Quarter 1 Reflection Blog

 We have reached the end of 1st Quarter...can you believe it?! Now take a moment to reflect on what you have learned so far. Some questions to consider:

Where are you in your 40 Book Challenge? How have your blogs been progressing since August? What strategies have benefited you? What have you learned about the world? How have your research skills improved?

Make sure to include a topic sentence and supporting details that fully support your main idea.

          This school year has been moving quite fast, I barely found out that the quarter is close to an end. I'm really proud of what I've accomplished throughout this quarter. For example, In my 40 book challenge I think I am doing pretty well overall. I've read 5 books already which is decently good in my eyes because I'm someone who doesn't read too often. I have stood in fiction genres for quite some time now but I am gradually reading non-fiction genres like, A Child Called "It" and Of Beetles and Angels. These really make me inspired to read more non-fiction books about peoples lives, or just an auto-biography or a biography. 

           In my blogs I believe that I've shown improvement. I say this because I am actually revising as I read and have found a liking to it. Not only does it really help me academically but it helps me to understand my errors and learn from them. If I ddn't learn from my mistakes I wouldn't be as affective as a writer. The writting I would be conveying wouldn't have sense to it or have reason. I'm proud of what I've accomplished in this section especially, the writing portion. Without revising I wouldn't be able to hand in great quality work and have a big impact in my life. I'm going to sum this up by saying I believe that revising is a helpful tool in writing and It'll help in the long run. 

           From the beginning of the school year up till now I have learned so much about current events and things happening around the world. I never would've known about any of this if it wasn't for this class. I mean I could know about but I wouldn't be able to interpret the current event or say anything about. I like that we have to research about it and learn as much as we can about. This has improved my reseaching skills in a large portion. I now know that skimming isn't such a great technique. Every single detail matters in an article and if you miss one part you can be lost in the article. I hope from here on out now that my researching skills are more effective I can now be able to incorporate the information I discover into a great AOW.

Weekly Blog 10-14-15: A Child Called "It"

Contrast

When contrasting things, look closely to find all thing that are different between

them.

• How does what you are reading contrast with a novel you were assigned to read

in school and didn’t like reading.

• Contrast the theme of what you are reading with something you read last

month.

• What would be a good contrast to the setting of what you are reading?

            

            A Child called "It" is a great book which I overall was one of the best books I've read. When I contrast it to a book I didn't enjoy reading like Touching Spirit Bear. I don't really like the content of that book. When I contrast it with A Child Called "It" I look at the genres which is a huge difference. For instance, A Child Called "It" is a memoir. Then in Touching Spirit Bear the book is fiction. These are two seperetate and different genres. One is real (based on a true story) then the other is fake (not real). A child called "It" also has a purpose in the writing it send out a message and shows how a nobody becomes a somebody and overcomes the abuse.

            The theme isn't significantly different in a child called it in contrast to a Of Beetles and Angels. However, the contrast is there because they are not exactly the same. For instance, the theme of A Child Called "It" was a kid who got abused. Then for a Of Beetles and Angels the theme is that it is rough now but it'll all get better type of theme. Both of these books I really enjoyed. For different reasons of course. I really liked A Child Called "It" because of the theme because it made me feel really sad and like I was there in the book. Then for Of Beetles and Angels I liked everything about it the story line, the conflict and the way it is written. Whcih are two different themes to it.

             What would be a good contrast for this book would probably be some kind of fantasy world in another book like basically anything fiction. This book takes place in the US. Not really anything would apply but anything tat doesn't have school, homes and so on and so forth. Lets say that there is a place withourt schools and other places in the US. like third world countries. In A Child Called "It" it is a memoir which is a true story and is a actual place in the real world which makes a harder to contrast. However, you can make some minor differences in it towards another setting.

It'll be worth it, I promise

Right now,

we are among the

poorest

in the land

Todays

small act of

kindness 

can become 

tomorrows whirlwind of

human progress

Who knows what your

future may

bring

Listen to me

my children

It is painful for you now

but believe me,

the day will come when you

will thank me.

We need to

let the outside air

beat on us

You are ready to change

the world

thank you

good luck

and

congratulations