

a) What went well? 
-it was easier to do than normal because it was matching and it had both definition and the word.

  b) What didn't go well? 
-I do better when there is a paper and not on the screen because I can go at my own pace and I can cross out what I have so I don't have to look at my paper then back at the screen over and over again. Also I should have studied a lot more than I did.

 c) How much of the content will stick with you? 
-I don't think many of the words will stick with me, only some.

d) What can you learn from the experience to improve for next time?
-study a lot more! 

Vocab list #9

Abortive: Failing to produce the intended result
    
Bruit: Spread a report or rumor widely
   
Contumelious: (Of behavior) scornful and insulting
   
Dictum: A formal pronouncement from an authoritative source
  
Ensconce: Establish or settle:
    
Iconoclastic: Characterized by attacks on established beliefs or institutions
  
In medias res: A narrative that begins somewhere in the middle of a story rather than the beginning
    
Internecine: Destructive to both sides in a conflict
    
Maladroit: Ineffective or bumbling; clumsy
    
Maudlin: Self-pityingly or tearfully sentimental, often through drunkenness
    
Modulate: Exert a modifying or controlling influence on
    
Portentous: Done in a pompously or overly solemn manner
    
Prescience: The power to foresee the future
    
Quid pro quo: A favor or advantage granted in return for something
    
Salubrious: Health-giving, healthy
    
Saturnalian: Of unrestrained and intemperate jollity; riotously merry; dissolute
   
Touchstone: A standard or criterion by which something is judged or recognized
  
Traumatic: Emotionally disturbing or distressing
  
Vitiate: Spoil or impair the quality or efficiency of, the legal validity of
 
Waggish: Humorous in a playful, mischievous, or facetious manner
   

Vocab list #8

Abeyance - A state of temporary disuse or suspension
Ambivalent - Having mixed feelings or contradictory ideas about something or someone
Beleaguer - Beset with difficulties
Carte blanche - Complete freedom to act as one wishes or thinks best
Cataclysm - A sudden violent upheaval, especially in a political or social context
Debauch - Destroy or debase the moral purity of; corrupt
Eclat - Brilliant or conspicuous success
Fastidious - Very attentive to and concerned about accuracy and detail
Gambol - Run or jump about playfully
Imbue - Inspire or permeate with a feeling or quality
Inchoate - Just begun and so not fully formed or developed
Lampoon - Publicly criticize bu using ridicule or sarcasm
Malleable - easily influenced; pliable
Nemesis - The inescapable or implacable agent of someone's or something's downfall
Opt - make a choice from a range of possibilities
Philistine - A person who is hostile or indifferent to culture and the arts, or who has no understanding of them
Picaresque - Of or relating to an episodic style of fiction dealing with the adventures of a rough and dishonest but appealing hero
Queasy - Nauseated; feeling sick
Refractory - Stubborn or unmanageable
Savoir-faire - The ability to act or speak appropriately in social situations

Vocab list #7

Aberration - An optical phenomenon resulting from the failure of a lens or mirror to produce a good image; a disorder in one's mental state; a state or condition markedly different from the norm

Ad hoc - For the special purpose or end presently under consideration

Bane - Something causes misery or death

Bathos - Triteness or triviality of style; a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one; insincere pathos

Cantankerous - Having a difficult and contrary disposition; stubbornly obstructive and unwilling to cooperate

Casuistry - Moral philosophy based on the application of general ethical principles to resolve moral dilemmas; argumentation that is specious or excessively subtle and intended to be misleading

De facto - In fact; in reality

Depredation - An act of plundering and pillaging and marauding; a destructive action

Empathy - Understanding and entering into another's feelings

Harbinger - an indication of the approach of something or someone; foreshadow or presage of pleasure as a matter of ethical principle

Lackluster - lacking luster or shine; lacking brilliance or vitality

Malcontent - discontented as toward authority; a person who is discontented or disgusted

Mellifluous - pleasing to the ear

Nepotism - favoritism shown to relatives or close friends by those in power 

Pander - to gives satisfaction to

Peccadillo - a petty misdeed

Piece de resistance - the most noteworthy or prized feature, aspect, event, article, etc. of a series or group; special item or attraction

