The Conclusion

As I read through my blogs I noticed that they started to decrease in length as months and months went by. I use a lot of short sentences in my writing along with repeating ‘because’ and ‘but.’ I also have a habit of using to many pronoun in my writing. My writing style still needs to develop and I can do this by using a thesaurus. I think my best blogs were the extra credit ones because they were more interesting topics. They weren’t about what we were doing in class that week. My blogs obviously show that I understand what’s going on in class. They have a thorough explanation even though they may be short. The meaning of my blogs all have a theme of children just because of the way I word things. I feel that I must work on writing at a more higher level. The picture of children symbolizes this. Even some of my blogs have to do with childhood such as the Disneyland blog or the one about when I was in fifth grade. I need to break free from writing like a middle schooler because I am in high school now. This lyric from Lifehouse is an example of maturing like I need to do in my writing, “The world I see inside you waiting to come alive.”

Essay Writing

My writing has improved greatly since the beginning of the year. overall I am not a strong writer, but Honors English has progressed my skills. I still have a lot of room for improvement. I have a better understanding of how to write a thesis and that a thesis is meant to prove something. Challenges can be writing to much concrete detail.

I know I have a couple mistakes throughout my essay once I looked over the common errors page in class. I will be sure to keep those papers forever as I will continue to write essays throughout high school. I must imbead my quotes and be sure that I have not used to much concrete detail instead of commentary. I need to improve my analyzation skills.

Summer Reading

This summer I am going to read Twilight by Stephanie Meyer. I read this book a while ago and loved it! Once you start reading you can' t stop. Another great book I will be reading is Bram Stokers Dracula. I read this over the summer and fell in love with it. Ironically these are both vampire books.

Dreams

I feel like I agree more with what Mercutio has to say about dreams. He doesn't think they have a significant meaning. Not all the dreams I dream actually happen in real life. I don't feel like I get a premonition from my dream because that is like a sixth sense which is basically impossible to have.

I have had a dream about failing a test over and over. But come to find out I passed that science test in the 5th grade I was stressing about. I feel like the dreams I dream have a lot to do about what I though of the night before and that I am only processing what I think or feel.

Romeo and Juliet

I am a fan of The Killers. They have a song called Romeo and Juliet. Its about how teo people love each other, just like it is in the play. The song is very cute and i like it. It comes from their album Sawdust and here's a link to it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87cLyBR1JTo

English Reflection: Extra Credit =)

Honors English is basically the coolest class ever. We've had parties, competitions, debates, and acting. I'm always excited to see what interesting assignment is coming our way. My favorite assignment was at the beginning of the year when we read a book of our choice and made a graphic organizer. I love including art projects in school because then i get to be creative. It's a much more fun way to explain something than typing out a big paragraph. I also had a lot of fun with our skit. Michaela made me laugh so hard and I was already thinking about what props to bring in. Our beer mugs and file turned out great. A pie party was a genius idea! I mentioned how excited I was for it in science with Lindsey. I was so full afterwards but it was really good. I really like how we have mini group discussions with only three people because it is easier to talk. I also like when I see orange paper because I know an art project is coming our way. So far Honors English has been a great class!

Skits

I would like to see the scene where Pip steals the pork pie. He takes the pork pie to the convict he found in the marshes.
Another scene I want to see is when Pip first goes to Mrs. Havishams house. This is where he first sees Estella and thinks she's beautiful.
The last scene I want to see acted out is when Joe comes to visit Pip. This is when Pip is ashamed of Joe because of their social doferences. They are in a room together talking and Pip is still embarassed.