I am very stressed about exams, and know that they won't be easy. I have started to come up with a little plan for English, and it will definitely help me out. First, I am going to go through all of my English stuff in my binder, and make sure to keep anything useful. Then, I will put all that information into an exam folder and make sure I don't lose that folder. After this, I will then go online and look at everything from essays, to other English stuff from Dr.d's assignment page. Next, I will calculate how many days I have until the exam, which is actually from today, 9 days. So, after this, I will then start studying probably on the weekend and make some note cards and organizers. Also, after this process, I will study for the exam the most, the day before the exam.
I next, will make some sort of study tool, so that I can actually start studying for my exam over the weekend. I will then, put to use some of my useful study tips, and when I am studying, I will make sure that there is no sort of bad distraction in my way of studying for Dr.d's exam. Finally, I will do that studying and when I will take that exam, I will ask the teacher any questions I have, and I will make sure that I am not sitting near someone who is going to be a distraction.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Post #1 for 5/14
I personally think that I would consider myself a good student and my evaluation is something like this: First of for me, I am a very hard worker and I believe that I am very good at coming to class because I have never been tardy for English. Secondly, I have only asked to go to the bathroom and nurse during a class period, and I don't go anywhere else than where I am saying I'm going. Also, I check my email always after or during school, so I try not to miss anything important. Next, I have participated generally well, but it is really not all that good, and that is because I am shy. Also, I do do the work assigned in class like taking lecture notes, but my notes could always be better.
Next, for me is that I do both well in group and individual work, but I would say that I do better in group work. This is because I feel that there is not a whole lot of pressure in group work, and that puts me at ease, so I can concentrate. I also, could extend more beyond the minimum, and I know I can, but I just need to put in that effort and make it count. Lastly, would be for me, that I have grown a lot throughout this year. I would say that now I am not as afraid of presentations, and I have to credit that to my nice classmates. Also, even though I still am shy, I think that I have stepped up and asked appropriate questions all the time during class. So, I think that I have done my best, and know that my efforts were noticed.
Monday, May 7, 2012
Macbeth
I being MacBeth, hath learned so much from this mere mistake that I hath made just a little while ago. I hope thy Lady of mine tis stay true to her word and keeps this mistake away from all that shall never know of it. I am scared and I know not what to do, but tis no one think it tis me. Many others believe it tis the guards, even though I tis hath killed them. Only Sir Macduff tis worried and thinks that I, MacBeth shall have not of killed the guards. He tis think they could be used for many purposes. I knew though that killing them was better than not, and this tis only because they might hav' th remembered many things.
I speak to my Lady and hope for the best, while as many people tis think Malcolm and Donalbain tis hath done it. They went and left to go somewhere else, and many people tis believe in this rubbish. I for one though cannot hold my tongue for what I have done. If tis not for Lady MacBeth, I more than not would hath gave it away. She saved me from saying such stupid things that could have cost us our lives, so I do believe in her so truly. I want to sit and cry for my mistake, but me hath have to pull it together and be a King MacBeth.
I speak to my Lady and hope for the best, while as many people tis think Malcolm and Donalbain tis hath done it. They went and left to go somewhere else, and many people tis believe in this rubbish. I for one though cannot hold my tongue for what I have done. If tis not for Lady MacBeth, I more than not would hath gave it away. She saved me from saying such stupid things that could have cost us our lives, so I do believe in her so truly. I want to sit and cry for my mistake, but me hath have to pull it together and be a King MacBeth.
Reading Response
My book is still the Maze Runner and I am about to finish. It is by James Dashner who I think is a great author and makes this book a really good one. So far, many things have happened in my book, and one of which is that Thomas and Minho got locked out from the Glade overnight. The cool part is that they were the first to survive a night in the Maze surrounding the Glade. Now, everyone either thinks Thomas is a hero or they think he was wrong for what he did.
In my story, there is also a lot of controversy on many other things and one of those is about the girl that came a day after Thomas arrived. She is not spoken of too much right now in my book, but she seems important, and her and Thomas seem to have some sort of connection. I really like my book, and I hope to keep reading it. I will eventually finish it, and I will read the next book after that.
I read all 150 min both in and out of school
In my story, there is also a lot of controversy on many other things and one of those is about the girl that came a day after Thomas arrived. She is not spoken of too much right now in my book, but she seems important, and her and Thomas seem to have some sort of connection. I really like my book, and I hope to keep reading it. I will eventually finish it, and I will read the next book after that.