Remand - the act of sending an accused person back into custody to await trial; refer to another committee or authority or court for decision; lock up or confine

Syndrome - a complex of concurrent things; a pattern of symptoms indicative of some disease

Monday, September 17, 2012

Overall View

vocab list #6



*OBSEQUIOUS: obedient

*beatitude: exalted happiness

*bete noire: a person or thing especially disliked or dreaded

*bode:To be an omen of; portend

*dank:unpleasantly moist or humid; damp, and often chilly

*ecumenical:General; universal

*fervid:Burning; glowing; intensely hot

*fetid:Having an offensive odor; stinking

*gargantuan:Gigantic; enormous; colossal

*heyday:The stage or period of greatest vigor, strength, success, etc.

*incubus:a demon; a nightmare

*infrastructure:Basic framework of features of a system or organization.
*inveigle:to lure by flattery.

*kudos:Honor; glory

*lagniappe:A tip

*prolix:Extend to great lengths; long and wordy
*protege:someone who is under the care of someone else who is in the practice they are into

*prototype:something that is based on an original model

*sycophant:A self seeking flatterer; parasite
*tautology:Repetition of an idea, in words.

*truckle:To yield obsequiously.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Vocab list #5

*acumen: keen insight; shrewdness--That was great ACUMEN in this problem we are facing. 

*adjudicate:To settle or determine and issue judicially--We need to ADJUDICATE this issue right away.

*anachronism:Something or someone that is not in correct historical or chronological time--The bow and arrow is an ANACHRONISM to modern day war. 
 
*apocryphal:Of doubtful authorship or authenticity--The man told an APOCRYPHAL story that was later proven wrong.

*disparity:Lack of similarity or equality--Every person has a DISPARITY in the time and date they were born.

*dissimulate: to disguise or conceal under false appearance--My friend DISSIMULATE(ed) my beliefs. 

*empirical:Depending on personal experiences or other stories (no facts)--The polotition couldn't back up his statements because he shared EMPIRICAL stories.

*flamboyant:strikingly bold or brilliant--The FLAMBOYANT object at the beach caught everyone's eyes.

*fulsome:offensive to good taste--This main course is FULSOME.

*immolate:to sacrifice--We chose the lamb to IMMOLATE for the Lord. 

*imperceptible:Very slight; not perceptible--The note was IMPERCEPTIBLE and hard to read.

*lackey:A servile follower; toady.

*liaison:Communication between units of the armed forces to make sure things are going well--The captain LIAISON(ed) with the leutenit about their next attack.

*monolithic:Consisting of one piece--The stone was MONOLITHIC.  

*mot juste:the appropriate word or expression--That was a MOT JUSTE for this time and place.

*nihilism:Total rejection of established laws and institutions--We proposed our ideas to the board but they NIHILISM(ed) it.

*patrician: a person of noble or high rank--The PATRICIAN walked right past the poor man and didn't even acknowledge him.

*propitiate:appease--to get the president to like you you need to PROPITIATE and suck up to him.

*sic: to attack--The man told his dog to SIC the bad guys.

*sublimate:to make nobler and purer--We need to SUBLIMATE this generation. 

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Hero: Iron Man

My favorite hero would have to be iron man (Tony Stark). He was on top of the world with his business. He was a very intelligent and wealthy man. He has a co-worker named Obadiah, who got greedy and was selling weapons that are just to be given to the US, sold weapons to the bad guys and he planed to kill Tony but it failed. He built the iron armor and escaped his prison cell where he was had to build weapons for them. Then he ended up having to fight Obadiah and he had help from his assistant Pepper. He defeats Obadiah and him and Pepper end up together.

This hero story in no different than any other one. They have a villain: co-worker Obadiah and the girl: his assistant Pepper. He also had a conflict which was resolved by him. And everything after that went well.

Vocab. List #4

*apostate:A person who forsakes his religion.

*effusive: unduly demonstrative; lacking reserve.

*impasse: a position or situation from which there is no escape; deadlock.

*euphoria: a state of intense happiness and self-confidence.

*lugubrious: mournful ; to mourn

*bravado: a pretentious, swaggering display of courage.

*consensus: majority of opinion.

*dichotomy: division into two parts, kinds, etc.

