This week was a little wild, even though I feel like every week during the beginning of the year is wild. I found out that I'm on Homecoming Court, I may or may not have patellar tendinitis and haven't run many practices this week, and I learned some neat stuff in AP Lit!! Here are those things: When discussing what we learned this week, someone wrote on the board, "how to properly put out grease fires." This was a helpful fact to learn for future reference (always good to know some kitchen safety tips!), but at the same time it doesn't really have to do with AP Lit--or does it? Putting out a grease fire could viewed in a more metaphorical way as dealing with a stressful situation. Approaching a situation in a different way (like how you DON'T use water to put out a grease fire like you would to put out a regular fire) can often lead to a better solution. On the opposite side of the temperature spectrum, we also discussed literature using an iceberg as a visual metaphor. We can look at stories just as they're given to us, but understanding literary concepts and diving deeper into the meaning of the story will give us an even greater understanding of the bigger picture as opposed to just the tip of the iceberg. We created some of our own visual metaphors to dive deeper into our summer reading books as well- my group created a puzzle based off of the quote from HTRLLAP abut "puzzling readers" and added symbols to represent the chapter "Is That a Symbol?" I really enjoyed walking around the room and looking at how other groups represented their chapters visually. I found an acrticle about another topic we discussed, which was stories versus literature and what sets them apart. www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/08/21/literary-novels-_n_3790198.html Well, I'm at a loss for ideas on how to wrap this up, so I will just close by saying it is ridiculously hot outside, my laptop is burning my legs, and I'm sweating. Thanks for listening.
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Well, this week went pretty well, but getting back into the swing of things has ben extraordinarily hard for me this year. I'm not sure if has to do with being a senior and everything around me is changing, adjusting to a new schedule as well as working at school, or trying to re-learn how to balance school work, sports, family, and friends who are now in college and having completely new (and frankly, super interesting and exciting) experiences. I am also writing this in the middle of the night; not because I forgot about it, but because I was taking kind of an emotional break which led to me putting off all work.
Yikes, it looks like I need to pull myself together ASAP. So, even though at the time it may have felt like I didn't really learn a lot this week, there were actually a lot of new things I learned. The first, for example, was to write in the third person for the "myself as a reader/writer" section of my weebly page. It felt sort of uncomfortable at first, but when it was explained that it was supposed to be kind of like an "about the author" section that you'd find in the back of a book, it all made so much more sense! It'll definitely take some getting used to, but I think I can learn to roll with it. Also I am unsure if I'm supposed to be writing these blog posts in the third person as well, but hopefully not because I am continuing to write this from my point of view, but I will correct the mistake next week if I need to. I also learned that I am more capable of being a better reader than I thought I was. We talked about our reading rates- mine was not very big, but it was enough to convince me that I really could finish a book in less time than I thought it would take me. Also, reading only 20 minutes a day doesn't seem that bad at all. Even with my crazy schedule, I can TOTALLY replace 20 minutes of Twitter time with 20 minutes of AP Lit reading time (which is definitely a better thing for me, hands down). I really enjoy reading but I never take the time to do it, so hopefully breaking it into smaller chunks like this will help me a lot more with the motivation aspect! I'm glad I learned this tool. Now, since these posts were explained very briefly after the bell had already rung on Friday, I don't remember if there was another aspect to this blog, so I'm going to improvise on this first one and add in some goals for the upcoming week. First of all, I really don't want to be up this late again this week, or any week for that matter. This is an important week for me cross country-wise as well, so I am setting the goal of going to bed at 10 for the rest of the week. Next, I really want to get back to nomal and adjust with my new schedule. School, practice, shower, homework, sleep. That can't be too hard now, can it? I just really would love to be able to get my stuff done on time. I definitely do not want to fall into the bad habit I had last year with APUSH and saving all of my homework until the end of the week before test day. BAD IDEA!!! Well, to wrap this up, I think there was also a component about adding a photo but I also do not remember what the criteria for said picture was. So, here is a picture of one of the cute, encouraging sticky notes that I found hanging around the school this week. I appreciated their cute little wisdoms and encouragements. So, here's to 265 more days of senior year that I hope will be filled with a lot of learning, reading, joy, and growth (and hopefully less writing blog posts in the middle of the night). :-) |
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