5/20/15
Prompts: 1) In what area do you feel you made your biggest improvements? What is something you accomplished this year that you are proud of? What was the most challenging part of this year for you? What was the best piece of writing that you did this year? Why do you think it is your best?
2) What is something we did this year that you think you will remember for the rest of your life? Of the books you read this year, which was your favorite? Why?
3)What was the nicest thing someone in our class did for you this year? What is something you taught your teacher or classmates this year?
4) What are the three most important things you learned this year? What advice would you give students who will be in this class next year?
My biggest improvement this year was in my writing. At the beginning of this year I hated writing and wasn't very good at it. If you were to compare my writings you might see improvements between the two pieces. At the same time writing was the most challenging thing this year. Since, I hated writing and wasn't good at it, I found writing challenging. Now I'm better at it and my best piece has to be "The Boy on the Wooden Box 1/26/15." I say this is my best because I felt the most accomplished about it when I finished. Also, it was probably the blog with the least grammatical and spelling errors.
Something that we did this year that I will remember for the rest of my life is reading the book Of Mice and Men and watching the movie. I will remember this because the book and movie were great. John Steinbeck did a great job setting the mood and describing the surrounding and the movie director did a great job interpreting it and putting it on the screen. The book had a well developed plot line, which made the book very interesting and suspenseful. Although, this book wasn't my favorite book I read this year. The book that is my favorite is Alabama Moon by Watt Key. If I finished my current book that would be my favorite, but I'm half way through, so that can change.
The nicest thing somebody did for me this year was help me study for the test on the day of the test. I wasn't 100% sure on all my words and roots, so we studied together. We thought of strategies for remembering the spelling, parts of speech, and definitions and for that test I got 100%. This year I taught my classmates in my class shortcuts on the computer for more efficient work. I taught them how to solve technical problem with their computer. I basically taught my classmates things that helped them with their computers. For instance, I told my friend that you can press "Command D" to bookmark a site quickly. This helped when we were briefly introduce to a website and left to see another website.
One important thing that I learned this year is to re-read your work and read it aloud. You may think you have no errors, but you could find some if you re-read, that's why it's so important. Another important thing that I learned is to elaborate with your answers. This is really important when you are writing an argumentative piece. If you don't elaborate your audience could be confused or have the wrong interpretation. The most important thing of all that I learned was to have good time management. If you have a lot of after school activities this would be a big skill to learn. You need to set a certain amount of time each day for your homework or could end up having a late assignment. Those late assignments can pile and by the end of the week and you would a lot to do over the weekend. That's why I would advise the next class to turn in their homework on time and set time for their homework.
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