Ouater 1 for me...

Reminiscing on my overall experience on Quarter 1 for Enriched English 10, I learned many tools to help improve my writing, analyzing, and organization skills. Since I was new to the school, it was difficult in the beginning of the quarter for me to balance my school work with making new friends. Facebook, the telephone, myspace, AIM, and other socializing devices were my main distractions that really marred my time management. I now found a great group of friends and will be able to focus on my academics for Quarter 2 more intensively. Specifically for my English 10 class, my first impression of my teacher, Ms. Froelich was of intimidation and that this was one teacher NOT to mess with. However, I learned that all she asked for was perseverance, participation and effort and she gladly returned the respect. As for academics, compared to the beginning of the year, my process of analyzing a piece of literature has improved with practice and with it, I am able to write better analytical essays. It was a big blow for me to get a "C+" on my Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Essay because I was so used to receiving an "A" for my English assignments. This helped me realize how much more practice I needed. But with more preparation and planning, my analytical paragraph on the movie, The 400 Blows, received full credit. This boosted my self-confidence and assured me that with a little effort, I could easily improve on skills that I lacked. I am far from perfect however, and the new research paper assignment is the perfect practice I need to hone my writing skills for the beginning of Quarter 2. In order to improve the atmosphere of our classroom, I could participate more during discussions and retain from side conversations. My main goals for Quarter 2 is to bring my overall grade up to an A and to do so, polish my analyzing, writing, and time management.