Ailee Henderson
Blog Reflection
Bell 1
My writing has improved over the course of the trimester in many factors. By comparing the first and second posts the more recent post goes into much greater detail when explaining my points and describing the aspects of theme and characterization within the text. My writing is also more analytical of the questions that are asked by the rubric. In my first post when explaining the reasoning behind the stars in my recommendation, I just gave short, one-sentence explanations like; "I took away a star though because I felt that sometimes with quick changing events, the story sometimes became a little hard to follow." Whereas later within the trimester I analyzed the questions asked and gave sound answers with solid evidence to back up my points. When talking about the characterization of different characters in the book I Am Number Four the quotes I used were supportive of my views and added more meaning to the point I was trying to make. An example of this is from one of my later characterization blog posts; "This is a perfect example of how the people you spend time with can affect your actions and your personality. When Sarah was spending time with Mark and the bad crowd she saw herself becoming a worse person, but when she goes to Colorado and rediscovers the better things in life, she realizes the kind of person she was and makes the changes to fix it."
One thing I struggled with when blogging over the past couple weeks, was finding different topics to write about each week. I overcame this struggle by looking for different topics within my books for different parts that authors incorporated into the stories by reblogging the same topics but writing my new posts with more detail of the subject. One strength I had with my blogging this trimester was my ability to understand my books more by breaking them down and looking at different aspects of the authors writing. I also used my goodreads account to help me find different books to read and see books that I could possibly want to read in the future. Although i did not meet my reading goal of 25 books I felt that I improved as a reader by reading more books that were longer and more challenging than the ones i was reading before. I also improved by trying a new genre, science fiction novels. This trimester I read I Am Number Four and Divergent which gave me a different perspective than the more realistic fiction type novels I was reading before.
