Gabby driessnack
This week, we really focused on our theory projects. We watched King Lear the movie, which was kind of confusing. The actors and actresses talked really fast and the language was old fashioned, which was hard to interpret sometimes. Also, they don't say the characters names a lot, so it is hard to remember who is who. During the movie, my theory project group took cornell notes on a shared document, which was very helpful because I got to see what Lydia and Emmy wrote during the movie. This helped me understand the movie from different viewpoints.
We also got some time to read our books for our big SSR book project. The first book I am reading is The Awakening by Kate Chopin. She also wrote Story of An Hour, so I am familiar with her writing. The Awakening is a lot of extended describing, whether it be what someone is wearing or scenery. This makes it tough for me to focus because not a lot is happening. I am hoping that I can get more into this book soon. Something that stood out to me this week was Thursday's daily poem. I really liked the expanation before the poem. It was about a mother taking her child to the police station to get fingerprinted. She was focusing on the colors of her outfit for a distraction. I have never had a family member in jail or known what it feels like, so it was sad to hear what people who have to go through that think about. They have a tough reality, so they try to get their mind away from that, which is something I had never though about. On a side note Michigan got a lot of snow this week, causing us to have a snow day monday! On that snow day, Haley, Nick, and I got stuck in the snow for 2 hours while driving. Pushing the car in the freezing cold at night was so much fun! This shows a plot summary of Shakesphere's King Lear if you haven't seen or read it. http://www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/kinglear/kinglearps.html xoxo, Gabby
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We started doing the poem of the week again, and this weeks poem was "Sonnet 146" by William Shakesphere. Each day of the week, we dug a little deeper into the poem and found more elements that are evident in the poem. About halfway through the week, we started another poem, "Ozmandias" by Percy Bysshe Shelley. At first, I was really confused by this poem because I didn't realize that Ozmandias was a powerful pharroh that ruled an ancient kingdom. I thought he was merely a sculptor. Both of these poems are sonnets, meaning it contains three segments of 4 lines and a couplet, or 2 lines, at the ending. It is kind of a square shape.
I really enjoyed doing the creative writing activity where we switch computers with another person and they get one minute to write the beginning of a story. Then, you switch back and finish that person's story. I loved hearing what everyone started with and how they created a unique story out of it. My critical thinking theory group consists of Lydia, Tino, Emmy, and myself. We are focusing on the philosophical theory, specifically in the story, "King Leer", by William Shakesphere. We worked on answering many questions to give ourselves background on our theory and help us better understand it. This gives lots of background on philosophical theory: http://www.roangelo.net/logwitt/philosophy-origin.html xoxo, Gabby As we started a new trimester, we began practicing for the AP test. This consisted of taking a practice multiple choice test, which I was awful at. My score was a 24 out of 55, but I'm not worried about it because I am not planning on taking the AP test anyways. I learned that on the test, you should focus on what the prompt wants me to do rather than my own interpretation of the text. I noticed that when correcting my test, I had large streaks of wrong answers, which means that I misinterpreted the text or tried to overanalyze it. This doens't surprise me, as I tend to do that. We also worked on starting a new SSR book project, which consisted of us picking a theme and 2 books that could fit with that theme. My theme is loss, whether it be loss of a loved one, loss of sanity, or loss of hope. This topic truly interests me, so I am excited to be doing a project on something I am actually intrigued by. This is a list of commonly used books for questions on the AP test. http://mseffie.com/AP/APtitles.html xoxo, Gabby |
Gabby DriessnackSenior at MPHS. Archives
March 2017
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