I read all 150 min both in and out of school
Monday, April 30, 2012
Essay for English
My work on writing over this school year has been a lot of fun. I think the reason is because we got to really pick our topics like for the literary analysis and for the world issue or global issue paper. Also, the wrap essay was a good one to, and even though it told you your topic, the topic we had was perfect for me. My writing really has been fun and I think that I have done averagely well on this writing. Many people thought it was so stressful and boring, but I actually enjoyed it and liked the essays.
Now that I have looked over all my feedback from the wrap to all the other essays, I get a good understanding of what I did well on and what I did not so well on. First of all for all the essays, I saw that many people including the teacher thought I had very good word choice and voice. This is because I used hyperbole and very sophisticated words such as imminent and even paraphernalia. Also when I looked through my writing, I had a lot of comments that talked about my great enthusiasm which was supposedly shown throughout all my essays including the wrap essay. Lastly, when I looked through my papers, an important thing I saw was that when I looked through my peers' comments and then through my teacher's comments, they were completely different. What I believe is that many of my classmates did not fully read or take their time on putting good and helpful comments on my essays.
My essays have been pretty good like I have said, but what really bothers me is that a lot of the times, I get low scores in Ideas. Out of all the essays, not one has a high score on Ideas, and this can be worrying. What I am generally missing in the Ideas category is the good, vivid, and complete details, which really contribute to making a paper one that is great. Also, I have a lot of errors in Punctuation, and that is especially having to do with quotations. I really had trouble with quotations and it was hard for me because quotations were used on just about every essay except for the Wrap. Lastly, the biggest error made by me in all of my essays, was individual organization within a paragraph of any of my essays. I think the reason it was tough was because a lot of the stuff I said within a paragraph should have gone to a different paragraph, usually at the beginning.
Now that I look at my feedback more closely, I see that my understanding for the feedback is limited. What I mean by this is that a lot of the errors I made were because I did not really know how to make them right. So, for example, my works cited list was not indented in the second line because I did not know how to do so. Now, for some of them though, I swear I knew how to do it , but it did not come out right, or I really didn't know how to do it, and I was just thinking so. An example for this would be when I thought a semicolon would used in a manner that is only supposed to be used for normal colons. Finally, my ways of evaluating my writing has changed dramatically, and I have to credit that to Dr. d and her continuous amount of work she put onto us. Even though many people don't won't to do it, it really helps and causes us to see our mistakes and nice work that is in the piece.
I would really like to set a whole bunch of goals up for next year, but I know I can only accomplish so many. First of all, I would like to set a goal that states that I should practice writing at school and at home on my free time. The plan for doing this goal is to cut out free time in my day at home and instead of watching television, I would go and write a short essay. My next goal would be, to organize my writing better for next year, and to make sure I look over every single comment I have on any paper I write. The plan I have for this, is for me to put every essay or writing assignment in a folder or separate binder away from any other class items. Also, the plan I have for looking over comments would be to, every time I write something, store it away safely, and make a note on it for me to remember that I need to look over the comments for it.
My writing has been a joy to do and has been a joy to look over the feed back given. I hope to carry these feedbacks into my next year at Episcopal because I know it will help and encourage me to write better, more thought out essays. Lastly, I want to improve on multiple things including the Wrap essay because I could always do better on the Wrap, since I have taken it 3 years in a row.
Now that I have looked over all my feedback from the wrap to all the other essays, I get a good understanding of what I did well on and what I did not so well on. First of all for all the essays, I saw that many people including the teacher thought I had very good word choice and voice. This is because I used hyperbole and very sophisticated words such as imminent and even paraphernalia. Also when I looked through my writing, I had a lot of comments that talked about my great enthusiasm which was supposedly shown throughout all my essays including the wrap essay. Lastly, when I looked through my papers, an important thing I saw was that when I looked through my peers' comments and then through my teacher's comments, they were completely different. What I believe is that many of my classmates did not fully read or take their time on putting good and helpful comments on my essays.
My essays have been pretty good like I have said, but what really bothers me is that a lot of the times, I get low scores in Ideas. Out of all the essays, not one has a high score on Ideas, and this can be worrying. What I am generally missing in the Ideas category is the good, vivid, and complete details, which really contribute to making a paper one that is great. Also, I have a lot of errors in Punctuation, and that is especially having to do with quotations. I really had trouble with quotations and it was hard for me because quotations were used on just about every essay except for the Wrap. Lastly, the biggest error made by me in all of my essays, was individual organization within a paragraph of any of my essays. I think the reason it was tough was because a lot of the stuff I said within a paragraph should have gone to a different paragraph, usually at the beginning.
