It’s that fun time year now, finals’ prep week. This year Mr. Dunn has asked up to write a reflective blog over the highlights and lowlights of this first semester. Therefore, that is the topic today.
I think one of my favorite things that we did was the Mock Essay project. It gave me a chance to work my imagination muscle*. It was cool way to learn to cite our sources. I really enjoyed being able to just make it up. It was a challenge making up something and making it seem legitimate. A low point though was the education project. I learned a very hard way not to get in over your head in a project and that I can write a thousand word five-paragraph essay in a Sunday. That was exhausting and I learned a valuable lesson.
A recent book that we read was I am the Cheese by again an author’s whose name escapes me. The book was an interesting analytical read. It was purposely confusing, but it was good. I called the ending on it too, but I won’t spoil the end for you. I had a lot of fun when we did class discussion over the book I really liked how the author wrote it in a way where two different stories going, but then they came together in the end. It might be something I will have to try in my stories.
One thing about this semester is I have improved as a writer and I’m happy. When I look back on my work, I can see my voice starting to develop, grow, and make my stories come to life. I think it comes from both the nonfiction work we have done and the fiction, both have forced me out of my shell as a writer and made me write in a way that I don’t normally write in. For that, I am grateful.
WCP
*I do not own this. It is sole property of the author of the Looking Glass Wars whose name escapes me. Please don’t sue.
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