Final Blog Post

Dear Ms. Galang and Class 810,

            We’ve made a ton of memories this year, including all of the lessons learned in ELA. For example, we’ve learned how to elaborate, take notes, understand roots and write poetry. Out of all these topics, I loved remember the Romeo and Juliet unit and when we wrote poetry and sonnets. Learning how to read Shakespeare will forever be valuable because it teaches you how to understand something that you don’t. Plus, reading Romeo and Juliet was a great way to start reading Shakespeare, which will probably be continued in high school. Besides reading, being able to do some acting, expressing your character in tableaus and memorizing lines was a great experience because it was very exciting for everyone.

            The second lesson I found valuable was practicing with poetry and sonnets.  This was memorable because I absolutely enjoyed writing in a way where rhythm and iambic pentameter was used. Also because writing poetry is very similar to something else I enjoy, writing music. In this unit, I found myself putting in a lot of effort and trying my best to make these rhythmic stanzas as perfect as I could get them to be. Writing a sonnet was at first very difficult for me because of the syllables and rhyming but I then ended up loving the challenge. The last thing I loved about this unit was learning more, every time someone raised their hand to read theirs out loud.

            After I graduate, I hope to read more than I did through out middle school to increase my all of my reading skills. I also hope to read for longer periods of time and to read books that I am not used to, to expand my reading experience. For my writing goals, I would love to continue writing and learning more about poetry in high school. I would also be interested in expanding my vocabulary since it isn’t so great. All in all, it’s been an amazing year and I’m sure I’m going to remember all of it.

Summer Bookshelf

1. I know why the caged bird sings- Maya Angelou

2. Eleanor and Park- Rainbow Rowell

3. To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before- Jenny Han

4. The Heir- Kiera Cass

5. Afterworlds- Scott Westerfeld