4/8/13
Just started my website today, I chose Weebly because Google sites was way too hard for me to figure out. Weebly is really easy to use and I am having fun designing my own website. I am still trying to figure out what pieces I want to rewrite. My summer project paper seems like an interesting choice but I have not read the book for eight months now so maybe it isn’t a great choice. I really want to revise my death penalty debate essay because it seems like I can really make stronger points and analyze the topic better.
Just started my website today, I chose Weebly because Google sites was way too hard for me to figure out. Weebly is really easy to use and I am having fun designing my own website. I am still trying to figure out what pieces I want to rewrite. My summer project paper seems like an interesting choice but I have not read the book for eight months now so maybe it isn’t a great choice. I really want to revise my death penalty debate essay because it seems like I can really make stronger points and analyze the topic better.
4/10/13
Today I edited my scar story. It was really fun to revise this particular piece because it feels more natural to write in first person, like I am now. Adding sensory details can be really hard sometimes because you can get way off track. I had trouble with adding things like smell and taste because I don’t really know what to describe, I will figure something out. Writing the scar story is great because it allows the reader to almost experience what you were feeling in that time. It creates a scenario where you feel actual emotions.
Today I edited my scar story. It was really fun to revise this particular piece because it feels more natural to write in first person, like I am now. Adding sensory details can be really hard sometimes because you can get way off track. I had trouble with adding things like smell and taste because I don’t really know what to describe, I will figure something out. Writing the scar story is great because it allows the reader to almost experience what you were feeling in that time. It creates a scenario where you feel actual emotions.
4/22/13
Editing my piece for To Kill a Mockingbird was extremely hard for me. It was one of the pieces I had done quite well on, but I went back through and found places to edit and revise. Overall I think I improved it. Literary writing for me can be hard sometimes, if I do not fully understand the book or just not connect with it, I feel my writing is affected proportionately. If I completely understand what the author was trying to convey, my analysis of the book can be amazing. Last year when our class read the novel Lord of The Flies, I had a myriad of problems with the essay we had to write. This year, I am more capable of producing a thorough analysis of the book
Editing my piece for To Kill a Mockingbird was extremely hard for me. It was one of the pieces I had done quite well on, but I went back through and found places to edit and revise. Overall I think I improved it. Literary writing for me can be hard sometimes, if I do not fully understand the book or just not connect with it, I feel my writing is affected proportionately. If I completely understand what the author was trying to convey, my analysis of the book can be amazing. Last year when our class read the novel Lord of The Flies, I had a myriad of problems with the essay we had to write. This year, I am more capable of producing a thorough analysis of the book
5/12/13
Working on my death penalty debate paper was extremely fun. This was one of the topics I loved the most because I felt that I cared about the topic. I feel that I added a lot to that piece in respects to strengthening my introduction. Argumentative writing is an interesting task, you can either do really well or fail miserably if you do or do not know your topic well. I have definitely improved since the beginning of the year, my formatting is much better with quote, analysis, counterclaim, and rebuttal.
Working on my death penalty debate paper was extremely fun. This was one of the topics I loved the most because I felt that I cared about the topic. I feel that I added a lot to that piece in respects to strengthening my introduction. Argumentative writing is an interesting task, you can either do really well or fail miserably if you do or do not know your topic well. I have definitely improved since the beginning of the year, my formatting is much better with quote, analysis, counterclaim, and rebuttal.
5/20/13
Wow, that is really all I have to say. This year has been so amazing. Not only did I make more friends but I have learned so much from you Mrs. Tucker. This year has contained more information than all my other years combined. You are such a fantastic teacher and I am despondent that I will not be able to have you for another year. I absolutely love the integration of technology in your class. Rather than having cellphones be a crutch you have to deal with every day, telling kids not to text during class, you use them to soar to new heights and explore ways of teaching no other teacher has used. Vocabulary was made fun by being in groups and trying to figure out meanings only using context clues, then later finding out what they meant during your creative videos. Acting out Romeo and Juliet rather than just reading made me understand the novel way more than if we had not done it that way. The hand-holding and instructive process you used during the essay writing process was super helpful. Collaborize allowed not only me, but others to have a voice and speak out our opinions and ideas. I can not possibly name all the amazing things we have done this year, all I can say is thank you Mrs. Tucker.
Wow, that is really all I have to say. This year has been so amazing. Not only did I make more friends but I have learned so much from you Mrs. Tucker. This year has contained more information than all my other years combined. You are such a fantastic teacher and I am despondent that I will not be able to have you for another year. I absolutely love the integration of technology in your class. Rather than having cellphones be a crutch you have to deal with every day, telling kids not to text during class, you use them to soar to new heights and explore ways of teaching no other teacher has used. Vocabulary was made fun by being in groups and trying to figure out meanings only using context clues, then later finding out what they meant during your creative videos. Acting out Romeo and Juliet rather than just reading made me understand the novel way more than if we had not done it that way. The hand-holding and instructive process you used during the essay writing process was super helpful. Collaborize allowed not only me, but others to have a voice and speak out our opinions and ideas. I can not possibly name all the amazing things we have done this year, all I can say is thank you Mrs. Tucker.