Blog #7

Looking back at this year, I can tell that this year was far better then my English classes in previous years. One thing that made this year so much better was the movie project. Over the last few weeks, we were able to watch our favorite movies for marks. This was just one reason why the project was so great. It was really fun to watch movies and explain what made them so great. Watching the dark knight was a great way to finish the year, especially after doing essays. while we tried to find a room to work in, we spent our classes in the hallway. we would watch a scene for a couple of minutes at the start of class, then we would discuss who or what would be the best choice for each category. There is no other class where we get to argue about who is the better actor in a movie. this was one thing that made English class fun. the other project that make this class great was the Poetry anthology. while some of the poems weren't as good as others, they were still fun to do. the best part of the project was building the bar table to present my poems. I have wanted to build something with my growing pile of hockey sticks and bike parts, but I didn't know what to build. I did not have enough parts to build a bench or a chair. So i built a bar table. after I get the stand back, I plan to attach the table I bought. One thing about this year that bugged me was the essays. while it was nice to have months to write an essay, it lowered my level of focus on them because i felt i had so much time. one thing that would make the essays way better would be if there were check-ups every week to make sure we worked on the essays before the last weeks before the deadline. other than this, everything seemed good for English.