Sunday, March 29, 2009

1)Has blogging been valuable to you as a student, thinker, reader, and writer?
Blogging has been valuable to me as a student, because I'm very busy at this time in school. Preparing for the musical and completing my National Honor Society paperwork has led to a lot of stress and no other classes have been sensitive to that. However, blogging is flexible and less intimidating than the other assignments in other classes.
Blogging has been valuable to me as a thinker, because I get to read the writings of others and think of different perspectives.
As a writer, blogging has helped me, because I get comments from several people for every piece I write. The comments of my readers are helpful and their criticism is taken into account for my future writing pieces.

2)How do you feel about doing and continuing to do this kind of work?
I think we should continue this kind of work, because it's not intimidating, yet it's accomplishing our overall goal: to become better readers and writers.

3)Is this work different from other experiences that you have had in English classes?
Yes. Other English classes I've taken and are more formal than this one. There's more focus on grammar and specific techniques in effective writing. While I value the American literature we're studying and the life lessons our readings teach, I think it would be worthwhile to analyze more writings more closely (after the King and I) for organization, literary devices, etc.

4)Looking forward, do you have suggestions for how you want to be graded on this writing?
I think we need a clearer rubric for your grading. Sometimes I get an A and think, "Oh really!" Then other times I get a C and think, "Why'd I get that? What's he basing this stuff on?" I'm always shocked at my grades and that wouldn't be the case if I knew specifically what you were looking for.

5)Has doing this work changed the community within your own class or between classes (11-1 and 11-2) in any way?
I don't think so.

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