I am a writer who struggles with coming up with topics. I get writer's block a lot and unless a prompt is very specific I can't come up with a good topic. I wrote about this in my literacy narrative, but it is still true. This is probably my biggest weakness. I just can't get started. I think I have improved on this over the years though and now it isn't that big of a deal.
I am a writer who describes things well. I have always found that I am very descriptive in my writing. I love to use similes and metaphors to show things. I liked the literacy narrative because description was a major component in our scenes. I always look for ways to make my writing more realistic and real. I think that this is definitely one of my strengths when it comes to writing.
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Reading Response
9/28 45 mins. 9/29 60 mins. 9/30 60 mins. 180 pgs.
I continued reading The Serpent's Shadow this week and I thought that it had a very clear plot structure. I am literally on the last twenty pages and the story has really taken shape. It started out in the middle of an action scene, but calmed down after that and began the opening by filling in details as you went. It was a little bit like the short story that we read in that the rising action was pretty long, but it was also different because the falling action was full of much more excitement.
I thought that Rick Riordan had a great structure and it made the story that much better. There was a great climax which really put everything in motion and led to the huge battle scene that was the major part of the falling action. Being a novel, there were many more subplots and other things going on that added another wrinkle to the structure. I am expecting a good resolution because this is the end of a series and Riordan has to tie up all the loose ends of the story. I think that the plot structure definitely worked well in this book.
I continued reading The Serpent's Shadow this week and I thought that it had a very clear plot structure. I am literally on the last twenty pages and the story has really taken shape. It started out in the middle of an action scene, but calmed down after that and began the opening by filling in details as you went. It was a little bit like the short story that we read in that the rising action was pretty long, but it was also different because the falling action was full of much more excitement.
I thought that Rick Riordan had a great structure and it made the story that much better. There was a great climax which really put everything in motion and led to the huge battle scene that was the major part of the falling action. Being a novel, there were many more subplots and other things going on that added another wrinkle to the structure. I am expecting a good resolution because this is the end of a series and Riordan has to tie up all the loose ends of the story. I think that the plot structure definitely worked well in this book.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Reading Response
9/20 60 min 9/23 45 min + 1 hour of lit narrative work 130 pgs.
I continued The Serpent's Shadow this week and I think that is going well so far. I have nearly reached the climactic doomsday battle and I'm sure that that's to be exciting. This week though I have basically been convinced that Sadie and Carter will never win. They are up against impossible odds and they have so little time I'm surprised that there are still one hundred pages left. I mean how do you fit two days into that huge space. I am excited to see how the ending goes.
I noticed this week in my writing that Rick Riordan has a great writing style that is a lot different from many other authors. I guess every author has their own unique voice, but to me his stands out. I think it's because he tells the story from two different gender perspectives. He switches back and forth so smoothly that I can always tell who is saying something. I find this really cool about this series of books and it makes the story that much more interesting.
I continued The Serpent's Shadow this week and I think that is going well so far. I have nearly reached the climactic doomsday battle and I'm sure that that's to be exciting. This week though I have basically been convinced that Sadie and Carter will never win. They are up against impossible odds and they have so little time I'm surprised that there are still one hundred pages left. I mean how do you fit two days into that huge space. I am excited to see how the ending goes.
I noticed this week in my writing that Rick Riordan has a great writing style that is a lot different from many other authors. I guess every author has their own unique voice, but to me his stands out. I think it's because he tells the story from two different gender perspectives. He switches back and forth so smoothly that I can always tell who is saying something. I find this really cool about this series of books and it makes the story that much more interesting.
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Oh man it's late. So this week we are doing literacy narratives and I am finding that I like the process by which we are creating them. I liked our peer groups because they really helped to like break the ice with our first drafts. I know that helped me a lot because I normally don't read my paper out loud and it helped me to catch a lot of clarity mistakes or just places where you go, "What in the world was I trying to say there. I think that peer groups today will also help quite a bit to get the bugs worked out of our second draft.
While peer groups are great and all my favorite part of the process was what we did today in class by having to edit our own papers. I thought this was pretty cool because I've never done personal editing like that before. It also showed me that there is more to editing than your standard conventions. You are actually making it better even when you edit by fixing all those repeated words and other things that we highlighted on our drafts today. Overall I think that this is a strong way to create a paper.
While peer groups are great and all my favorite part of the process was what we did today in class by having to edit our own papers. I thought this was pretty cool because I've never done personal editing like that before. It also showed me that there is more to editing than your standard conventions. You are actually making it better even when you edit by fixing all those repeated words and other things that we highlighted on our drafts today. Overall I think that this is a strong way to create a paper.
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Reading Response
9/11 45 mins 9/14 60 mins 9/16 75 mins 14o pgs of reading + time on lit narrative stuff
I continued and finished the book Hero this week. It had a great ending that culminated in Zach, the main character, ended up just saving the future president. As his powers grew he go better and better at using them. I think that it is very surprising when he stops believing his Uncle John because throughout the story it appeared that they were very close. This was one of the odd things that happened and another was finding out that Mr. Hebert was Zach's grandfather. This was a huge surprise to me because Mr. Herbert basically switched roles at the end of the story. I thought this book had a great ending.
