For this quarter, I have came to class prepared for class. I don't pack my books up before class ends or always ask to leave to the restroom every single day. I also check my communication and comunicate properly with the teacher. I also turn in assingments on time, and hardly late.
I never talk in class whenever Dr.D is talking to us. I take good notes in class, but I often get caught up in listening to my classmate's conversations. I don't distract other or make silly comments to throw the kids off track. I also am helpful when it comes to group projects and things with my classmates. I haven't really been extremely communicative but I have developed through the course of the two quarters.
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Study Plan
Final Exam Study Plan
For this year's final English exam, I have developed a good strategy to help me prepare for the exam. I assigned certain specific things to review even past notes from the 1st semester. I have realized that it is important to go back over past assignments, and test corrections. There are dead days coming up as well which is a big plus but I still am going to keep the same plan.
Sunday: May 13, 2012
Read through first scenes of Act 5 in Macbeth, annotate, paraphrase lines (1 hour)
Review/ Study final Wordly Wise words (20 minutes)
Use the wordly wise word and form sentences that are relevant to to Macbeth ( 25 minutes)
Monday: May 14, 2012
Stugy and go over all Macbeth notes, previous assignments, and handouts(50 minutes)
Study and review all poetry vocabulary and test corrections (35 minutes)
Tuesday: May 15, 2012
Review Nervous Conditions notes on character, theme and motifs, psychological setting, postcolonial literature (60 minutes)
Review post-colonialism and literature (30 minutes)
Wednesday: May 15, 2012
Reread and Review paper rubrics from second semester (25 minutes)
Reread about the guidelines and expectations of the papers (30 minutes)
Review the steps to analyzing rhetorical situations (30 minutes)
Thursday: May 16, 2012
Plan for the literary analysis essay (12 minutes)
Review notes on theme from Nervous Conditions and Macbeth (32 minutes)
Friday: May 17, 2012
Review the rubrics of research paper, practice with paraphrasing and study plagiarism. (20 minutes)
Study the literary elements (25 minutes)
Things that I think that everyone should take in consideration:
-Don't cram so much to study in one whole day
-Review notes that are beneficial to you
-Go to your teachers or advisors for help
-Go to as many study tutorial sessions as possible
For this year's final English exam, I have developed a good strategy to help me prepare for the exam. I assigned certain specific things to review even past notes from the 1st semester. I have realized that it is important to go back over past assignments, and test corrections. There are dead days coming up as well which is a big plus but I still am going to keep the same plan.
Sunday: May 13, 2012
Review/ Study final Wordly Wise words (20 minutes)
Use the wordly wise word and form sentences that are relevant to to Macbeth ( 25 minutes)
Monday: May 14, 2012
Study and review all poetry vocabulary and test corrections (35 minutes)
Tuesday: May 15, 2012
Review post-colonialism and literature (30 minutes)
Wednesday: May 15, 2012
Reread about the guidelines and expectations of the papers (30 minutes)
Review the steps to analyzing rhetorical situations (30 minutes)
Thursday: May 16, 2012
Friday: May 17, 2012
Study the literary elements (25 minutes)
-Don't cram so much to study in one whole day
-Review notes that are beneficial to you
-Go to your teachers or advisors for help
-Go to as many study tutorial sessions as possible
Monday, May 7, 2012
Reflection of this Year's Reading
This year, I felt as though I've expanded my interest level to all kinds of different types of books. I also have increased my reading level as well. Mainly before this year, I read about books that have a lot of violence and mystery. I normally tend to lose interest in the book after a while because I already know whats going to happen at the end. And I also know that the pages are too lengthy. Although, I recieved a huge wake up call my freshman year. I didn't really expect to be reading all types of genres such as romantic, allegories, epic, and books related to historic periods(slavery). Most of them were very lengthy. Some were around the range of 300 to 400 pages long, and they weren't the easiest to read. There were certain details that you couldn't miss. So I spent a lot of extra time rereading to get a vivid image of what was going on.
With posting outside reading this year, I feel way more comfortable with certain issues now. I've found different strategies and techniques to sort out the important themes and plots of stories. I've learned a lot this year and improved skills that I was weak in. Certain skills like understanding certain literary devices and elements in books are now clear to me. I also tend to not lose focus in books, and keep on reading. With the expansion of the variety of genres read, I now have increased my reading skills better than before. For example, I am reading a new book now called Prospector. It isn't really a book that would interest me before my freshman year. Although now, this type of book which is a romantic book about how a embarrising kid similar to a steve eurkal type character. It also is a comedy. Any way what I'm trying to say is that this year has improved my reading comprehensive skills and has made me comfortable to stepout of my comfort zone.
