First Six Weeks of English

For these past six weeks of English class I think things have gone fairly well. I have enjoyed watching the movie Macbeth while reading it because some of the scenes were sort of confusing and it wasn't always clear who was talking to whom when there were more than two people talking. Along with the play I like the short stories that we read and not having to much homework so I could read my SSR book. The essays that we had to write wernt much fun to do though, I mean sure writing about attributes every once in awhile is okay but after doing it for blogs and stuff it got pretty old. With out a doubt this first six weeks of English class has been fun.

Self Respect

I believe that self respect is one of the most important attributes in my life. This is because if you can’t respect yourself you can’t others. This philosophy has probably been said many times and by countless people though I can’t think of any at the time. This statement about self respect can come hard due to society telling us that we have to be body builders and if we aren’t then we are overweight or weak. Self respect also gives me morals that if I don’t respect why should others? If not being a roll model for my little brother with respecting my self where would he get it? And if he didn’t respect himself I would feel like I failed him as an older brother. With out a doubt self respect is a extremely important trait.

Free Writing About SSR Book

The Hidden Land
Pamela Dean
Pg 1-50
2/2/06

The Trilogy of The Secret Country was fairly confusing throughout the first book and the beginning of the second book was no exception. The only reasons that this book is confusing are because they keep talking like people in Shakespeare’s plays. They also have fairly big vocabulary for that include words from medical, psychological, and other confusing fields that make keep a dictionary with you while reading it. The author also puts a great deal of description and comes up with things off the top of her head in the middle of everything so my entire view of things going on is challenged. She also invents stuff that that characters have that they didn’t start with at the beginning of their adventures, but then again I might have missed it with the Shakespearian though the people that had the stuff talked in twenty first century U.S. English.

The trait in a Book

The Secret Country by Pamela Dean
1/31/06
pg all

In The Secret Country displayed a great deal of loyalty to his sister by not letting their cousin Patrick continually put her down for her ideas just because all he can understand is logic and scientific principals that don’t have to much to do with the predicament that they are in. Ted also like a good brother knows Laura’s limitations and comes up with excuses for why Laura needed help like with horse ridding or getting around the castle.
Though their other cousins (Ruth and Ellen) also helped in these departments they never did it as well or convincing as Ted.

Spring Semester Goals

Three goals that I have for English class are

• To get better at writing in depth essays
• Improve at using commas correctly
• Improve usage of compound complex sentences