Friday, February 10, 2012
Thursday, February 9, 2012
The Best Thing I Learned Last Semester is.....
In Mrs. West's class, we learned a million and one things. Although not all one million things were about writing, the main thing I learned that will heavily help me is how to write a good essay in a short amount of time. The last couple of weeks of the semester were jam-packed with timed-writings. As a class, we carefully went over each step to writing an essay. Now I confidently can write an advanced essay, despite having a limited amount of time.
Sunday, February 5, 2012
The Next Book I Will Read and Why I Chose It
The book I'm choosing to read for second semester is The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. While scrolling through other AP Langers' blogs, The Glass Castle summaries and recommendations stuck out to me the most. From what I have gathered, the novel is about a very poor family. The main character, the author, is a child of this family. Her parents are selfish and the only way for the children to survive are to work together through poverty and all the problems that come with it. One of the main reasons I want to read this book is because by reading Jeannette Walls's story, I think I'll be able to appreciate all the things I have more.
Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle. Scribner; 1 edition (January 9, 2006)
Walls, Jeannette. The Glass Castle. Scribner; 1 edition (January 9, 2006)
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