After a year of focused work in English I
feel I have developed the skill to articulate what I want to convey to the
reader in multiple ways. Looking at my most recent paper, the research paper, I
think that I have grown at organization and careful flow of thoughts. The
research paper I wrote was on the “Israeli Palestinian Conflict”. I could have
chosen an easier subject to research, but I felt I had acquired the skills that
I needed to really learn and understand this complicated issue. My dad’s side
of the family is all Jewish and throughout my life I have always heard them
talking about the conflict in Israel. I wanted to learn for myself each side of
the story and then choose a side for me to take. After heavy research, I’ve
realized that each group of people has valid points on why they think the holy
land should be theirs. Using this 10th grade English class, I
have furthered my knowledge on current events and what’s going on in the world
around me. I would say that “The Israeli Palestinian Conflict” was my favorite
piece to write.
Another paper that I really enjoyed writing
and felt I had a lot of insight on was the in class essay we wrote on “Black
Boy” one day. As I was whipping out my ideas on paper I realized I was citing a
lot of what happened in the book, and I was becoming increasingly talented at
using specific information from a book source in a paper I was writing. I think
that “Black Boy” affected me a lot also because there were a lot of racial
issues and prejudice that really focused me into understanding what times were
like back then. I think reading that book in class improved my reading skills
because Richard Wright had a specialty at conveying emotions. I’ve
learned from him to add more of what my characters are feeling and thinking when
I’m writing.
My strengths as a reader have definitely
improved after reading the material we had this year. Reading “Lord of the
Flies” really taught me a lot about paying close attention to detail and
describing the setting in which the book is set. Listening to people reading
aloud their work, like when we played Poetry Poker, helped me grow as a
listener and respectful audience. I really appreciated the other works of art
that were created this year in English 10 Honors. There were definitely some writers
who truly impressed me and pushed me to write even better then I was normally
used to.
A strength I have in English is being able
to let ideas flow freely from me. If I really enjoyed a piece of work, I can
write about it easily and let whatever I want to say come out on the paper. I
know a lot of people have writers block, and luckily that doesn’t happen often
to me unless I am super bored. Risks I took this year as an English student
included writing my “Where I’m From” poem. I had never written anything like
that in my life and it took a lot of personal information from me and condensed
it into a poem. I liked the format of the writing and I think in the future I
may try to use it again.
his year I have grown as a writer and a
reader. I was pushed to go out of my comfort zone at times, like when we built
a shelter outside to see what it was like for the characters in “Lord of the
Flies”! That was definitely a new experience. When we were first introduced to
read “Hamlet”, I felt very unsure because I knew how difficult Shakespeare was
to understand. Mrs. Larkin definitely helped me to understand the hidden
meanings in Shakespeare’s work because we had a lot of time in class to discuss
the different chapters of the book. It was also helpful to watch the movie so I
could see someone else’s take on the play. Something that was really fun with
the Hamlet unit was acting out a scene from the play. I got to do one of my
favorite scenes which was the gravedigger scene. I played the gravedigger
and I feel I did a good job at putting my own spin on it! I think Shakespeare
would be proud.
Throughout this year I feel I have grown as
a writer, a reader and an active participator in English class. I thoroughly
enjoyed each class I had and always looked forward to what new activities Mrs.
Larkin would introduce to us. I will really miss English 10 Honors because I
was exposed to a lot of new methods of writing and a lot of new styles of
literature. I really appreciate all the help Mrs. Larkin has given me over the course
of the year and I hope she thinks that I have improved as well!
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