Biology Textbook- 55 minutes
History Textbook- 25 minutes
Biology Project Websites-30 minutes
Prospector- 30 minutes
Prospector-25 minutes
Perspective of Macbeth
With I being, Macbeth, I am awaiting to be given the title of being king meteorically. There are only a few obstacles in my path. I've eliminated king Duncan, and the next person I'm aiming for is Malcom. Also I need to get rid of this guilt that is on my back from killing Duncan. Once, I've been honored and cleared from my dirty deeds I will be crowned. Not just the title, but also the abundance of wealth. As well as the pouring of endowments power in my lap.
There has been a horrible thing that has been following me. I've speared my fellow partner. Who was a noble king. I shouldn't have given into the guilty thoughts of me becoming king right away. With having to deal with this, I regret every moment. I should have waited in line instead of taking out one of my trustworthy friends. I am terribly sorry for this, but the riches!!! It was a hard descision, and I couldn't let my Lady down.
Monday, April 30, 2012
Common Errors List
Paul Johnson Jr.
4/30/12
English Common Errors List
Common Errors List:
1. Working on length and Closing paragraphs
Example= breaking upthe paragraphs to keep the paragraph moving
2. Fragments involving subordinating conjunctions
Example= since, as, though, although, even, if
3. My voice wasn’t cognitive or affective
Example= Now if you had the best handwriting in the class, wouldn't you want to show it off and brag about it?
4. Organization
Order, Transition, and Conclusion
5. Missing commas where they are needed and commas that need to be eliminated
Example= For example my grandfather wrote his signature on bills, very awkward.
(eliminate the comma) For example my grandfather wrote his signature on bills very awkward.
4/30/12
English Common Errors List
Common Errors List:
1. Working on length and Closing paragraphs
Example= breaking upthe paragraphs to keep the paragraph moving
2. Fragments involving subordinating conjunctions
Example= since, as, though, although, even, if
3. My voice wasn’t cognitive or affective
Example= Now if you had the best handwriting in the class, wouldn't you want to show it off and brag about it?
4. Organization
Order, Transition, and Conclusion
5. Missing commas where they are needed and commas that need to be eliminated
Example= For example my grandfather wrote his signature on bills, very awkward.
(eliminate the comma) For example my grandfather wrote his signature on bills very awkward.
Writing Over The Year; Reflection
Paul Johnson Jr.
4-30-12
English
English has always been one of my favorite subjects since the 1st grade. I've always enjoyed writing wether it was poetry, papers, homework, whatever the case was I enjoyed it. I love jotting down thoughts in my mind because it's like a sign of relief for me. When I was in middle school, I really didn't have trouble writing papers in eight grade. Althoug, I did have trouble with fixing certain tools in my papers. I didn't think that those problems would be a big challenge for me so I overlooked them. When I arrived to ninth grade, I didn't really think that it would be any worst than eight grade. But I had another thing coming. After the first paper, I got a huge wake up call, and knew that it was time for me to step my game up.
Over the course of the year, in English class, we have written many papers that dealt with many different interesting topics. The types of papers that we did were Research Papers,Global Issue Papers, Profiles, Literary Narratives, and Literary Analyses. Some of the papers such as the Research papers, Literary Narrative and the Profile assignments weren't that difficult for me. Those three were actually easier for me because my eight grade teacher use to make us do different types of papers and critic types of papers like these. So, I already had a vision of the paper, and wasn't really stressed about it being new to me. I also enjoyed writing about my mother's career as a teacher, my struggles with writing styles, and the anti-death penalty. These topics were some that Dr. D gave us the chance to select out of. And when we were doing them I chose them because I enjoyed having the opportunity to choose a topic which is interesting to me. Although, my bad habits from my eight grade year came back to haunt me. I had a difficult time with conventions in these three essays. I did a poor job with using an effective voice and using particular conventions. Now I've gotten rid of these bad habits and only use certain techniques such as cognitive and affective approaches to help develop my papers.
Also I had a difficult time with the Global Issues Paper, and the Literary Analysis Paper. I didn't really have a good feel for how to develop a strong thesis and facts that actually back up the statement. I always had to start over and over again when it came to my thesis statement for both papers. And this carried over to me having trouble with my organization. I was uncertain where to put certain facts and I was kind of stressed. The Literary Analyses for example was the paper that I lost points on in these three areas because I had a difficult time when it came to supporting the whole topic. I also think that it was harder than the Global Issues paper because it was a paper that I wasn't that familiar with.
