Final Blogging reflection

                          

This trimester I have read 6 books. I exceeded my goal of 5 books. I only blogged about the books that I enjoyed.  I read, heroes of Olympus book 4 The house of Hades, Catching Fire, Terrell Owens, Mocking Jay, And then there was None and the Da Vinci Code. Good reads really helped me get ideas for books. I decided to read And then there were none, House of Hades and the Da Vinci Code due to the recommendations from Good Reads. I really think that good reads is a great way to share your favorite books and that is really good for students who need ideas for books. It was hard to navigate through the site though. Throughout the blogging experience, I thought the hardest part of blogging was updating good reads. I wasn’t able to update my goal and the amount of books I have read. One strength that I had was that I had good analysis of the book allowing me to write more and better. The quality of my blogging has increased tremendously. This is because with the feedback Mrs. Bowman gave me, I was able to improve the elements that were not there. She told me that I have add more textual evidence which I did closer to the end. She also told me to connect with real life which I also did. An example is in the beginning (earlier post) I didn’t use any quotes or relate the text to the modern day. But when we look at the later one we can see that I used 4 quotations to prove my claims and also have a connection to the real world. An example of a quote I used is “His strange appearance made him an outcast among the other young runaways, and he was forced to live alone in the basement of a dilapidated factory, eating stolen fruit and raw fish from the dock.” An example of when I made a connection to the real world is when I talked about criminals in real life and how many of them don’t have a very good background.  Then I linked that back to the book. Blogging has really helped me evaluate a piece of literature better. I now know more efficient and better ways to assess the character. This can be shown using the 2 blog posts I selected. The earlier one, I didn’t asses the character that well but in the later post I assessed the character well. That has also helped me understand characters actions better in the book and make the book altogether less abstruse. My analysis of texts grew a lot more. This can once again be shown in my 2 blog posts. In the earlier one I am just stating the facts of what the character had to do. But in the later one, I actually provided textual evidence and drew conclusions based on the evidence. This helps me understand the text a lot more. Overall the blogging has improved not only my reading skills but also writing skills. I will carry the skill that I have gained in the future and even out of high school. The skills I have learned are skills that I will need in life. Since I blog now, I know what to look for while reading. This helped me get the right information for writing.