10/13/2017 0 Comments Week 6This week the biggest thing I learned is to accept differences and failures. The biggest influencers of that lesson was jackson the author that spoke to us. He obviously is a better writer and more talented than Im when in regards to writing. Though even he expressed how most people do not like his writing due to differences in what they like and prefer in writing pieces. Maybe people won't always enjoy my writing maybe some days even I will hate my writing. But what matter is to get it on there because my opinion on it could change or I could figure out a better way to enhance it and improve it. Another big thing is differences in views. The poem The waltz was read 3x once by Ben then by me twice to myself and i very clearly read it as a happy childhood memory of a kid and their father. As soon as someone mentioned the abusive side to it I was honestly shocked. How did I not see it. I was trying to make sure it wasn't me getting influenced with someones else opinion about the writing piece but I truly couldn't see the poem again in the safelight of it being happy. It was easier to argue that it was written in a n abusive standpoint. The differences in peoples view really helped broaden my understand of this piece. The other big thing I learned is to accept my failure. Im really struggling writing this creative writing piece i just can't get myself to dig deep enough to create something that matters. Ive finished it but honestly I feel very disappointed init. i know I could do better and I feel like I Bull shit the whole thing. I hope I can better improve that writting peice because the topic itself that i choose to expand on I can relate and express very nicely. I wish to do that through that creative writing piece but I think Ive failed. Rather than to let it out me down like it had I want to improve it and help it become the piece I know it can be.
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10/7/2017 0 Comments week 5This week the biggest thing I learned was self reflection. Ive always struggled with learning to better analyze my own work and give myself good feedback and most importantly not over crticize myself. I believe to be fair when it comes to analyzing work I know what Im capable of so i don't set the expectation too high for myself. Though with this class Im not quite sure if Im On the level I need to be as a writer. While revising my paper I really honestly didn't find one thing I really like about my paper. I was very disappointed in myself and just felt very discouraged. Not only am I finding a hard time dealing with coming up with good content and structure but just to even come up with anything at all. For creative writing time I just run dry my mind is wandering too many places to focus on one thing or idea and start typing about it. This week itself has been very busy and hectic for me with homecoming and taking a lot of responsibilities on. Ive learned to better spread myself out and be more productive but I still have moments where I feel like just sitting there and dong nothing because gof having such a jam packed day ahead. That sort of why I when it come to the creative writing time and revising my work i just feel blank not only am I not liking anything enough to revise and better but I also am lacking motivation to get it done. Hopefully next week with all this stress out of the way I can be more on track with creative writing
9/29/2017 0 Comments Week 4This week I really enjoyed the poem we read having a longer poem in my opinion helps guide me more as a reader to feel and comprehend certain things also at the same time it open up a large pool of different ways to understand the writing piece. I also found myself doing a much better job with this poem piece for my essay. I mainly focused on the theme of the 5 stages of grief and it helped me better structure the response and figuring out the claim before hand helped me not sit there for a while and just stare at my screen(which was exactly what i did with the eagle). Im also still not connecting to my book and I am really feeling discouraged regarding reading it. Not having a lack of time in my scahdule makes me not feel like reading a book Im not even enjoying during my free tie but this week I realized that the more i push it aside the more boring and terrible the book is becoming. Next week Im gonna try and open the book again and read it without any negative aspects in mind. Basically Im gonna give this book another chance and hope it turns around. One thing I really enjoyed this week was the TED talk. Hearing the woman talk about each painting as a story was completely fascinating I try y best to do this with art pieces because i understand that i always have a story in mind when i draw or paint certain things. Thought with the pieces she showed I saw those painting come to life and shine in a completely different angle when she created a story for them. I loved that very much and it really opened up my mind to infer more than just what the painting shows.
9/22/2017 0 Comments Week 3This week constituted of the idea of visual metaphors and the three step process. I learned how to connect ideas and theme and coprehend it through a visual aid. In our summer reading projects i connected the chapter of except sex to a beet root symbolizing how in a beet root what you see isn't what's important there is a deeper meaning to it below the soil is what the real food is just like in books when theres a sex scene it might not be about sex itself its about the deeper meaning behind it it serves more of a purpose then just sex. I also learned to step ut of my comfort zone the whole concept of writing and visualizing the ideas of sex in books initially made me uncomfortable. I was self conscious about writing about it and having to explain to people my view. Though with the help of simian and talking it out with her I became for free and understood that expressing and idea and view should never be uncomfortable. Hearing and watching simian present herself confidently and shout any embarrassment made me realize that iw as been immature and childish. ITS SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX. SEX is a important literature piece that is used in more ways than once and usually has a deeper meaning and value to the story than originally depicted. This also made me like my book the disgrace more because it helped me dig deeper than just ew I don't want to know about this mans sex life. So overall this week I learned about better improving myself as a reader and a person.
9/8/2017 0 Comments LearningThe first week of my journey through AP lit I've picked up on some important lessons when it come to reading and writing. Reading has always been a hobby so I’ve never put myself in a routine when it come to the practice of it. Though I’ve learned that having a routine is not always limiting but almost freeing from the responsibility of having to read. Since once you get in the initial routine of it, it will then become almost second nature to you like the example of Usain Bolt the teacher used today. Another learning aspect this week was the idea of a reading rate to not be as concrete as assumed since depending on the on the interest and dialouge the book contains you can adapt your reading rate to it. Other than that I also learned how to calculate my reading rate and noticed it was almost encouraging to see how much you can accomplish by having a steady reading time with your current reading rate. Having a goal set and seeing on paper what I could accomplish encourages me even more to put time aside to do my reading to reach that goal. More than anything I learned to trust the process and believe that it will help me succeed.That if i put in the work and follow the process I will hopefully in the end get the results I've worked for and do good in this class.
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