3rd Quarter Reflection

Of the books you have read this quarter, which was your favorite? Why?

     Of the books that I have read this quarter my favorite was "Bronx Masquerade" because this book really showed how different ethnicities can come together and forget their differences. The book "Bronx Masquerade" made me realize that poetry really does have an impact on people. Whenever we had to write poems during class, I would look back to some of the poems that the characters had written so that I can get a better idea on what to write about. What I really liked about the book was that each character was different from the other, and despite those differences they all had one thing in common, poetry. I guess you can say that "Bronx Masquerade" had an impact on me.  

In what area do you think you made your biggest improvements in ELA? 

     In the area that I think I made the most improvement was in writing my blogs. What I improved on the most in this was staying on topic and not rambling on about the same thing over and over again. In my previous blogs I would talk about a book and make a connection, and I would focus on the connection more than I did on the book. I knew that I had to change that because some of the things that I talked about did not really have to do with the blog at all. Another thing that I noticed that I have improved on is that I do not ramble about the same things over and over as much as I did before. I think that the reason I would ramble on was because I honestly had nothing else to say and I thought that my blog was not long enough. I would try to fill up some space so it would look like I wrote a lot but in reality I said the same thing too many times. Now I really try to focus on getting the main point out there instead of repeating little details.

     What is something you have accomplished this quarter that you are proud of?

     Something that I have accomplished this quarter that I am proud of is that I got more 3s and 4s on my vocabulary tests. I am really proud of this because in the 2nd quarter, although I did get some 3s and 4s, the majority of my tests my scores were 2s. This quarter I really wanted this to change because I knew that if I kept this up, it could really affect my final grade. I admit that in the 2nd quarter I didn't really study enough. I would study for about 25 minutes on thursday, which was the night BEFORE the test. This quarter I didn't study for the whole week, but I did study more. During the 3rd quarter I would study on tuesday, wednesday, and thursday for 20 minutes each day. This "schedule" really helped my grades improve. I know for sure that I will do the same for this upcoming quarter.

What has been the most challenging part of 3rd Quarter for you 

and what did/can you do to help overcome this?

     What I thinks has been the most challenging part of 3rd quarter was having time to read for the literature circles we recently finished. To me this was the most challenging part because I had other homework to do and I also had other priorities. I think that this was challenging because my group had assigned too many pages to read in one night, and sometimes I was in the mood to read and other times reading was at the bottom of my list. What I did to overcome this was that I would get my other priorities done first so that I had the rest of my time reading the book. This really helped because I did not worry as much as I did when I would read first, because I would think about getting my other work done.