We continued reading in our literacy group while filling out a sheet of the main topics the group discussed between every 2 pages. The lesson that we learned within our groups was to focus on our opinions of the text rather than restating it while discussing what emotions or thoughts we had about it. This knowledge could be used when trying to describe a text to someone without revealing details that occur in the text. What I struggled with was wording the emotions I felt towards the text. I came in for half a day so it felt more relaxed then usual.
Dear Future Me, As graduation approaches school and the work seem to get harder, I think it’s related to the fact that its so close to being over. The situation now is causing me to be tired and frustrated at how slowly the time seems to move. It also annoys me that I feel in such a way about something that is about to be over and set in stone. Through high school I don’t feel I made many accomplishments but overall am satisfied that we managed to finish school. For the moment I am not too sure about continuing to pursue education after high school, but I don’t expect that to be a permanent decision and would like to see myself pick something eventually. Some valuable advice that I would give my younger self after experiencing high school is to just do the bare minimum, I learned that it took more effort to put myself in an unsteady position than it did to recover from it and make up work. Also, that socializing is important to developing skills that can be used ou...
In class we went over a short poem by William Carlos Williams called The Red wheelbarrow. What I learned from todays lesson was that short poems can still create imagery and have double meanings hidden withing their lines. How this information can be used is to further break down poems and text even when there isn't a lot of text to breakdown. What I liked from that lesson was that the poems were not complex yet had greater meaning behind them. Monday was tiring and casual day
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