I feel as if All Souls had the greatest impact on me because other characters and I experienced some of the same things. I could relate to that book and it took place close to where I grew up and am currently living now. Yes, All Souls had a great impact on me but, I enjoyed reading Of Mice and Men because not only did I already read it, I got to read it again and look at it with another perspective! It was very understand and had lots of slang. I enjoyed learning about how it was back then during the great depression and watching the movie to the book as well. Of Mice and Men was a novel based on two men who were like best friends, Lennie and George. Problem was, Lennie was the biggest but the slowest out of the two and had the mind of a five year old child which left George to take care of him and look after him. This was going on during the Great Depression and Lennie and George were searching for a job because they kept losing every job they’ve gotten due to Lennie’s childish actions. When they finally found a job, Lennie ended up killing the boss’ wife and still making childish choices but that wasn’t his fault. When the boss found out what Lennie did he went searching to kill Lennie but instead George did! I enjoyed this piece of literature the most because it showed what people who loved you would actually do. True, this book was not complicating but I wanted to spend a lot of time on it because it really got my mind going! It was interesting how Lennie and George were like family but George ended up killing Lennie in the long run.
At the beginning of the year, I had trouble with grammar but now, I am much better because we kept going over it until Mrs.Motta was for sure that all of us knew the difference. I had very little faith in myself but my teachers did not give up on me, so why would I give up on myself? I have been told that I was a good writer in middle school but being good is not good enough, I wanted to become better. In English class, we kept writing to become better at it and we kept reading to become better, taking notes, and close reading as well. Basically, I was good at the beginning of the year in reading and writing but now I feel more confident and better at it. I will not stop trying to get better and better because nobody is perfect so there is no stop to trying.
This year, I am pleased with the effort I put forth in my English class. I felt like I would not do great this year because many people kept filling my head up telling me high school would be way harder than middle school. Once I found out I was in honors class, I immediately freaked out and wanted to switch to a regular class. As time went on, my teacher pushed me because she knew I could do it. I’ve managed to leave English class with a B or higher and although it isn’t an A+ it is pretty good to me for the first year of high school. I will improve in academics next year by trying even harder, and continuing to strive for nothing but the best. Without my teachers help and support, I probably would not even be going to the tenth grade so I thank them more than anything. I will work ten times harder and try to get honor roll all four terms again next year. I will improve my behavior and learn to not talk at all in class while my teacher is talking. Not only will I be helping myself but my classmates as well because we are all in ninth grade together and we will all graduate twelve grade together too!
All Souls was one of the best books I’ve read in my entire life, honestly. I believe I could read any book with Mrs.Motta because she stops throughout the book and explains things that my classmates and I may have been confused about. All Souls took place near where I live now, and I could relate to it in many different ways which is why I mostly believe it was my favorite book to read throughout my ninth grade English course. After reading All Souls, my class wrote a short essay about who we thought was the blame for all of the crime/tragedy going on in South Boston. In order to do this assignment I had to read the entire book and make sure I understood what I was reading; I also had to make sure that each time I was reading I was collecting evidence on most of the crimes going on in South Boston and who was causing most of them. What was most challenging about this essay was deciding who was to blame because there was not directly one person who did almost everything wrong throughout the novel which made it hard to choose.
A Raisin in the Sun was also another of my favorite books because I could in a way relate to, and many of the characters reminded me so much of my family members. A Raisin in the Sun was also pretty much one of the books I barely had hard times with understanding because there was a lot of slang and words I already knew the meaning too. An assignment we did with A Raisin in the Sun was the symbolism project which was basically picking three things I thought were important symbols, explaining what they symbolized, why/how they were important, and picking quotes to support what I was talking about with images added. I selected this piece of work to complete because I loved the book, and I felt like I would have more strength and confidence in doing this project. I loved watching other classmates present their projects and finding out what they thought were important symbols and listening to them explain their reasons for it. Altogether, I enjoyed every book I’ve read with Mrs.Motta/Ms.Allston because they took it step by step with me and made sure I understood what I was reading.
At the beginning of the year, I had trouble with grammar but now, I am much better because we kept going over it until Mrs.Motta was for sure that all of us knew the difference. I had very little faith in myself but my teachers did not give up on me, so why would I give up on myself? I have been told that I was a good writer in middle school but being good is not good enough, I wanted to become better. In English class, we kept writing to become better at it and we kept reading to become better, taking notes, and close reading as well. Basically, I was good at the beginning of the year in reading and writing but now I feel more confident and better at it. I will not stop trying to get better and better because nobody is perfect so there is no stop to trying.
This year, I am pleased with the effort I put forth in my English class. I felt like I would not do great this year because many people kept filling my head up telling me high school would be way harder than middle school. Once I found out I was in honors class, I immediately freaked out and wanted to switch to a regular class. As time went on, my teacher pushed me because she knew I could do it. I’ve managed to leave English class with a B or higher and although it isn’t an A+ it is pretty good to me for the first year of high school. I will improve in academics next year by trying even harder, and continuing to strive for nothing but the best. Without my teachers help and support, I probably would not even be going to the tenth grade so I thank them more than anything. I will work ten times harder and try to get honor roll all four terms again next year. I will improve my behavior and learn to not talk at all in class while my teacher is talking. Not only will I be helping myself but my classmates as well because we are all in ninth grade together and we will all graduate twelve grade together too!
All Souls was one of the best books I’ve read in my entire life, honestly. I believe I could read any book with Mrs.Motta because she stops throughout the book and explains things that my classmates and I may have been confused about. All Souls took place near where I live now, and I could relate to it in many different ways which is why I mostly believe it was my favorite book to read throughout my ninth grade English course. After reading All Souls, my class wrote a short essay about who we thought was the blame for all of the crime/tragedy going on in South Boston. In order to do this assignment I had to read the entire book and make sure I understood what I was reading; I also had to make sure that each time I was reading I was collecting evidence on most of the crimes going on in South Boston and who was causing most of them. What was most challenging about this essay was deciding who was to blame because there was not directly one person who did almost everything wrong throughout the novel which made it hard to choose.
A Raisin in the Sun was also another of my favorite books because I could in a way relate to, and many of the characters reminded me so much of my family members. A Raisin in the Sun was also pretty much one of the books I barely had hard times with understanding because there was a lot of slang and words I already knew the meaning too. An assignment we did with A Raisin in the Sun was the symbolism project which was basically picking three things I thought were important symbols, explaining what they symbolized, why/how they were important, and picking quotes to support what I was talking about with images added. I selected this piece of work to complete because I loved the book, and I felt like I would have more strength and confidence in doing this project. I loved watching other classmates present their projects and finding out what they thought were important symbols and listening to them explain their reasons for it. Altogether, I enjoyed every book I’ve read with Mrs.Motta/Ms.Allston because they took it step by step with me and made sure I understood what I was reading.