Now that I look at my feedback more closely, I see that my understanding for the feedback is limited. What I mean by this is that a lot of the errors I made were because I did not really know how to make them right. So, for example, my works cited list was not indented in the second line because I did not know how to do so. Now, for some of them though, I swear I knew how to do it , but it did not come out right, or I really didn't know how to do it, and I was just thinking so. An example for this would be when I thought a semicolon would used in a manner that is only supposed to be used for normal colons. Finally, my ways of evaluating my writing has changed dramatically, and I have to credit that to Dr. d and her continuous amount of work she put onto us. Even though many people don't won't to do it, it really helps and causes us to see our mistakes and nice work that is in the piece.
I would really like to set a whole bunch of goals up for next year, but I know I can only accomplish so many. First of all, I would like to set a goal that states that I should practice writing at school and at home on my free time. The plan for doing this goal is to cut out free time in my day at home and instead of watching television, I would go and write a short essay. My next goal would be, to organize my writing better for next year, and to make sure I look over every single comment I have on any paper I write. The plan I have for this, is for me to put every essay or writing assignment in a folder or separate binder away from any other class items. Also, the plan I have for looking over comments would be to, every time I write something, store it away safely, and make a note on it for me to remember that I need to look over the comments for it.
My writing has been a joy to do and has been a joy to look over the feed back given. I hope to carry these feedbacks into my next year at Episcopal because I know it will help and encourage me to write better, more thought out essays. Lastly, I want to improve on multiple things including the Wrap essay because I could always do better on the Wrap, since I have taken it 3 years in a row.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Reading Response on Outside Reading
My book is the Maze Runner by James Dashner and it is one to read. Right now, I am about to finish the book and see that the book is even more interesting than I thought. Thomas is now, stepped up and currently, where I stopped, he is stuck in the maze with his friend Alby, and Minho. This book is really interesting because of the way it is told, and the way it is told is by a narrator and quotes are put in for Thomas and the other characters.
Also, I read in the book, and found out a ton about the Greviers and what they look like. The Greviers are creepy figures with fur and metal covering them, and they have no distinct head of bottom. These things also have mechanical arms that do different things, like one has a needle for stinging people, one has razor sharp claws, and another holds some sort of scary object. This thing probably sounds scary and it is, so I only recommend this book so far, to people interested in suspense, adventure, and horror.( not that horrific, just a little creepy.)
I read 150 min of outside reading. 150 min was done during all of easter break.
Also, I read in the book, and found out a ton about the Greviers and what they look like. The Greviers are creepy figures with fur and metal covering them, and they have no distinct head of bottom. These things also have mechanical arms that do different things, like one has a needle for stinging people, one has razor sharp claws, and another holds some sort of scary object. This thing probably sounds scary and it is, so I only recommend this book so far, to people interested in suspense, adventure, and horror.( not that horrific, just a little creepy.)
I read 150 min of outside reading. 150 min was done during all of easter break.
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Song Analysis for Umbrella
The song that I chose for the analysis is Umbrella by Rhianna and Jay Z. First of all there are many techniques that are being used and the first one is enjambment. Enjambment is when a line break comes in the middle of a sentence. This technique is used by when you see the lyrics or listen to them there is a pause in the middle of sentence and this is why. Lastly, the effects that this technique causes is that it causes the song to be more fluent and sound rythmic. Next, is stanza becuase there is a bit of it, and a stanza is a series of lines that is usually a recurring pattern. The way this is used is by since the song is so long that there has to be breaks in the lyrics for the chorus and other things. So the song has periodic breaks. The effects this causes is that it makes the song not sound like it is in one breath and it makes it sound more relaxed instead of sounding rushed.
The next technique that is used would be consonance which is just the repitition of consonant sounds. So, the way that this is used when there is an end to any line there is a consonant rhyme with the other consonant either above or below it. The effects this causes is that it makes the song sound definitely more rythmic and makes it sound morelike a song and not like just words that are out there. Finally, the last technique used would be internal ryhme which is rhyme between a word within a line and another either at the end of the same line or within another line. This technique is used in the song by in some of the stanzas are examples of internal rhyme. The effects this cause is that is makes the song sound different and not so organized, meaning that the song has many different parts to it.
The next technique that is used would be consonance which is just the repitition of consonant sounds. So, the way that this is used when there is an end to any line there is a consonant rhyme with the other consonant either above or below it. The effects this causes is that it makes the song sound definitely more rythmic and makes it sound morelike a song and not like just words that are out there. Finally, the last technique used would be internal ryhme which is rhyme between a word within a line and another either at the end of the same line or within another line. This technique is used in the song by in some of the stanzas are examples of internal rhyme. The effects this cause is that is makes the song sound different and not so organized, meaning that the song has many different parts to it.
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