TO DO LIST

MUST DO:
1)Complete out of class essay and make appointment at the Writing Center
2)Complete Blog Entry #4 before Friday
3)Read "China Doll" in English course packet and Ch.7 in Practical Guide

SHOULD DO:
1)CLEAN ROOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2)Study for grammar test on Pronoun Case for Wednsday
3)Go watch PITCH PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

COULD DO:
1)Go buy a dress for cousins 15th
2)Take my baby sister to buy her a costume for her first Halloween :)<3
3)Catch up on the Walking Dead episodes

Reflection

This past week I made plans to start organizing my prewriting form for the English in-class essay that I had to take on Wednesday, and also to finish up my content area project’s final revisions. I was able to follow these plans very well because I set aside all unimportant tasks and divided my complete attention on the tasks at hand. The reading strategies that I found to be extremely helpful were annotating, summarizing, and turning headings into summaries. The reading strategy that I was most successful in was annotating because it allowed me to find important parts in the two articles that I believed would be of use as supporting examples for both my essay and report.

This upcoming week will be a busy week as well. This week what I have coming up is my test on “The Things They Carried” and my out of class essay on “This I Believe, Part II”. Some adjustments that I need to make for this week are to take these works more seriously and not procrastinate until the very last minute before its due date. I need to start working early so that I can have enough time to work on each item separately for an equal amount of time without feeling overwhelmed by it all because I waited until the last minute. This week I will again have to use annotating as a main skill in order to fully grasp in detail what I have to read and focus on what parts of the story I feel might be on the test “The Things They Carried” and which points in “This I Believe, Part II” will make good supporting points to my main conclusion and thesis. I will strive to keep myself motivated and focused on the task at hand.  

Vocabulary

Grotesque

This image shows a man with odd phsyical characteristics that to some may seem bizarre.

Original Sentence:                                  

Among the more grotesque exhibits in the circus was the man with four eyes.                                                                           

Aesthetic

This image portrays the aesthetic beauty of the Greek goddess Aphrodite. 

Original Sentence:

The artists painting of the Mediterranean sea captured all the aesthetic qualities that the majestic body of water portrayed. 

Pacifist

This image demonstrates the preferance of peace over war. 

Original Sentence:

The reason why Daniel is opposed to war and violence is because he is a pacifist, and so he claims he would never sign up for the war. 

To Do List

MUST DO

1) Study for In-Class essay
2) Read This I Believe
3) Start working on finishing my personal responses for the Content Area Project

SHOULD DO

1) Finish my personal responses for the Content Area Project
2) Start wrapping up The Things They Carried book
3) Start wrapping up This I Believe for essay next week

COULD DO

1) Clean my room
2) Work on Blog Post #3
3) Catch up on the Walking Dead