One particular thing that really got to me, was adding your cited sources inside your Global Issues paper. Every year, I've did papers on research and thought that this was going to be like any other one i've done in the past. Although, I didn't realize that citing sources would have been difficult for me. The different ways that you had to cite the sources by the places that you collectted the information from was defintley a struggle. I was putting certain cited sources in the wrong format which could've cost me points off on my Global Issues Paper. Although, I'm glad that we had a chance to go to Dr. D for help because that sure did benefit me. Now I know how to cite the sources from magzines, books, newspapers, web pages, and etc. way better.
From reviewing all of the papers that i've completed in the past, I've noticed that I have three strong strengths and three weakenesses. From the general comments that I've recieved, I noticed that my strengths were in Sentence Structure, Word Choice, Ideas and Mechanics. I felt that with the Profile, Literary Analyses, and the Global Issues Paper I did a good job drawing interest with my ideas in these three papers. And I also supported them well which lead to the sentences flowing together quite nicely. Although, I also noticed many weakenesses as well. I often have errors in my papers with Organization, Voice, and Conventions. I've been struggling with organization sometimes because I feel the need to talk about so much. And I often seperate important information into the wrong places. I also lose control of my voice sometimes. I didn't have that buisness like approach when presenting. I had a laid back type of approach which wasn't very affective at all. Also there were certain little punctuations and grammar that i needed to tighten on. Although with the the help from Dr. D, I'm learning from these mistakes and improving my self into a stronger writter.
Last year, I didn't take the WRAP test at all last year. I took a differetn types of test, btu i feel way more proud of myself this year because I did way better. I got 4's and 4.5's on every category except conventions. I feel that on some sentences i tried to fit too much information and it ended up leading to fragments. But I feel that I did a good job with Mechanics, Word Choice, Organization, Overall Development and Sentence Structure. I think that all of these scroes were high because I had an interest for the topic. It was so much easier with having a interest for the topic. I expected the scores to be this way because i felt as though I've achieved my goal in getting rid of these the old habbits I had before highs school, and developing better ones. Which will improve my skills.
4-30-12
English
English has always been one of my favorite subjects since the 1st grade. I've always enjoyed writing wether it was poetry, papers, homework, whatever the case was I enjoyed it. I love jotting down thoughts in my mind because it's like a sign of relief for me. When I was in middle school, I really didn't have trouble writing papers in eight grade. Althoug, I did have trouble with fixing certain tools in my papers. I didn't think that those problems would be a big challenge for me so I overlooked them. When I arrived to ninth grade, I didn't really think that it would be any worst than eight grade. But I had another thing coming. After the first paper, I got a huge wake up call, and knew that it was time for me to step my game up.
Over the course of the year, in English class, we have written many papers that dealt with many different interesting topics. The types of papers that we did were Research Papers,Global Issue Papers, Profiles, Literary Narratives, and Literary Analyses. Some of the papers such as the Research papers, Literary Narrative and the Profile assignments weren't that difficult for me. Those three were actually easier for me because my eight grade teacher use to make us do different types of papers and critic types of papers like these. So, I already had a vision of the paper, and wasn't really stressed about it being new to me. I also enjoyed writing about my mother's career as a teacher, my struggles with writing styles, and the anti-death penalty. These topics were some that Dr. D gave us the chance to select out of. And when we were doing them I chose them because I enjoyed having the opportunity to choose a topic which is interesting to me. Although, my bad habits from my eight grade year came back to haunt me. I had a difficult time with conventions in these three essays. I did a poor job with using an effective voice and using particular conventions. Now I've gotten rid of these bad habits and only use certain techniques such as cognitive and affective approaches to help develop my papers.
Also I had a difficult time with the Global Issues Paper, and the Literary Analysis Paper. I didn't really have a good feel for how to develop a strong thesis and facts that actually back up the statement. I always had to start over and over again when it came to my thesis statement for both papers. And this carried over to me having trouble with my organization. I was uncertain where to put certain facts and I was kind of stressed. The Literary Analyses for example was the paper that I lost points on in these three areas because I had a difficult time when it came to supporting the whole topic. I also think that it was harder than the Global Issues paper because it was a paper that I wasn't that familiar with.
One particular thing that really got to me, was adding your cited sources inside your Global Issues paper. Every year, I've did papers on research and thought that this was going to be like any other one i've done in the past. Although, I didn't realize that citing sources would have been difficult for me. The different ways that you had to cite the sources by the places that you collectted the information from was defintley a struggle. I was putting certain cited sources in the wrong format which could've cost me points off on my Global Issues Paper. Although, I'm glad that we had a chance to go to Dr. D for help because that sure did benefit me. Now I know how to cite the sources from magzines, books, newspapers, web pages, and etc. way better.