*constrict: to draw or press in; cause to contact or shrink. 

*gothic: a style of architecture, paintings, music. Pertaining to the middle ages. Medieval 

*punctilio: a fine point, particular, or detail, as of conduct, ceremony, or procedure.

*metamorphosis: a complete change of form, structure, or substance.

*raconteur: a person who is skilled in relating stories and anecdotes interestingly.

*sine qua non: an indispensable condition, element, or factor.

*quixotic: romantic; visionary, impractical; impulsive and often unpredictable.

*vendetta: a prolonged and bitter feud, rivalry, contention, or the like.

*non sequitur: a statement containing an illogical conclusion. 

*mystique: an aura of mystery or mystical power surrounding a particular occupation or pursuit.

*quagmire: anything soft or flabby.

*parlous: dangerous; clever, shrewd.

Monday, September 3, 2012

1st Lit. Anal.

I will read The Color Purple by Alice Walker for my first literary analysis of the year. I was scrolling through the list and the name made me want to know what it was about, so that is why I thought about reading this book.

Monday, August 27, 2012

Vocab. List #3:

*Acerbity: sourness, with roughness or astringency of taste.

*Attrition: a reduction or decrease in numbers, size, or strength

*Bromide: a platitude or trite saying

*Chauvinist: a person who  believes one gender is superior to another.

*Chronic: constant; habitual; inveterate

*Expound: to explain/interpret

*Factionalism: self-interested; partisan

*Immaculate: spotlessly clean

*Imprecation: a curse

*Ineluctable: incapable of being evaded

*Mercurial: animated; lively

*Palliate: try to make better with excuses; apologies

*Protocol: customs and regulations dealing with international affairs

*Resplendent: gleaming; splendid

*Stigmatize: a mark of disgrace

*Sub rosa: confidentially; secret; privetly

*Vain glory: vain of how good you are at something; cockiness

*Vestige: evidence of something that doesn't exist anymore

*Volition: the act of willing; choosing; resolving

Sunday, August 26, 2012

Beowulf questions


Beowulf And Grendel

 

Prologue:

1.       Shield’s rise to power came from the fact that he was more powerful than the rest of the Danes. They sent Shield away on the ocean in a boat, along with many treasures. Hrothgar is one of Shield’s grandsons.

 

Heorot is Attacked

1.       Hrothgar decided to build a beautiful mead-house. Grendel later attacked the mead-house, and he took over the meat house. The attacks lasted for many years, and the Danes tried fighting them off but were unsuccessful .

 

The Hero comes to Heorot:

1.       When he heard of Grendel’s doings he gathered 14 strong warriors and sailed to the land of the Danes.

2.       They meet one of Hrothgar’s henchmen. He asks who they are and why they came over here and told them they should leave. Beowulf replied they were there to fight Grendel.

3.       Hrothgar’s herald is Wulfgar a proud warrior. He asks them what their business is. He then goes to Hrothgar and tells them that these warriors have come to seek a meeting with him. Hrothgar answers that he has heard of Beowulf and his land.  I was sort of surprised that he knew Beowulf so well.

4.                               He tells him how he has defeated 5 giants and has come to rid Grendel from the land of the Danes. Hrothgar and the Danes had helped the Geats while they were fighting the Wylfings.

Feast at Heorot:

1.       Unferth accuses Beowulf of not being able to hand the fight with Grendal. Beowulf rises to the challenge and speaks of his superior strength and tells of a fight between him and sea creatures. This episode is relevant because it reveals part of Beowulf’s character and personality.

2.       Queen Wealhtheow came into the hall with a cup and allowed each of the men to drink out of it.

The Fight with Grendel:

1.       Beowulf had planned to fight Grendel without arms or armor, since that was the way Grendel fought.

2.       Grendel finds all of the men sleeping, and then proceeds to eat some of the Geats. Beowulf, who was awake, gets up and tackles him, bending his claws back. Grendel tried wriggling out of Beowulf’s grasp, but Beowulf held him steadfast for awhile longer. He finally did escape, breaking his arm in the process, leaving his arm, claw, and shoulder.

 

Celebration at Heorot

1.       Sigemund was more famous for defeating giants and dragons, getting all the glory from killing them, just like Beowulf had defeated Grendel. Heremod was “urged to crime” and followed a darker path, unlike Beowulf.

