Week 1 reflection 8.28.15
1. We played circle games in order to meet new people and focus back on school. We started to listen silently in order to be attentive and really know what we are listening to. As we started out write club notes and made up rules to really remember them. I found out that reading the House On Mango Street was very interesting because I had already read this book and I thought that it was super reflecting and it was one of those books that whenever you go back to it you can always learn something new from it and really have it teach you from childhood to adolescence.
2. The advice I have for Dr.P is that I would love for him to keep checking up on us because sometimes it can be hard to have a lot of work on your plate. It would be nice to work on the DP along the year so it wont end up being a problem at the end of the year. It would be a very nice idea if he could make this class as fun as it can be because humanities can be a tough subject.
3. I want to be able to write essays and poems without struggling and always being able to find that inspiration for me to write a poem. I want to be able to show my passions and be able to write on the top pf my head and being able to show people that my writing got better this year and that I can still get better through out the years that I'm at HTHCV.
2. The advice I have for Dr.P is that I would love for him to keep checking up on us because sometimes it can be hard to have a lot of work on your plate. It would be nice to work on the DP along the year so it wont end up being a problem at the end of the year. It would be a very nice idea if he could make this class as fun as it can be because humanities can be a tough subject.
3. I want to be able to write essays and poems without struggling and always being able to find that inspiration for me to write a poem. I want to be able to show my passions and be able to write on the top pf my head and being able to show people that my writing got better this year and that I can still get better through out the years that I'm at HTHCV.
Week 2 reflection 9.4.15
2. I really liked how we read The House reading because we had to really look deep into it and really find out other perspectives from other people in the story and really just find out any other ways to look at something in another perspective or a different way. We started to read The absolute diary of a part time Indian and so far it has been a really good book to me. I figured that their always has to be a reason behind your reading and you always have to find ways to understand what you are reading.
3. My learning has changed ever since this past week started, I can look at things in another perspective and really look at things in another way. I think that the House reading we did opened my mind to think in other ways deeply.
4. Something confusing is that I kind of don't understand why we are reading this book that was given to us. I would love to know if this has something do with some kind of project or assignment or essay we are going to do. I would really like to know if we are going to do any project on this book.
3. My learning has changed ever since this past week started, I can look at things in another perspective and really look at things in another way. I think that the House reading we did opened my mind to think in other ways deeply.
4. Something confusing is that I kind of don't understand why we are reading this book that was given to us. I would love to know if this has something do with some kind of project or assignment or essay we are going to do. I would really like to know if we are going to do any project on this book.
week reflection 9.11.15
In this poem I really used visual memories that my partner had in order to make this poem a really good piece that I feel proud about. I want to use all these vivid elements in my future writings to make the reader have a feel of what everything is about. I learned that you always have to be very patient while doing interviews and make sure that I always take notes while interviewing my partner. This was a great experience because I got to have inspiration from another person and write about them and make their memories be visual. I think that having Dr.P having to edit my poem, it helped me really make my poem way better and make me feel comfortable about it. I want to have Dr.P edit my writings because that makes me feel more comfortable about my writings.
week reflection 10.8.15
For this weeks interviews I think the best one I heard was the one where the guy was talking about his dad and how he was explaining the relationship between them and the relationship he had with his dad. I think that this interested me the most because he was saying how at the end that his dad died and I thought that was very sad and emotional for me. I liked the interview that Dr.P gave to miss Lilian. I thought it was very interesting because he was really listening to her and was making sure that he understood her and knew exactly what she was talking about. I was an observer and I thought that by looking at it, it was the most interesting interview that I saw that day. I want to interview one of my really close friends because I know them very well and I feel like I will be very interested with their stories. I think that I will be very inspired interviewing them and making sure that I know what they are saying.
week reflection 10.16.15
Something that really helped me was the interview we did because I felt that it really bridged my work and helped me brain storm my ideas and help me organize my self. I feel that this organizer helped me develop new ideas and help me organize my thoughts. I don't think I will apply any of this to the real world because I really did not think that it was something that I will actually use in the real world. I think that it will probably be useful for an interview but I don't think I will actually interview someone in the real world. I am going to try to make this interview as interesting as possible because I feel really inspired to do a great job and really make this persons interview as real as possible. I really want to make this interview as interesting as possible and really make it a really good piece that I'm going to feel good about.
week reflection 10.22.15
The way I prepared for this interview was to first create some good questions that I was very proud about ans that I felt I had pride in my work. I wish that I had recorded this interview longer and maybe took it more seriously because I feel that next time I should prepare myself more for these kinds on interviews. Something that surprised me was that this interview was actually interesting and it was something that I actually felt good about. Next time I turn in a research paper, I'm going to learn how to be more serious and take really good notes in order get good information out of it and really learn about the person that I am interviewing. I will remember not to act like this was not that important because it really was something that I enjoyed.
week reflection 12.4.15
When I was thinking about my down draft I immediately thought about my trip to Asia. I thought I was going to experience some interesting things and I thought it was going to be a perfect thing to share with everyone. I expanded it about writing about my trip in the airplane too because there were a lot of interesting things happening all at once. I did not get any feedback because I did not have a partner for this critique. In order to make it better, I would like for Dr.P to critique and help me improve this writing piece because I feel strong about it.