From reviewing all of the papers that i've completed in the past, I've noticed that I have three strong strengths and three weakenesses. From the general comments that I've recieved, I noticed that my strengths were in Sentence Structure, Word Choice, Ideas and Mechanics. I felt that with the Profile, Literary Analyses, and the Global Issues Paper I did a good job drawing interest with my ideas in these three papers. And I also supported them well which lead to the sentences flowing together quite nicely. Although, I also noticed many weakenesses as well. I often have errors in my papers with Organization, Voice, and Conventions. I've been struggling with organization sometimes because I feel the need to talk about so much. And I often seperate important information into the wrong places. I also lose control of my voice sometimes. I didn't have that buisness like approach when presenting. I had a laid back type of approach which wasn't very affective at all. Also there were certain little punctuations and grammar that i needed to tighten on. Although with the the help from Dr. D, I'm learning from these mistakes and improving my self into a stronger writter.
Last year, I didn't take the WRAP test at all last year. I took a differetn types of test, btu i feel way more proud of myself this year because I did way better. I got 4's and 4.5's on every category except conventions. I feel that on some sentences i tried to fit too much information and it ended up leading to fragments. But I feel that I did a good job with Mechanics, Word Choice, Organization, Overall Development and Sentence Structure. I think that all of these scroes were high because I had an interest for the topic. It was so much easier with having a interest for the topic. I expected the scores to be this way because i felt as though I've achieved my goal in getting rid of these the old habbits I had before highs school, and developing better ones. Which will improve my skills.
Monday, April 16, 2012
Song Analysis; Drake "Find Your Love"
Find Your Love Lyrics: Drake
[Drake]
I’m more than just an option
Hey, Hey, Hey
refuse to be forgotten
Hey, Hey, Hey
I took a chance with my heart
Hey, Hey, Hey
And I feel it taking over
[Chrous]
I better find your lovin’
I better find your heart
I better find your lovin’
I better find your heart
I better find your lovin’
I better find your heart
I bet if i give all my love
then nothings gonna tear us apart
I’m more than just a number
Hey, Hey, Hey
I doubt you’ll find another
Hey, Hey, Hey
so every single summer
Hey, Hey, Hey
I be the one that you remember
[Chrous]
and I better find your lovin
I better find your heart
I better find your lovin
I better find your heart
I better find your lovin
I better find your heart
I bet if i give all my love,
then nothings gonna tear us apart
it’s more than just a mission
Hey, Hey, Hey
you hear but you don’t listen
Hey, Hey, Hey
You better pay attention
Hey, Hey, Hey
and get what you been missing
[Chorus]
too many times I’ve been wrong
I guess being right takes too long
I’m done waiting,
theres nothing left to do
but give all I have to you and
I better find your lovin
I better find your heart
I better find your lovin
I bet if I give all my love,
then nothings gonna tear us apart
I bet if I give all my love,
then nothings gonna tear us apart
[End]
Courtesy of metrolyrics.com
This song that i chose is one of the hits by one of the most popular artist in today's music industry, Drake. The song is titled "Find Your Love". I am a big fan of Drake and this song is one of my favorites from the album before his previous one called, "Thank Me Later". This song is the second single from the album and it was helped produced by Kanye West. Drake and Kanye West designed the song which has sort of a similar pop tune. It was way different from the other songs because this one poured out his feelings about his lifestyle dealing with women and relationships. There were many phrases such as "I better find your loving" and "I better find your heart". These lines showed repitition all throughout the chorus to symbolize that he is sick and tired of falling at first sight with the women that isn't mrs.right for him. I noticed that there were a few rhyme schemes as well. In verse one Drake sings," I’m more than just a number/ Hey, Hey, Hey/I doubt you'll find another/Hey, Hey, Hey/So every single summer/Hey, Hey, Hey/I be the one that you remember." I think that this verse is similar to a Monorhyme. Also an example of "ABAB" would be when Drake sings in the 2nd verse," It's more than just a mission/ Hey, Hey, Hey/You hear but you don't listen/ Hey, Hey, Hey/You better pay attention/Hey, Hey, Hey/ and get what you been missing." The words mission and attention both have that particular sound. As well as the words listen and mising from the verses which make up that the rhyme scheme is "ABAB".
