Sawyer's English Blog

 Today we continued our group assignment. We are visually representing "The Rockpile" by James Baldwin. One of our group members wasn't here today so I don't know if he will finish his work outside of class. I didn't struggle with my part of the assignment, which was to find connections from the story to my life.  I'm very tired today. After my swim practice yesterday I was extra tired and slow-moving. That in turn made me slow to eat dinner and do my homework. And that led me to go to bed way later than I anticipated.

 Today in class we started a group assignment. I learned that it is important to communicate during a group project. I could see that working with others is a skill I can improve on. I can use good communication throughout my life to be successful. I didn't really like the assignment because working in a group meant I had to compromise on how to do things.  I'm doing well today, my coach said we had best average practice today so I'm not looking forward to that. I do have some homework I need to do tonight. 

 Today in class we worked on an argumentive paragraph. I learned that writing an essay is easy when you have a plan. Having a plan makes writing easier but you have to take time to make a plan. I plan on using this knowledge to plan other papers. I liked the lesson because we didn't have to write a whole essay, but rather just a paragraph. I'm tired today. This first week after fall break has felt really long and has made me tired with all the other activities I have. I don't think I'll be able to make it to the Powderpuff game so I will just stay home and look after my siblings. 

 Today in class, we finished a paper assignment that started on Tuesday. The assignment was to find evidence from a text to support a claim and explain the evidence. I liked the session because it made me work on something that was not my strong suit. I also liked the assignment because the text was short and I could clearly find the evidence needed to support a claim.  I'm doing good today, I've have practice after school then after that, I'm going to the football game. So it will be a late night.  

Today we found evidence in a text to support a given claim. I learned that explaining your evidence is important. I can use this information to apply it to future essays and arguments. I liked the lesson because it was good practice finding evidence that we will need for the EOC. I struggled with explaining my proof because I had a hard time putting my thoughts into words on paper.   I'm doing good today, I've had a productive day so I got a lot done. I don't really like the schedule this week, but it is what it is and I can't change it. I am going to sleep in tomorrow because I don't have any testing.                

 Today in class, we worked on lesson five, a vocabulary exercise in which we matched a picture to a word and explained why it went with the word. I liked the simple lesson because the school just returned from fall break. I also liked the lesson because it allowed me to work alone. I can use the lesson by applying it to my writing and future essays.  I'm good and rested today thanks to the break. I am a little upset because I got a bad cold over break and underperformed at my swim meet. Looking forward to the high school swim tryouts because I enjoyed it the past two school years. 

 Today in class we examined a poem and wrote a paragraph about whether going against norms showed confidence or if a person was lost. I learned you can have any opinion as long as you have valid evidence to back up your claim. I liked the lesson. It was short and easy. I also liked the poem I thought it was interesting that one can pull meaning out of a short pole.  I'm feeling good today. I have plans to go down to Douglas Georgia for hurricane relief services. I think it will be a good experience because I'll be serving people but with friends.