Challenges and Conquests

Over the course of 9th grade Honors English, I have learned to write well developed essays. I have learned to use the book to support an idea and to really dig deep to analyze what the author is trying to say. I have also learned to not be repetitive, although it sometimes seems that I am, but I change the words into their synonyms to make them sound less redundant. I do believe that I am growing into be an accomplished essayist, but I do have troubles therefore I don't think I am all the way to accomplished yet. Analyzing the writing for literary elements is a good thing, even though it's a bit of a hassle. It can help you comprehend the text and to understand it, instead of just having it go over your head. The challenges of analyzing is that is can be hard to explain. You know how it goes in your head, but it's hard to put on paper.

So far after my finishing of my Romeo and Juliet essay, (I am still going to make it better) I think it is in the high B range. I'm still having trouble with redundancies and making it sound original and deeper than the meaning that is shown in the text. I am going to work on those things by using synonyms for repeating words and reading the text and try to get a deeper meaning of the play than what I have. I think I can possibly get it into a low A, but hopefully higher. After writing this blog I realize, I really have to work on the repetitive element.

Summer Reading List

If it was a total free summer and I didn't have to do anything for Honors 10 over the summer, I most likely would not read anything but the U.S. Boating Course handbook thing to help me get my boater's license, so I can drive our boat around. But since I most likely won't get a good grade for this blog unless I choose 2 books I would read.

I would read The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd. I have seen the movie and it was pretty good. But as always the book is usally better then the movie, sometimes. My mom read it and she liked it alot and said I would like it if I read it. I will probable read that if I have time after the Honors reading assignment.

Another book I would like to try to read over the summer are the Harry Potter books by J.K. Roling. Like the other book I have seen the movies and those are pretty good and I hope the books are as good if not better then the movie. Everyone says the books are better then the movies, but I would like to see if that is right.

Culture Shock

The idea of Romeo and Juliet is all around. One idea that comes to mind is the new movie coming out in May Letters to Juliet. I have only seen the commercials so I don't know exactly what it's about, but it looks like it is about an elderly person that has lost her love sometime ago. A young girl finds a letter that has been written to someone sometime ago too. So the young girl says she has to write back and goes on this adventure to find the elderly woman's lost love. After they find him they probably celebrate a little I think they did by having dinner. Doesn't exactly portray Romeo and Juliet because they didn't die but they kind of did when they lost each other.