I also started a new book this week. It's called The Serpent's Shadow, and it is written by one of my favorite authors, Rick Riordan. I loved the Percy Jackson series and have loved his new series' as well. This one is the third book of the Kane Chronicles and is based around ancient egyptian gods instead of Greek ones like percy jackson. Sadie and Carter, sibling main characters, tell the story through a recording and it is kind of interesting in that sense because you get the story from different points of view. I like the story too. They have been fighting Apophis, god of chaos, throughout this one. They have introduced a type of magic that hasn't been used in 100 years and I have a feeling that it's about to get good.
I had some technical difficulties last night as our internet wasn't working so I had to do it this morning at school. I hope that's okay.
I continued and finished the book Hero this week. It had a great ending that culminated in Zach, the main character, ended up just saving the future president. As his powers grew he go better and better at using them. I think that it is very surprising when he stops believing his Uncle John because throughout the story it appeared that they were very close. This was one of the odd things that happened and another was finding out that Mr. Hebert was Zach's grandfather. This was a huge surprise to me because Mr. Herbert basically switched roles at the end of the story. I thought this book had a great ending.
I also started a new book this week. It's called The Serpent's Shadow, and it is written by one of my favorite authors, Rick Riordan. I loved the Percy Jackson series and have loved his new series' as well. This one is the third book of the Kane Chronicles and is based around ancient egyptian gods instead of Greek ones like percy jackson. Sadie and Carter, sibling main characters, tell the story through a recording and it is kind of interesting in that sense because you get the story from different points of view. I like the story too. They have been fighting Apophis, god of chaos, throughout this one. They have introduced a type of magic that hasn't been used in 100 years and I have a feeling that it's about to get good.
I had some technical difficulties last night as our internet wasn't working so I had to do it this morning at school. I hope that's okay.
Sunday, September 16, 2012
Literacy Narrative
Here we go again. A giant writing assignment, my least favorite thing in the history of the world by the way, has been plopped onto my plate. I am not a fan of large writing assignments. I like writing in general because you get to express your thoughts, but when there are 140 points tagging along I tend to get majorly stressed. I can first off never think of an idea for such open-ended topics as this one. I'm sure some people could pound out ten of these things just for fun, but not me. I am such a perfectionist when it comes to these things (really anything) that I can't just write. I hang up on every little detail and it turns into lots of long nights and frustration.
After giving you that bit of information I'd like to talk about this assignment in particular. I know that I'm going to talk about reading, because I love it. The only issue is that I don't remember any specific book, teacher, or any special moment that made me love it. I just do. I hope to brainstorm a few ideas today and maybe start if I can think of anything. I know that this assignment will be a challenge and I hope that I can have a strong base idea to grow my thoughts off of. I don't know what to write about yet and I hope I do soon.
After giving you that bit of information I'd like to talk about this assignment in particular. I know that I'm going to talk about reading, because I love it. The only issue is that I don't remember any specific book, teacher, or any special moment that made me love it. I just do. I hope to brainstorm a few ideas today and maybe start if I can think of anything. I know that this assignment will be a challenge and I hope that I can have a strong base idea to grow my thoughts off of. I don't know what to write about yet and I hope I do soon.
Monday, September 10, 2012
Comment Response
Many of my blogs have not been commented on by classmates so I guess I will answer one of Dr. D's Comments on here. In my hunting and guns defense I needed to give more details and now I will. When you grow up around guns and hunting it is obviously easier to pick up on some procedures and rules than if you are trying it for the first time, but if you are given the correct instruction you can make it safe. One of the basic and more general rules is to use common sense; don't shoot something when people are near where you're aiming, don't aim at people. They are basically straight forward rules.
Some not so obvious rules might be to never have your gun loaded until you get to your stand or blind(places where you sit and wait for animals). Or to not carry your weapon up the ladder with you when getting into your stand. You should tie it to a rope and bring it up separately. Another is to follow all of the actual laws like not shooting when it's dark or shoot out of a vehicle. You should always, always have your gun on safety until right before you are ready to shoot. These are some of the basic rules that make hunting not as dangerous as some might think. If you take the proper steps hunting is an exhilarating, fun, and enjoyable pastime.
Some not so obvious rules might be to never have your gun loaded until you get to your stand or blind(places where you sit and wait for animals). Or to not carry your weapon up the ladder with you when getting into your stand. You should tie it to a rope and bring it up separately. Another is to follow all of the actual laws like not shooting when it's dark or shoot out of a vehicle. You should always, always have your gun on safety until right before you are ready to shoot. These are some of the basic rules that make hunting not as dangerous as some might think. If you take the proper steps hunting is an exhilarating, fun, and enjoyable pastime.
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