First of all, I'm finishing up my essay right now, and I'm having a really hard time with it. So that means, no, I don't think I'm an accomplished essayist. I have done a lot better since middle school, but I really don't think I'm accomplished or close to accomplished. 'Accomplished' would be in the A range. And most of my essays this year have been B+ or just Bs. Writing essays is hard you know, especially when the book is Shakespeare and everything is written in sonnet language that is hard to understand. I do get what literary analysis is all about however, it's just that the books have to be more simple for me to understand it 100%.
I'm looking at the rubric now and I notice that I VERY VERY MUCH lack originality. My thesis is basically the prompt, so I'm going to change that a bit so it's less like it. "Repetitive use of 'this shows'." My essay is pretty repetitive, but not in 'this shows'. It's just repetitive in general. But it's hard to find different words or phrases that mean motif. Also, I paraphrase a little bit, instead of actually analyzing it... But that seems like basically it for the 'B or lower' thing. I don't have very many things from the 'A paper' thing either, so don't think I'm calling my essay perfect, because it's basically the opposite of it.
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Friday, May 14, 2010
Summer Reading
I don't really read over the summer because I spend most of the time sleeping and complaining of the hot weather. But I'll make it a goal to read at least three books over the summer. The Honors English one, and the AP World one. Sooo I'll have one that I get to choose left. First of all I want to read My Sister's Keeper by ...Jodi Picoult, because I was going to read it for the Outside reading thing and then Lilly stole it from me! So now I want to read it. Another book would have to be The Hobbit and the rest of the The Lord of the Rings trilogy. Because I just want to say I've read them... But knowing me I'll just get the minimum done, which is the honors and AP world book, so just a heads up.
Friday, May 7, 2010
Fate
I was born on July 16th, 1995. This makes me a Cancer, and also very young for my grade. ): It was also Will Ferrell's birthday, just putting that out there. It says that Cancers are loyal, adaptable, dependable, caring, responsive. I'm pretty sure that I'm most of that stuff. Even though I don't seem responsive, I very much am. And I'm also not so much dependable, or loyal as a matter of fact. So I think that these don't really apply to me. But what really convinced me that I was a Cancer was that the site that I'm reading off of also says that Cancers are moody, clingy, self-pitying, oversensitive, and self-absorbed. Yes, I am most of those things, so that makes me sure I'm a cancer.
Also, according to the site, "Cancer is a mysterious sign, filled with contradictions. They want security and comfort yet seek new adventure. They are very helpful to others yet sometimes can be cranky and indifferent. Cancer has a driving, forceful personality that can be easily hidden beneath a calm, and cool exterior. The crab is Cancer's ruling animal and it suits them well, they can come out of their shell and fight but they can also hide in their shell of skitter away back into the depths of the ocean. They are very unpredictable." So yes, it does seem like that's me, except that I'm not that... descriptive. It also says that Cancers can be good mothers, but I disagree.
My Chinese Zodiac is a Pig, as with most of the people in 9th grade, because everyone who is a Pig/Boar was born in 1995, or should I say that everyone born in 1995 is a Boar. To the Chinese culture, a pig is a sign of fertility. To have children in the year of the pig is apparently very lucky. But that's besides the point. According to this next site, "Boars are self-reliant, very sociable, dependable,and extremely determined. Boars are peace lovers and don't hold grudges. They hate arguments, tense situations, and try to bring both sides together." Which is the complete opposite of me. I am not super self-reliant, I'm not sociable, not super dependable, and not determined at all. I don't choose peace, and I hold grudges FOREVER. I hate arguments that I lose, but not arguments in general. It's actually kind of funny to listen to arguments between people, as long as there's no blood on the floor.
Also, according to the site, "Cancer is a mysterious sign, filled with contradictions. They want security and comfort yet seek new adventure. They are very helpful to others yet sometimes can be cranky and indifferent. Cancer has a driving, forceful personality that can be easily hidden beneath a calm, and cool exterior. The crab is Cancer's ruling animal and it suits them well, they can come out of their shell and fight but they can also hide in their shell of skitter away back into the depths of the ocean. They are very unpredictable." So yes, it does seem like that's me, except that I'm not that... descriptive. It also says that Cancers can be good mothers, but I disagree.
My Chinese Zodiac is a Pig, as with most of the people in 9th grade, because everyone who is a Pig/Boar was born in 1995, or should I say that everyone born in 1995 is a Boar. To the Chinese culture, a pig is a sign of fertility. To have children in the year of the pig is apparently very lucky. But that's besides the point. According to this next site, "Boars are self-reliant, very sociable, dependable,and extremely determined. Boars are peace lovers and don't hold grudges. They hate arguments, tense situations, and try to bring both sides together." Which is the complete opposite of me. I am not super self-reliant, I'm not sociable, not super dependable, and not determined at all. I don't choose peace, and I hold grudges FOREVER. I hate arguments that I lose, but not arguments in general. It's actually kind of funny to listen to arguments between people, as long as there's no blood on the floor.
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