Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The Conclusion!!!

       From the start I was not ecstatic about the blogs, but I learned to enjoy them along with reading my classmates, and comparing our thoughts. While writing my first few blogs all I was worried about was if I spelt everything correctly or if what I was writing was even correct, and because of it I learn my biggest lesson which was no opinion on a book or poem is correct just that its your interpretation which makes it right.
        Thought the year I dreaded blogs and didn't really put alot of work into them but as the year when on I started to enjoy the blogs and found them as a time to practice my writting skills. Thats why this quote is perfect for the growth of my relationship with the blog " Storms make oaks take roots", meaning that even though a storm is annoying, scary and just a hassel they make lessons, they just turn out to be a good thing in the end. Thats exactly how I feel about my blog experiences.
        Yes, I was one of those people who thought blogs where just a exsuse for more homework but now I understand how they are to help me go over what we learned in class and to help me really et another chance to become a better student and writer.
(dont know who said quote, was in movie)

Saturday, June 11, 2011

Reflecting on a Memorable Assignment!

Though there has been a lot of English projects my most memorable was the extra credit Animal Farm project where me and Annie Lu made a movie. To make the movie with all the animals we had to go to several farms where we would video tape the animals, in the rain! The first farm was a Christmas tree farm with these cute baby mini goats and one fat black pig that hated to have its picture taken. The second was a private farm (moms friend's house) with a horse that freaked Annie out (i have videos!!) and the cutest kittens. The last farm had these big goats that we had the choice of feeding..so we feed them but when turning to look at other animals the goats stole our bag our food and at all the food in it! The whole time Annie and I were screaming because the scared us, it was super funny!!
This project was my favorite because I didn't have to do it by myself at home but got to get out and have some fun, plus we got extra credit. Annie and I were freezing cold but we were always laughing. Also we got chances to feed the goats, pet the horses and snuggle the adorable furry kittens!! I will always remember the fun of filming this project and am excited do watch the movie years from now!

Saturday, June 4, 2011

A Good Experience with Poetry

Although my parents never read me nursery rhymes that I can remember I actually loved to rhyme as a kid. It was either 3rd or 4th grade when we did a unit on rhyming and rocked it. Bold, hold, sold, gold. I loved making poems with rhyming and always tried to rhyme things at home. For example if my Mom was like umm.. "go get the honey for your pancake" I would be like "well is there money with that honey?". It was ridicules but I found it very entertaining!
This unit in class made me really enjoy making poems cause it showed me it can be fun and entertaining, especially when I got to rhyme. Even to this day I enjoy the rhyming because it gives a little adventure to the regular boring poem making units. Though when thinking about poetry I'm not jumping up and down but now just thinking about bold, sold, gold, hold it puts a smile on my face. Overall ! am kind of excited for poetry and would like to see how much I know about Robert Frost by the end of the year!!