It seems to me that we do course responses a lot. Probably because it's supposed to be the best way to learn. Hmm... hum hum. Well, today was the retake of the terms test. It's a weird thing, really, when you go into a test having done what you're supposed to to study, feeling confident, take the test, feel reasonably good... BAM!!! HORRIFICO GRADO! Okay, I realize that my Spanish is a bit lacking, but really, honestly, that test was just not exactly fantastico. It wasn't even "bad" like someone might say bemoaning their B-. It was really bad. Well, moving on...
The third (second?) open prompt. I'll be really up front here: I did not try as hard with this one as I did with the others. It's not that I didn't try, just that I got into an idea more than the essay or the prompt. It didn't turn out great, needless to say.
Enough of me talking about things that went wrong. What have I learned, what has gone well? I may take this back when I see my grade, but I think the close readings are going pretty well. I actually kind of enjoy looking through them, finding pieces of diction and such that give meaning. I don't think the author went through every word and made sure it had a triple meaning that fit with the theme--it's a news article!--but it's interesting nevertheless.
The summary and analysis was interesting. I had a lot of ideas, but I'm not sure many of them actually worked well for basic things like tone, point of view, or any of the other stuff the rubric required. Even tweaked it was (or wasn't?) interesting but scatterbrained.
I actually have no idea what we've done besides the blogs and the test. So I guess this is it..
Hannah, you use awesome voice that makes me jealous because it makes me feel bland. :P But yeah, I guess you could have elaborated more on what we did in class. Then again, I shouldn't be telling you what to do better when I myself am the most shoddy blog post writer ever.
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ReplyDeleteHannahFrench!! Oh my goodness - what you said about tests? YES. Yes, yes, yes! It's so sad but so true... (PS - I really your repetition of the "O's" in that section. It added flair! And spunk! And those are waaaay too many exclamation points.)
ReplyDeleteToning it down...I can definitely relate to your comment about not trying as hard for certain prompts. Sometimes they just don't sit as well, but we have to take the cards we've been dealt and roll with it.
Also agree with you on the close readings. Sometimes when we pick apart a piece of literature bit by bit it makes me wonder if all the authors really put THAT MUCH thought into what they're writing.I just try to form coherent sentences!
To talk more about our class work, what did you think about Death of a Salesman? There are a lot of things to choose from with the play so there should be plenty to choose from.