In Drake's opening verse, which is verse one,"I'm more then just an option/ Hey, Hey, Hey/ Refuse to be forgotten/ Hey, Hey, Het// I took a chance with my heart/ Hey, Hey, Hey/ And I feel it taking over." I feel that he is trying to show that he wants to have a major impact on people in a way that they will stay for both the relationship and his music. Also I feel that when he says that, " And I feel it taking over" he is referring to previuos experience or a present relationship and how he has risked his time for this woman. So now he feels confident and positive that his heart made the right descision, and now he is going to let his heart lead the way because he's in perfect condition with this woman. Another thing that I noticed in the song was the way that the Chorus before last begins to change a bit. He stops the mood and tells the woman that" Too many times I've been wrong/ I guess being right takes too long/ I'm done waiting/ Theres nothing left to do but give all I have to you." This statement by Drake indicates that too many times he has constantly fallen for the wrong woman. This has been going on for a while now and he can't stop because of his anxiousness. He is determinded to find the right woman and end his quest for love once and for all. Overall this song by Drake was to show how even though Drake didn't have success in his previous relationships that he'll continue his journey to search for the right woman for him.
[Drake]
I’m more than just an option
Hey, Hey, Hey
refuse to be forgotten
Hey, Hey, Hey
I took a chance with my heart
Hey, Hey, Hey
And I feel it taking over
[Chrous]
I better find your lovin’
I better find your heart
I better find your lovin’
I better find your heart
I better find your lovin’
I better find your heart
I bet if i give all my love
then nothings gonna tear us apart
I’m more than just a number
Hey, Hey, Hey
I doubt you’ll find another
Hey, Hey, Hey
so every single summer
Hey, Hey, Hey
I be the one that you remember
[Chrous]
and I better find your lovin
I better find your heart
I better find your lovin
I better find your heart
I better find your lovin
I better find your heart
I bet if i give all my love,
then nothings gonna tear us apart
it’s more than just a mission
Hey, Hey, Hey
you hear but you don’t listen
Hey, Hey, Hey
You better pay attention
Hey, Hey, Hey
and get what you been missing
[Chorus]
too many times I’ve been wrong
I guess being right takes too long
I’m done waiting,
theres nothing left to do
but give all I have to you and
I better find your lovin
I better find your heart
I better find your lovin
I bet if I give all my love,
then nothings gonna tear us apart
I bet if I give all my love,
then nothings gonna tear us apart
[End]
Courtesy of metrolyrics.com
This song that i chose is one of the hits by one of the most popular artist in today's music industry, Drake. The song is titled "Find Your Love". I am a big fan of Drake and this song is one of my favorites from the album before his previous one called, "Thank Me Later". This song is the second single from the album and it was helped produced by Kanye West. Drake and Kanye West designed the song which has sort of a similar pop tune. It was way different from the other songs because this one poured out his feelings about his lifestyle dealing with women and relationships. There were many phrases such as "I better find your loving" and "I better find your heart". These lines showed repitition all throughout the chorus to symbolize that he is sick and tired of falling at first sight with the women that isn't mrs.right for him. I noticed that there were a few rhyme schemes as well. In verse one Drake sings," I’m more than just a number/ Hey, Hey, Hey/I doubt you'll find another/Hey, Hey, Hey/So every single summer/Hey, Hey, Hey/I be the one that you remember." I think that this verse is similar to a Monorhyme. Also an example of "ABAB" would be when Drake sings in the 2nd verse," It's more than just a mission/ Hey, Hey, Hey/You hear but you don't listen/ Hey, Hey, Hey/You better pay attention/Hey, Hey, Hey/ and get what you been missing." The words mission and attention both have that particular sound. As well as the words listen and mising from the verses which make up that the rhyme scheme is "ABAB".
In Drake's opening verse, which is verse one,"I'm more then just an option/ Hey, Hey, Hey/ Refuse to be forgotten/ Hey, Hey, Het// I took a chance with my heart/ Hey, Hey, Hey/ And I feel it taking over." I feel that he is trying to show that he wants to have a major impact on people in a way that they will stay for both the relationship and his music. Also I feel that when he says that, " And I feel it taking over" he is referring to previuos experience or a present relationship and how he has risked his time for this woman. So now he feels confident and positive that his heart made the right descision, and now he is going to let his heart lead the way because he's in perfect condition with this woman. Another thing that I noticed in the song was the way that the Chorus before last begins to change a bit. He stops the mood and tells the woman that" Too many times I've been wrong/ I guess being right takes too long/ I'm done waiting/ Theres nothing left to do but give all I have to you." This statement by Drake indicates that too many times he has constantly fallen for the wrong woman. This has been going on for a while now and he can't stop because of his anxiousness. He is determinded to find the right woman and end his quest for love once and for all. Overall this song by Drake was to show how even though Drake didn't have success in his previous relationships that he'll continue his journey to search for the right woman for him.
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