Comments Q4 Week 5

Ian Begnaud
https://ianbsblogs.blogspot.com/2017/04/statements.html?showComment=1493172380458#c5493711399440916879

James Christian
https://jamescblogpost.blogspot.com/2017/04/hits-and-misses.html?showComment=1493172665028#c4151678006080208491

Anticipating our next Book

I strongly agree that everyone is capable of lying, betrayal, and violence. But, I neither agree nor disagree that they are basic parts of human nature. Just because people are capable of doing something doesn't mean that it is a basic part of human nature. Not all people go to violence when they are mad at someone or something. I do agree that lying could be a basic part of human nature, because people lie about even the simplest things every day.

I also neither agree nor disagree that ambition is a positive, desirable trait in a person. It depends on the situation whether ambition is a positive or negative trait in a person. Ambition can be positive if someone is trying to accomplish a goal, such as getting an A on a test, or helping someone out. Ambition can be negative if someone's goal involves hurting someone or something.

Hits and Misses

I have had hits and misses with all my papers. I definitely had a large miss on my personal narrative. My personal narrative wasn't that bad, but my rough draft was about five pages long when it only had to be two to three. At first, I was totally confused on the part that we had to focus in on a short event, because my idea of a short event was two weeks. So, I ended having to cut almost everything out of my narrative when I finally understood that I needed to focus in on a shorter period of time.

My biggest hit this school year was my research paper. All the preparation for writing the paper helped me a lot on the paper. The hardest part for preparing for the research paper was making notecards and the outline. Once I got those done, writing the paper became the easiest part. After writing the personal narrative and the literary analysis, I had a better idea of what a good paper looked like.

Comments Q4 Week 4

Trevor "Book Challenge information"
https://20trevorh.blogspot.com/2017/04/book-challenge-information.html?showComment=1491940562207#c1485461544837023102

Ian "prompt response"
https://ianbsblogs.blogspot.com/2017/04/prompt-response.html?showComment=1491940900218#c5249420887830086773

Reading

Purple Hibiscus started out challenging for me to read. I am doing annotations to show what I am thinking while reading. I am not a fast reader, so with the annotations it has taken me a while to read each night. At first, I was annotating too much, then I was able to shorten my time with not as many annotations. I eventually got the hang of reading faster while doing the annotations.

The annotations have been very helpful while reading the book. It helps me to recognize what is happening during the story better and why certain things are important. The annotations also help me find important parts of the story easier. Doing the discussion posts have also helped me to think more about the big ideas in the novel.

Prompt Response

Prompt: What places do you remember fondly from childhood?

One of the places that I remember as a child was the nursing home that my grandmother lived in. I remember going to visit her almost every weekend. My family and I would bring her to church most Sundays and then we would bring her to our house for lunch. I remember having to walk down a long hallway to get to her room. My grandmother's room was very comforting. She had a reclining chair, a couch, and a very soft rug. A lot of the times that we visited her, I fell asleep on her couch.

Every time we visited my grandmother, she was sitting in the same reclining chair watching TV. Her room seemed to have never changed. I remember my brother and I would always play with the games she had. Our favorite game to play against each other was marbles. We also really liked to play with cards. My brother and I didn't play card games against each other, but instead would stack the cards.

Comments Q4 Week 2

Jack T. "Political Article"
https://graysonallenftw.blogspot.com/2017/03/political-article.html?showComment=1490738486334

Charles L. "Political Article"
https://20charlesl.blogspot.com/2017/03/political-article.html?showComment=1490738839143#c6250298797634280523