1. Of all of the works
that we have read and studied this year, which has been your favorite and why?*
*We have read Into the Wild, Catcher in the Rye, Maus, Animal Farm, The Tempest, and Frankenstein
My Favourite has been Maus,
because it was an interesting book to read. This book about the World War, was
entertaining, but also helped in understanding how life was. One can never know
exactly how the soldiers would have felt, however, the pictures and the concept
of using Mice, pigs and cats for characters made it all the worthwhile. Another
interesting thing was how the story was told by a father, to his son who wanted
to publish it.
2. Of all of the works
that we have read and studied this year, which has been your least favorite and why?
My least favourite has been
Into the Wild, because it was the one that I found least interesting. The book
was well written, there is no doubt about that, however, I did not find the
story very interesting. Although, the story of Cris McCandless, with the
different interviews and stories, made it fun to read, for me, the story and
the fact that he died in an unusual way was ok. It was a good book, but I don’t
think that I would have read it on my own.
3. As a reader, what have you learned from English 10 this year? What do you still need to work on?
I have learned a lot in English 10 This year, in a
lot of areas. I do feel however that the thing that helped me the most was
learning to learning to think between the lines and come up with analysis. I
need to work on annotating works and highlighting important quotes. Currently I
do not annotate as much as I should, because I remember the story pretty well,
but I fell that focusing on the themes and quotes can help me.
4. As a writer, what have you learned from English 10 this year? What do you still need to work on?
I have learned in English 10 how to make annotations
of different texts that have been given from various books. This has been the
most helpful to me this year, because it was something that I never really did
in the past. On the other hand, I still feel that I need to improve on my
essays in general. I am good at MLA format, but getting words into sentences
and onto paper is something I still am not very good at.
5. As a student, what have you learned from English 10 this year? What do you still need to work on? (Here, you can think
about such things as academic discipline, participation in class, working
together as part of a group, making presentations, etc.)
I have learned to time myself much better, and I
feel that I have learned to work much better in groups which has been a good
experience. I also feel that the different types of texts and work have enabled
me to have a better understanding and be prepared for whatever may come. I
still feel however, that I need to try and finish things much ahead of time.
6. Technology has been a major part of English 10
this year. How do you think that your computer skills have grown and developed
as a result? What would you still like to learn more about?
I feel that my computer skills have grown a lot
since the beginning of the year. Not only did I learn about some great new software/
websites/ tools I learned how to use them effectively. Some of the many tools
that we used, include : Animoto, Toondoo, Google docs, Google reader, Blogger,
Spidercribe and Diigo. All of these programs were fun to use and made the class
more interesting, especially because of the variety of media that we used.
7. What lessons from English 10 will you carry forward into the
next stage of your academic journey?
I will carry many lessons
forward from English 10, especially when it comes to annotating and
analysis. I feel that by learning to adopt
these ideas into my essays and any piece of work that I do, I can see between
the lines and write much better. Even now, I feel that I can write much better
than I could in 9th grade. Another useful habit is to include lots of Quotes/ facts
to back up my argument and make it more concrete.
