8th grade first quarter reflection 10-28-15

Thursday, October, 29 2015
8th grade first quarter reflection

          In my 40 book challenge I think I am doing pretty well so far I have read 5 books. Most of the books that I read are mainly realistic fiction. Some books that I'm excited to read this year are To kill a Mockingbird and also Allegant. I think that I am personally doing good for the start of the year. Of course I will still have to read over winter break but I hope to get at least two books done over that time.

          I think that my blogs are slowly getting better but I don't think I've made a huge improvement from the beginning of the year. I think this because I still use some of the same words that I used however I hope that later on throughout the year that I start to incorporate some of the vocabulary that I will learn. I personally think that my writing is pretty good and I am personally proud of that. I believe that made a huge growth from last year to this year so I hope to do so this year.

       
          Some strategies that have helped me is studying a lot. I study my vocab starting on Wednesday every week and study everyday for atleast about a 20 minutes. I feel like this has helped me because I have been receiving for my vocab mostly four's. I've only gotten one three and I think that it was because I was off a point or two but I do think that my strategy has worked. Another strategy that I use is using quizlet to study. This personally has helped me memorize words and it works better in my opinion then just looking at your words.

          One of the main things I learned about the world is about the Syrian refugee crisis. I think that this is important because people are risking about their lives to just have a new start. Lots of people have died trying to seek refuge and doing so isn't east. People will do about almost anything to have a new start and I found this very powerful because it shows us how easy we have it. I personally think that it's sad how people are being deprieved their life because of war and I think that this is wrong.

          I think that my research skills have improved a bit. I believe this because now I check multiple websites to see if the information that I am gathering is not only relevant but also is reliable. I think that my skills in researching have also improved because now I synthesize what I've learned and then soon start to transform that into my body paragraphs. I think that my work has improved a bit and I am proud of where I am now versus where I was a year ago. In conclusion I feel like I have not only grown academically and as a person

"Drums Girls And Dangerous Pie" Week 10/14

Prompt: Are the characters realistic (do they seem like they could be real people)? Why

or why not?

Pages read 0-23

          In the book Drums, girls + dangerous pie the main character (Steven) is faced with many problems. One of the problems that Steven has to deal with issue little brother named Jeffery. His little brother always is the main attention for his family and when he gets sick Steven's world will no longer be the same. In the book on the back cover the book says "But when Jeffery gets sick Steven's world is turned upside down, and he is forced to deal with his brother's illness, his parents' attempts to keep the family in one piece, his homework, the band, girls, and Dangerous Pie..." because of this the reader can now infer how Steven is facing reality and is at a point in his life where him and his family are struggling.

          I believe that the characters in the book are realistic because the characters in the book are facing a struggle. The characters being Steven and Jeffery are mainly the main characters of the book. In the book Jeffery is always embarrassing the character Steven, I'm choosing to point this out because I personally have been embarrassed before and I can relate to this. I think the characters are also realistic because in the book their is no mythical creatures or events happening in the book thus leaving me to conclude that the characters are realistic along with the events.

          In conclusion I believe that the characters are realistic. I finally believe that they are realistic because everyone in the word is forced to deal with struggle. Sometimes you may struggle from simple things like picking a shirt to wear to having to chose to move or no. Struggles vary from minor to major and I think that Steven struggling in the book is realistic because everyone struggles. The character Steven doesn't have magic and is not spiderman leaving me to conclude that this book is realistic fiction making the characters realistic.

"Beauty within"

Would you give up
Everything
For paradise?


See
beauty
Give

beauty

Words do worse than
Sticks and
Stones

Small things
Will have the most
Impact

He was
Fearing
That he was losing
Respect

Our hearts Angels
Can be
Beetles