Books that catch my attention

Personally, I am not a big fan when it comes to books and reading them. I have a hard time finishing a book because the fact that they can be factual but boring, and honestly very long. I believe when I was a kid however books that caught my attention were books with big pictures and and large letters. I realized that all my life I never really read books for pleasure so I have a hard time reading in general. I am a big person for magazines probably because of the pictures. I feel that a book at times does appeal to me by its cover but even since reading most of the books in highschool i lost interest in reading for quite some time.

New Semester:D Reflection and resolution~!!!

1. What went really well last marking period was actually the discussions we had every wednesday about the novel Invisible Man and it helped me understand parts that I was struggling in. I really grasped the book well by talking to my peers and, got a deeper meaning of the book. To continue to have the same successes is just keep doing what I did and just talk about the book with the peers around me to understand everything in the novel.

2. I feel I want to write themes differently and have better revisions for myself. I actually want more people to revise my theme so it is a better theme overall. What I would change for the 2nd semester is just taking more time with my theme and just having the best revision possible.

3. My resolution for the next semester is not to procrastinate on my reading and not to wait till the last minute because it is hard not to because we only have 2 marking periods left.

Invisible Man Reflection!!!

1. From reading the novel Invisible Man, Self Realization came to play when the Narrator talked about himself actually being the Invisible Man. In the beginning the Narrator mentions that he is trapped in a basement and it is really dark. When it comes close to the end of the novel the Narrator is revealed that he was ended up stuck where he was and it was a flashback that was being explained all along. Also the author was called the Invisible Man because he was never perceived the same way as the white people which made the Narrator really sad, even though he was a well educated black man. This story explained a lot about how the passed was like for african americans and also what the Narrator went through as the story progressed until he was back where he had started.

2. In my life my personal reach for myself is that I know my identity by seeing how i react around people and just by meeting new people. I figure out my personality more and more everyday and it never stops because I change a little bit more everyday. I feel that i am different from everyday else just like the Invisible Man and i feel i can relate because their is more to come and so i will never know my future because their is a goal but for not it is invisible in my eyes. I believe I am at a really important stage in my life where i kind of need to know my future and need to have something drawn out in my head. I feel that going to college is very important and also getting a proficient education is very significant as well. I feel that in my life right now there are a lot of bad decisions I could be making but I am taking the rode less traveled so it makes all the difference.

WIRED Magazine~~Gone FOREVER

1. Chris McCandless
2. Jay Gatsby
3. The Narrator

I believe these 3 characters all relate by their characters personality in this story. Chris McCandless in the Story into the wild was a character that was going on a mission to try to go out and explore and no one really knew who he was or where he was from. Unfortunatly he died but he died after doing something he really wanted to do. Jay Gatsby was someone that hid his identity since he was 17 years old and wanted to hide it ever since he wa inspired by seeing a man named Cody on a yaht. The last character (the narrator is from the book The Invisible Man and he is a character that has a deeper meaning then the others because not only is he invisible to te other white men but he can also be described invisible because he lost his identity and he is trying to get it back.

Shed your IDENTITY~~

If I were to shed my Identity for 30 days I would try to keep my self from not being seen by anyone. I would try to stay down low and not get seen. I would wear clothes that cover my face so no one can recognize me. I would try to survive by maybe stealing if that is my only option. I would try to only travel at night because it is dark and then go to sleep in the morning.

6 WORD MEMOIR!!!~~~BOOKER T WASHINGTON:D

American political leader, educator, orator and author.

NEw Marking period #2

1. What went really well for you this past marking period? What was your greatest success--or your most successful strategy? Why? What will you do to continue your success in MP#2?
I felt that what went really well for me then what i had hoped was my themes. I feel that last year i did not try hard enough and i sort of slacked off on my themes. this year i have been getting decent grade on my themes and feel like my writing has improved because i being careful with the extra details, and adding and proofreading. I would not say I had a greatest success with something because that means i did an assignment perfectly without a mistake but i feel i can be proud of my writing because the fact that it is improving.


2. Looking back over MP#1, what do you think you could have done differently? Was a it a project, assignment, or something more general? What will you change in MP#2 to make sure you don't make the same mistake or display the same behavior twice?

I feel that in marking period one i could do something differently would most defiantly be the group project we assigned. In the beginning everyone was thinking of the new alternative ending of the story and making it all work out, Then we had some group disputes because some of the group members wanted to change the idea. I feel that it was a hard project assignment because we are working in a group but because of the new technology we were working with. I feel that it was still my fault not contacting with the group members and not attributing much to the project as i would have liked. I feel next time if there is a group project i will try to plan ahead next time.

3. Take some time and set some goals for MP#2. What do you hope to achive between now and the end of January? Divide you goals into 3 categories: English Class, School in General, and Other. List them below, and for each one create a mini-plan for how you plan to achieve them.

My goals for january are just to finish my college apps before december because i need to write maybe 2~3 more essays. I plan to stay on task on my writing and themes for this year in english and try to be a better writer.