2.       Hrothgar thanks Beowulf for defeating Grendel and praises his mother. He promises him treasure for his good deed. Unferth had nothing to say.

3.       The story was kinda hard to understand, but I think Finn had a feud with someone, and Hildebruh watched them die. It does not suggest that it is wise to use women as brides.

4.       Wealhtheow asked Hrothgar not to make Beowulf the heir to the kingdom.

5.       The men stay in the beerhall to protect Hrothgar and their land from harm. It was dangerous to stay there though because Grendel or any other creature like Grendel could easily burst through again.

 

Beowulf and Grendel’s Mother

Another Attack

 

1.       Grendel’s mother went to Heorot in vengeance for her son, a totally different motive then Grendel.

2.       Hrothgar had tried to fight her off, but she ended up killing a close friend of Hrothgar’s, causing him much pain.

3.       The mere is like an underwater lair.

 

Beowulf Fights Grendel’s Mother

1.       Beowulf tells Hrothgar that he should attack in vengeance, not be sad. They should ride out and fight Grendel’s mother.

2.       Beowulf and his troop see sea creatures, and shoots one to see how gruesome it looked.

3.       Beowulf prepares by telling Hrothgar of his wish of sending his armor to Hygelac if he fails, and he takes Unferth’s sword Hrunting to fight.

4.       Grendel’s mother senses he is there and grabs him to take to her lair. Surprisingly, there is no water in the lair, even though it is completely underwater.

5.       Beowulf throws the sword to the side, since he likes fighting by hand better.

6.       Grendel’s mother tries to stab him, but the armor protects him from the weapon.

7.       Beowulf uses the sword Eotens to strike Grendel’s mother, killing her. After she dies, Beowulf sees Grendel’s body on the floor. He cuts off Grendel’s head, but the sword he uses melted because of the blood of the monsters.

8.       All the men who were still waiting rejoiced at seeing Beowulf, even though most believed that he was defeated.

Further Celebration at Heorot

1.       Beowulf gives Hrothgar the hilt of the sword he used to kill Grendel’s mother.

2.       Hrothgar tells Beowulf that he knows no one with the honor and bravery that Beowulf has. He tells how Heremod was famous for defeating enemies, but never shared his treasures with the poor. He was telling Beowulf to learn from the example of Heremod.

3.       Beowulf returns Hrunting to Unferth.

 

Beowulf Returns Home

1.       Hrothgar predicts that Beowulf will become a “worthy and wise king.”

2.       Hygd is the wife of Hygelac, and she was kind unlike Modthryth who punished any man who looked upon her.

3.       He plans to do that to end a feud between the two. Beowulf does not believe in marriage, and thinks that men will still fight over Freawaru. This might be a new side to Beowulf that we have not seen.

4.       Beowulf reports his own adventures accurately, telling it just like the story is telling it.

5.       Beowulf gives all of the treasure to Hygelac, and Hygelac in turn gives him Hrethel’s sword, a whole lot of land, a house, and a throne.

The Dragon Wakes

1.       Part 2 takes place 50 years later. Hygelac and Heardred have died. A dragon has been awakened.

2.       The dragon is angry because someone came into his lair and took a cup from his treasure. The man took a cup to appease a king for some crime that he did. A person who wanted to guard the treasure from a lost race had left that treasure there to be guarded.

3.       The dragon blew fire onto many homes as it flew to find the thief.

4.       Beowulf thought he had angered God by breaking an ancient law. He orders an iron shield because he knew wood would be useless against fire. He plans to go alone since he has fought many dangerous beasts since Grendel.

5.       Hygelac fell in hand-to-hand combat, and when he returned home, he became Regent to Hygelac’s son Heardred who was king.

6.       After giving some exiles shelter, someone came and killed Heardred, and Beowulf became King. Beowulf planned to avenge him by assembling an army and pursuing the man who killed Heardred.

7.       Beowulf brought 11 others to search for the dragon.

8.       Herebreald was killed accidentally by his younger brother Haethkyn. King Hrethel was heartbroken, for he had to send Haethkyn to the gallows to be sentenced to death. The Swedes and Geats began to fight after Hrethel died. Haethycn was killed. Beowulf avenged the death of Hygelac by killing Daeghrfen.

