Mending Wall Test

Today in class, we took a test on analyzing poems and on structure, characterization, and more. In the multiple choice section, the questions were kind of hard because I couldn’t understand what some of the questions were asking. On the test, there were poems that I were familiar with, which was the poems we analyzed in class. It made the test more easier because I already knew what the poems were about. I eliminated answers that I knew didn’t have anything to do with the poems. With the essay, we had to analyze “The Last Night that She Lived” poem by Emily Dickson. We had to write a paragraph on what the poem was about, we had to come up with a claim and have two evidence to represent our claim. It took me forever to analyze the poem, but I realized what the poem was about and I’m finally understanding on how to analyze a poem. It took me a long time, but I’m just happy that I’m finally making progress.

Remembrance Multiple Choice Corrections

Today in class, we were put into groups to correct our answers from a test we took last week. I didn’t understand the poem, which made the test hard but I still managed to pass the test. After we analyzed the poem, it gave me an better understating on what the poem was actually about. Dayleigh and I looked into the question and eliminated the answers that we knew wasn’t the answer to the question. Everyone corrections were graded and half of the class did excellent. Dayleigh and I didn’t approve, but we still managed to do our best on the corrections.

Group Assignment

In class, we were assigned into groups to analyze on Emily Dickson poem. My group was assigned to analyze “I’m Nobody! Who Are You?”. Everyone in the group had the same perspective on what the poem was about, we used all the techniques that was taught in class. We reflected that the speaker was telling us(the audience) that he/she is a nobody. The speaker was stating that he/she is their own person and that they don’t want to fit into the crowd for them to be known. After analyzing the poem, my group presented it to the class. Everyone understood the poem and I think that I’m finally getting the hang of analyzing poem. I feel that I understand analyzing poems whenever I’m in a group of people that understands it better then I do, which helps me understand it more. 

Analyzing Emily Dickson Poem

Throughout "I Felt a Funeral in my Brain" I reflected that the speaker dealt with depression mentally. The speaker experiences the loss of self and that she didn't know how to react to the thoughts that she had, which made the speaker sense a lot of sadness in her mind. In class, we analyzed the poem, which helped me a lot because I didn't understand the poem at all. I'm still kind of struggling on how to analyze a poem because there are some words I'm still not familiar with. I'm also not familiar with some of the figurative language, which is another reason why I have a difficult time analyzing poems. I going to make myself practice more on analyzing poems and use all the techniques Mr. Rease taught us in class, so that i can get the hang of it.

Reader Profile

My strength in reading, pose, and poetry is that I tend to sometimes remember what I have read and I always read fast when I’m by myself. My weakness in reading, pose, and poetry is that I can’t always understand what certain words mean, I tend to always read slow in front of a lot of people, I sometimes can’t pronounce words correctly, I sometimes don’t understand some poetry, they get confusing whenever I don’t understand what the author is pacifically saying in the poetry. The purpose of reading is to connect ideas with the books so that you could understand it better, figure out what information is the most important throughout the book, and always return to the passage to understand it better. My passions is to understand English more so that I can be an good writer, stay focused and continue to accomplish my goal to go to college to become an pharmacist, to understand words better and to know the definition of words that I don’t know, to make my family proud by achieving my goals which is making good grades, have and 4.0 gpa or higher, and to make straight A’s in all of the quarters. My peeves are not understanding certain words what I should know, being rushed, and not finishing my work on time.

Free Response Question 3

Thesis Statement: The exploration of the unknown leads to disappointment, excitement, and desiring experience.

The unknown is something that is unexpected that could lead you into excitement and disappointment experience like planning something with your friends. Planning the weekend with your friends can be excited but yet difficult to cope with because everything doesn't go as planned as you want them to go. You and your friends could be planning on going to the movies for the weekend which is exciting because you get to spend time with your friends but then they call and tell you that they aren't able to make it which is disappointing because they told you last minute and your not able to spend quality time with your friends. That excitement and disappointment experience is difficult to cope with because of you not spending time with your friends, it could have been you not seeing them for years or it could have been from you not wanting to stay home for the weekend. The unknown leads to desiring experience like applying for a job. Applying for a job is a hard task because it takes time and it would have you worrying if you got the job or not. Getting the job that want is thrilling until they tell you that you didn't get the job which is terrifying because you thought that you was qualified for the job. That desiring experience is difficult to cope with because it was a job that you really was happy about and you was hoping that you could get the job, but they tell you that you aren't qualified for the job which is shocking to you. The unknown leads to countless things because anything could happen, the unknown has allowed numerous feelings towards us humans which is very valuable.

Argumentative Paragraph

Meal time is important because it gives you the opportunity to spend time with your family. Meal time can get you closer to your family, A family can sit down and a parent could asked them how their day was and they could tell them about everything that happened on that day. It could have been a good day or a bad day, talking to your family during meal time can help you because they can give you good advice and help you out with your problems. My mom would always cheer me up when ever I had a bad day and during our meal time she would give me good advice that would help me out with everything and when I had a good day, I would tell my family every little detail that happened on that day. During meal time, people tend to get on their technology which distracts them from not having quality time with their family. It’s disrespectful to get on your cell phone while eating with your family because it would make them feel as if you don’t want to spend time with them and have a descent meal with them. When I go to my daddy house, my step mom would tell us to leave out technology in our rooms because she knows that it would distract us from having family time. Having meal time with your family is the best thing that could happen to anyone, you should always cherish having meal time with your family because meal time is the best way to communicate with your family and to get closer with your family.