Week of September 27th, 2010

Anger, as a metaphor.

Week September 20th-24th

During this week on Monday we wrote in our journals writing about what we would ask our 28 year old self if we could, I asked simple questions such as "Whats the future like?" and "Am I becoming successful?". On tuesday on our half day, we played a word game that had to do with a simple word, but had to guess the word without using words that were already written. After we ran out of words, the class made up our own words and we used them till the period ended. Wednesday we typed up our college prompt the whole period, just to finish up our draft to hand in for next week. Thursday we read from our book about description, and started learning about conotation and denotation. The last day of the week Friday, we had to write in our journals and also we read Ms. Nickows paper on Meatballs. The topic of the day was to write about a smell you remember, I wrote about the smell of pancakes in the morning my mom use to make me when i was little to start the day. At the end of the day, we finished up conotation and denotation

Picture for Week of September 13- September 16th

This week we worked on the first drafts of our college essays. We also had classmates look over them and give us their feedback.

Week of September 13 - September 16

We worked on making our opening sentences sound like music.  Ms. Nickow made us write our opening sentences seven times with different constraints each time.  We had to use alliteration and similes (look back at the opening for this post), quotes, questions, and proper nouns.  Usually, we write a first sentence and don't think twice.   This time, we spent almost twenty minutes trying to make our opening perfect.  We spent time in the computer lab and worked in groups to begin peer editing our personal statements and college essays.  Today (Friday) we also had our first writing journal entry.  We will be writing in our journals three times each week. 

Week of September 6 - September 10

Over the course of the week we were asked to present the class our most influential life lessons. As it may have seemed nerve-racking to discuss with others such significant topics, it was only beneficial to the start of a class relationship. We moved on to explain the process of submitting applications and the importance of proving your individuality you bring to the university. We imagined ourselves in the role of a college admissions counselor analyzing each application and the repetition they must encounter. Ms. Nickow encouraged us to find a rare instances or attributes in each others lives and expand on the topic. This is not an easy task but we must all find something that fits our full potential. We can only thank Ms. Nickow and her collegue for the helpful advice given.

Picture for week of September 6 - September 10

This week we learned some tips on how to write our college essays and talked to an admissions counselor on skype. We had some problems with the connection, but still learned some important things. We also met with our counselors to talk about college applications and graduation requirements.

Picture for week of August 30 - September 3

This is the tassle from my undergraduate college graduation!  This week, we began discussing our college application essays.  Although it is a bit overwhelming, it is even more exciting!

Week of August 30 - September 3

Everything we need to know in life we learned from English 405 class. This week, we wrote papers and spent time sharing some important lessons we have each taken away from some event, person, or other influence in our lives. Some of these lessons came from families, friends, golf courses, sports, failures, pets, and even Gossip Girl. We also spent time discussing and writing papers about our summer reading books. As the week ended, we started thinking about our college essay applications. It's hard to believe it is already time to apply to college, but we are grateful to have class time to devote to our prompts and personal statements.