 

Beowulf Attacks Dragon

1.       Beowulf told his companions not to interfere with the battle.

2.       Beowulf at first holds his ground against the dragon, even when the dragon is breathing fire on him. His companions flee into the forest. Wiglaf is the only one who stays behind to see Beowulf fight. He told the others that it was a shame to let their leader fight alone, and then goes to help Beowulf.

3.       The second time Beowulf tried to strike the dragon with the sword, but it broke. He was just too strong for swords. The dragon bit Beowulf on the neck, and Wiglaf ended up killing the dragon.

4.       Beowulf asks Wiglaf to show him the treasure that they had acquired now that the dragon was dead. When he sees the gold, Beowulf thanks God for seeing the treasure before he died. Beowulf asks Wiglaf to mark the place where he was buried as Beowulf’s Barrow.

 

Beowulf’s Funeral

1.       The companions will not receive any of the treasure, for it will mean nothing if word gets out that they had run from battle. Wiglaf said: “for all of the gold that their lord had gifted to them at the mead-hall, any treasure he could find, was worthless for they had failed him in battle. In his final hour, *Beowulf wreaked his revenge on the dragon.”

2.       The messenger told the city that their leader was on his death bed with the dragon dead beside him, with Wiglaf watching over both. Ongenthow attacked and defeated the king and took the queen as his own. Hygelac soon came to defeat him, and Ongenthow retreated to his home. He says the treasure should be buried with Beowulf, and the final image is of the dragon.

3.       Wiglaf tells the crowd of the death of their leader, and that they should not keep the gold for themselves.

4.       They tossed the dragon’s body into the sea.

5.       They laid Beowulf’s armor and weapons on his funeral pyre and lit it on fire. A few days later a monument was built in honor of Beowulf.

6.       The last three lines say: “quoth that of all the kings of earth, of men he was mildest and most beloved, to his kin the kindest, keenest for praise.” This wouldn’t be the kind of words I would use to describe a military hero.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Reflections on Week 1

  • I think that the only thing that will keep me from not participating is if my computer crashed. I have an iPhone so i could still look at the blog and mine.

  • I think that my best learning experience ever (X) was sophmore English. I learned so much! I had fun too. Im not trying to suck up, I really enjoyed that class. All my friends were in it, and I learned alot. I also Loved to read that year. This pass year I just didnt feel the need to read. But that year I actually enjoyed the books.

  • I think that this class will be a challenge, but I have gotten through many challenges before. I look forward to learning more and to read good books. Sophomore year was my best English year so i cant wait for it to be somewhat like that. this class will help me with college(definitely) and life. It helps you organize your time with having homework and sports at the same time. in the future I know I am going to play sports while I go to college. also after that i will have family where i have to be able to manage my time. So this class will definitely help me with managing time. And of course learning more of how to use technology, well.

The Right To Your Own Opinion

I said one thing today in the Socratic seminar. I am not the type of person who likes to argue or discuss but when i think of something I say it. I felt that not enough people were talking and it became the same people saying things. And sometimes they needed something to say and just said something which they ended up to regret what they said, because it didnt make sence. I felt that there needed to be more questions and suggestians from other people and then I would have probobly had more to say.

Friday, June 22, 2012

I am taking this AP English class because I want to still continue to challenge myself with tougher classes and prepare myself for college. I am excited to deal with the blog this year. It is something new and I can catch onto it quickly. I am not nervous about anything coming into this year. I am more relived to come into this class after what happened last year.

My goals for this year are to get a 4.0. I have two AP classes this year and I would really like to get A's in both of those classes. I also would like to be able to read the books assigned to us with out the mind set of not wanting to read them. I also want to get better at writing essays. my last goal for this year is to get a Scholarship for softball to a 4 year college.

This year will help me improve in my knowledge and thinking because like sophmore year we were taught by you to think outside the box and to use critical thinking. It makes you want to learn more about a subject or move around to other subjects and learn about them. Also i am sure we will be reading a lot of books and when you read you gain more knowledge about different eras, ect. Also learning vocabulary helps with gaining peoples attention when the listen to your speech or read your essays.