Extra Credit

I have about three key elements that are most important to me that I have learned. Now, the most important would be the discussions, and how to put your ideas in your mind out to other people to understand and agree or disagree to. I have obviously realized that there almost always be someone who disagrees hence the ongoing politics. This aspect has been my absolute favorite part of honors english because I not only get a different point of view on the topic but I also get to put my thoughts out for other people to hear my point of view.

Also, the decoding the prompt pieces have helped me pull apart poems and pros to realize parts that I probably wouldn't see otherwise. Defining what I actually have to understand about the section before I even write about it helps me get a better feel for the meaning of the morsel. But I would have to say considering what needs to be addressed and deciding how best to respond to the prompt would be the finest part of the decoding the prompt section. I believe this is true because I get to learn about new vocabulary words to configure how to explain what the author is trying to protray.

In addition, the five part paragraphs were also very helpful because I now know a different way of writing that I had never heard about and in my opinion, it beats writing an essay because it compares things in the piece rather than getting your opinion out there. Because it is nice to cha nge it up every once in a while. The vicinities that are all put together make a better organized paragraph, because otherwise the ideas can all run together and it doesn't make any sense. But I think that I like them because of the fact that you can use any part of the topic that you think you can write the best on. So in conclusion the disscussions, the TWIST, and the five part paragraph are the topics that have stuck in my head the best.

Lobsters Discussion

One aspect that I found quite interesting was that more often than not we always got so in depth of the conversations that we forgot to talk about the prompt. We always waited until the last minute to dicuss it so I found it pretty difficult to decode the prompt. But the people that did remember to change the subject to the prompt were the most common speakers. But the piece itself is very descriptive and full of imagery and there is plenty of comparisons between the lobsters and ourselves. So, to sum it all up our class was about a moderate grade for the discussion but the piece was quite extravagant.

Five Part Critique

With all the talk about five part paragraphs I have learned a series of things. Everything from begining to the very end. For example, when you write a topic sentence it should be able to connect to every supporting point in the paragraph. I saw a couple papers that were like this as well as my own. Another aspect that has to be correct is the order of the paragraphs. When you have an order to the paragraph it not only flows better but if you have the quotes in order from begining to end then it also looks nicer. But, one of the most important things to remember is to embed quotes because if you just put the quote wherever without embeding it then it is not going to make any sense at all to the person reading it or the people your reading it to.

Alot of properties to a "good paragraph" are just common sense like remembering to add the page number of which you got the quotes. But those mistakes were made. Also, when it comes to commentary (which in my opinion is the hardest part) you have to have your opinion but without stating 'I' or 'me'. Otherwise it immediately turns into a paragraph on your specific opinion. That is not the only way you can get the commentary incorrect though, if it has more of an explanation of the events that happen from that specific part of the book than it will be analysed as plot summary and not enough of your own ideas on the detail of the section. So, in my opinion these are some of the most important aspects to remember when writing a five part paragraph.

Informal vs. Formal

Last wednesday morning I arose and was getting adjusted for school when it was about 6:00am. Not until the time that I was walking out the door did I realize that I had left about an hour too early. Because you see I usually get a ride with one of my friends, and when I called her on the way to her house she had just started getting equipped for school and then informed me that I was early and she was not late because we were to start school an hour late on this day. Now, you would imagine to my suprise and discomfort to this realization. But still I then had about an hour to relax and watch television before I set out again to my friends house to go to school at then the correct time and manor.

Also during that week I performed during half-time at the football game that occured. When we walked out onto the tremendous one hundred yard field, I took in the voice of the capatin as she called out five, six, seven, eight. We all pivoted to face the crowd of what seemed to be thousands. Before I knew it I was running off the field and the performance had ended, subconsciously I had performed al by memory of the repetitive practice. Though I was extremely overwhelmed I had done it and I knew I did a great job.