Dear Ms. Langley,
I believe that these past six weeks have been unexpected, unpredictable, and a challenge for all students as well as teachers. Despite the obstacles placed in our path, we continued to proceed and accomplish many things. These six weeks, similar to many of the past, I have things that I am proud of, but also some that I know I need to continue to work on and improve which is why I believe that my grade should be between a 90 and a 95.
In the area of reading, this is where I know I struggle the most. I struggle with reaching the reading goal, quantity-wise, as I read one book this six weeks. The book that I read was Tyrell by Coe Booth. This book allowed me to truly view life from a different perspective. It allowed me to become more aware and grateful for the things that I have been blessed with in my life. I was successful in the area of being able to deeply analyze and reflect on the book that I read. I enjoyed the book, and once I came to find enough time to actually sit down and read, that is what I did. Finding the time to read was definitely the most difficult part for me. My next step is to complete my Toni Morrison book, which I have been enjoying and have been progressing really quickly on.
On the topic of writing, I truly believe that I have grown as a writer. Writing and being able to express myself is something that I enjoy. Some of the writings that I produced last six weeks includes the Classics assertion, the Toni Morrison rhetorical analysis essay, as well as the Letter from a Birmingham Jail rhetorical analysis essay. I believe I did well in constructing my ideas and using precise analysis when reading the texts to be able to easily understand and formulate my ideas. A challenge of mine was remembering to format my letters, and finding the best way to do it. Looking back at the learning goals and behaviors sheet, I believe that I am portraying growth as am now using mentor texts to shape my own thinking and writing. My learning reflets that my original thinking on complex ideas on readings was very limited compared to how much growth I have achieved now. Developing my habits as a student have been going well. I have become more responsible with turning assignments in on time and completing assigned work. I have done more relationship building with the groups that we have been placed in, whenever in a breakout room I do my best to provide and encourage everyone to participate, and I also create a bond between each of us in case we all need help or need support.
Lastly, my goals for these next six weeks are to BECOME A BETTER READER. I want to be a reader who is determined to meet and exceed the reading goal. I definitely want to meet the goal by better using my weekends and working on procrastinating less. I want to continue to develop my writing by asking questions on how I can revise/improve them for next time. Once again, thank you Ms. Langley for continuing to push us to be the best readers, writers, and students that we can be. Something I have noticed is that working remotely has caused me to become better at looking over and reflecting on my own work. In person it is easy to just finish something and ask for feedback, but virtually, it causes me to have to reflect, ask myself if I can improve in any way, and figure out how to make my work better.
Thank you for reading this,
SaNaya White
SaNaya's Poetry Blog 