Mary Francis's Blog
Hayley's Blog
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Sunday, December 11, 2016
Blog Comments week 8
Hayley's Blog
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Writing Center
Last Wednesday I went to the writing center and met with Alyssa Macaluso. There, she helped me with my literary analysis. First she read my paper and asked for my main points. Then, we read my paper out loud and fixed whatever mistakes she thought could make my paper better. Finally, she asked what I needed help with.
When she asked what I needed help with I had a few specific things in mind. They were the conclusion, embedding quotes, and not sounding so repetitive. She helped me a lot with embedding my quotes. We didn't get to fix all of them, but she helped me understand how to do this. Then she gave me some quick and easy ways I could improve my repetitiveness. Then we ran out of time, but she did tell me what a conclusion she be like and gave me tips. Overall it was very helpful and I wouldn't mind going in without it being required to work on my paper.
Student's Post
Prompt: How have your priorities changed from middle school to high school?
In middle school I focused on school, but didn't study as hard or long as I could have. I did competitive cheer then, so that took up most of my time. I would have to go to school and then cheer right after school until I got home at ten thirty. When I did that I had little time to do school work and I tried to finish it all at school.
Now, in high school, I focus a lot more on my studies. I work more efficiently now and manage my time well. I now start studying for test, projects, exams with more than three days in advance. This reflects well on my report card too. Part of being able to study and do so well is that we have longer breaks called tutorials that we can do homework. We also have a class that is used just for homework. All of these things help tremendously.
In middle school I focused on school, but didn't study as hard or long as I could have. I did competitive cheer then, so that took up most of my time. I would have to go to school and then cheer right after school until I got home at ten thirty. When I did that I had little time to do school work and I tried to finish it all at school.
Now, in high school, I focus a lot more on my studies. I work more efficiently now and manage my time well. I now start studying for test, projects, exams with more than three days in advance. This reflects well on my report card too. Part of being able to study and do so well is that we have longer breaks called tutorials that we can do homework. We also have a class that is used just for homework. All of these things help tremendously.
Monday, December 5, 2016
Blog comments week 7
Sunday, December 4, 2016
December
Prompt: Write about the last few weeks of school before winter break.
December is my favorite month. I love the christmas decorations, songs, movies, and everything else. I love when all my family comes over and we give and receive gifts. It is a jolly time with friends and family. We get two weeks off to relax, spend time with everybody, and catch up on rest. Even though there are many good things about December/Christmas, there are exams.
Exams are difficult because it is a huge test that has everything you learned the whole semester on it. Studying can be hard because you have five exams and usually one and a half weeks to study for them. I suggest to always pay attention in class so you understand what you are learning, so you don''t have to review that subject as much. You should also try to study before they give you your study guides. The most important part is not to procrastinate!!
December is my favorite month. I love the christmas decorations, songs, movies, and everything else. I love when all my family comes over and we give and receive gifts. It is a jolly time with friends and family. We get two weeks off to relax, spend time with everybody, and catch up on rest. Even though there are many good things about December/Christmas, there are exams.
Exams are difficult because it is a huge test that has everything you learned the whole semester on it. Studying can be hard because you have five exams and usually one and a half weeks to study for them. I suggest to always pay attention in class so you understand what you are learning, so you don''t have to review that subject as much. You should also try to study before they give you your study guides. The most important part is not to procrastinate!!
Literary Analysis Update
In English class we are writing a literary analysis on Lord Of The Flies. So far I have written three pages. I has been easiest to do the body paragraphs because I did the outline well. If you do the outline well, then all you have to do is copy those sentences and then add some words to make it flow better. Sometimes, you need to change the tense to make it all in present.
The hardest part about writing your literary analysis is the introduction and conclusion. From taking notes you know what the introduction and conclusion should sound like, but it is hard to come up with. It is hard to do the introduction, because I don't want to give to much away, and I don't want to not give enough information. The conclusion is difficult because you need to summarize the whole paper, but I don't want to be repetitive. I will work on that in the writing center.
The hardest part about writing your literary analysis is the introduction and conclusion. From taking notes you know what the introduction and conclusion should sound like, but it is hard to come up with. It is hard to do the introduction, because I don't want to give to much away, and I don't want to not give enough information. The conclusion is difficult because you need to summarize the whole paper, but I don't want to be repetitive. I will work on that in the writing center.
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