Sawyer's English Blog

 Today in class began a lesson on arguments. I learned that I will and do argue every day. Also arguing is not fighting. I liked the lesson because it was more of a review form when I learned it earlier in school. In the lesson, we touched on Logos, Ethos, and Pathos to determine if arguments are using facts, credibility, or emotions.  I'm feeling fine today glad for the break and ready to keep working. However, the break made me want fall break to come sooner. I've got my first swim meet of the season coming up this weekend and need to mentally prepare for it. 

 Today in class we had an assignment on Newsela about the dangers of self-diagnosis on the internet. I Learned the pros and cons of self-diagnosis. I plan on using this information in my life because everyone experiences illness. I liked the lesson it was quick and simple but I still learned something. The article was clear and concise, which helped convert its main points.  Feeling good today. I have some tests coming up that I need to study and prepare for. I don't have any big plans for this week. I have a swim meet coming up in a week. It's the first meet of short course season and I have to swim every event they offer at the meet. 

 Today in class we started our next set of vocab words. I learned that learning new words is important to grow my vocabulary. I saw that I have a small vocabulary and must use different words. I plan on continuing to learn new words to expand my vocabulary. During the lesson, I didn't have any problems that made it difficult to complete.  I'm feeling good today, I plan on going to the football game even though I'll have to leave early because I have swim practice in the morning. 

 In class today we did a peer review of our essays. Getting feedback from someone else was good because I needed to catch grammer and spelling errors in my paper. I learned to get feedback from others because your point of view can be one wayed and I can miss things that others might not. I can plan to get other's insight into the problem I have.  Feeling fine today just have a lot of homework and have to get it finished. Lots of studying to do for tests and quizzes coming up next week. 

 Today in class I had a free day. In class we had a sub and our assignment was to finish typing up our essays, but I had already finished it the day before. I learned that working swiftly and effectively is rewarding. I can use this knowledge to not procrastinate and even get my work done before it's due, and not have to worry or stress about it.  Nothing exciting happening for me this week just school and swim practice. I've just got to keep at it and work hard. So the plan is just to stick to the schedule and keep moving forward.  

 Today in class we started to type up our essay that we have been working on for the past week. The topic of my essay was on goals I had this year. I learned that writing an essay is not as hard as it seems at first glance. I like the lesson because I got to see the work I've done starting to come into a finished product. I did struggle a little writing my opening and closing paragraphs but nothing in can't over come. Feeling great today I revised my schedule to fit all I need to do. So I have time for everything I need to do in a day.  

 In class today we worked on our opening and closing paragraphs for our paper. I learned that the opening paragraph doesn't need to be long and it's better to be short like a trailer for a movie. I plan to make my opening paragraph only what it needs to be. The lesson wasn't hard and I'm grateful because I don't particularly like difficult lessons on Friday.  My plan for the weekend is to fix my schedule because it doesn't include everything I need to do. I don't have a lot of chores this weekend so that's a good thing.  

 Today we continued with the second and third steps in the writing process. We also took notes on informal and formal language to help us with the third step in the writing process, revising. I learned that it is important to revise. I saw many things in my paragraphs that needed revising. So I plan to revise all essays I write.  I'm really tired today. I had a late night because my parents wanted me to go with them to a concert. I enjoyed it but got to bed later than I wanted. I really wish I had an extra day to finish my school and homework, but it's due tomorrow so I must finish it tonight.   

 Today we worked on the first and second phase of the writing process. Those were prewriting and drafting. The topic I choose was goals. I learned that following the steps really makes its simple and easy. I think it made me realize I was overthinking writing throughout school. I liked the lesson because the topic I chose was easy. I would consider myself a goal oriented person so all I had to do was write out my goals for a grade.   Feeling fine today, just another Tuesday. Nothing really special going on, just the normal schedule. Doing well with school and hope it doesn't get two crazy. 

 Today in class we took some notes on how to write an essay or story in five steps. After the notes we took the rest of time in class to practice the first step, prewriting. I learned that writing isn't really that hard if you can brainstorm and do each step in the writing process. I plan to use the writing process in all my writing to improve and get good grades and scores on tests and other things.  Today i'm feeling good it's the start of another school week and I'm prepared and rested for it. I don't have any plans this week except for practice after school every day, so I can focus on school work and getting it done right the first time. 

 Today in class we finished up our assignment on the Emily Dickinson poetry quotes. I didn't have much left to do because I did most of it yesterday. Some of the quotes were a little more complex and required more thinking to analyze them. Over all I would say I liked the assignment because it was cool do find different meanings in quotes.  Today I'm just glad its Friday, I'm getting used to having school work over the weekend but I still don't like it. My plans for the weekend is to get my chores and school work done on Saturday so I can just chill on Sunday. 

 In class today we started to look at twenty Emily Dickinson poetry quotes. For each quote we gave our analysis, a topic, a theme, and something that would contradict the theme. I learned that different people can get different things out of the same quote. I didn't really like the assignment because it was repetitive but it's work I can get done.    Today I'm feeling sore from all my swimming and weight training. But other than a little soreness my days going good. I don't really like the yondr pouches and it takes time to unlock them and I have practice at 3:45 and with those pouches I'm late to practice. So I might just leave my phone in my car so I don't have to deal with them. 

 Today in class we did two things. We took a vocab quiz and had a lesson on a poem by Emily Dickinson about success. I learned that success can look different in many ways. Something I already new but saw in a different perspective was how failure and success are correlated. I liked the lesson more than the quiz. I did like how the quiz was multiple choice. I don't think I was as prepared as I thought but, I still think I did well on it.  My day is going good, I've got to get back into my routine after the long weekend. I know I need to stay on top of my work and keep getting good grades. So my plan is to do that and not fall behind.