I'm also frustrated because the "H" key fell off the keyboard, and then my mom lost it so there is no hope of fixing it.
Even though I missed the last day of watching Salesman, I liked the movie and I found it very interesting. I do think that the theme is similar to the theme of American Dream but maybe it'll be interesting to examine how different styles of writing make the same point. I think I like Salesman better than the American Dream because the characters feel more like real people to me. In the American Dream, Grandma was the only person with a shred of humanity so most of the time I was somewhat annoyed with the other characters. With Salesman I can see why the characters ended up where they are, I know why Biff is frustrated with his dad, I can tell that Linda has an internal complex when it comes to Willy, and so on. Because of this I'm looking forward to getting into it and discussing it in class. Hopefully I'll get some things right before Holmes gives us a handout that explains everything.
The other big assignment we did was the compare/contrast essay on the poems in the textbook. I tried really hard to remember everything Ms. Huntley taught us about this type of essay but I'm not completely confident I wrote the essay as well I could have last year. I'll be able to reflect more on it once we get them back, but basically this assignment showed me that I need to do some brushing up on essay types and how to organize them.
Hey Alison, you have an interesting style of writing; nice informal voice! I'm sorry about your keyboard, hope you find a way to fix it! Terms test is something I had a difficult time with as well. I don't know if this will help, but Coach Carr's quote from Mean Girls contain incongruity because in the beginning, he lists a numerous reasons to why the students shouldn't have sex, but at the end, it gives a surprising contrast through the situation by him giving them condoms. (the surprising contrast to the situation is supposed to be the incongruity). I also agree with you on the fact that Salesman was much more interesting than American Dream, because we were able to see the setting and character physically rather than imagine it. It's good that you used information taught last year to help you in this class! Over all, nice post.
ReplyDeleteAlison, I completely agree with you on the terms test reflection. I also struggled with that particular question, because I thought that it was an extreme exaggeration, so needless to say i put hyperbole. Though I did better on this test the second time around, I still think that it doesn't show my understanding of the words as well as I believe I know them. I also think that my essay writing skills have gone down a little bit, but once we start looking at how to write them for the AP test more closely I think they will pick back up again. Nice post, I agree with all of it!
ReplyDeleteAlison, your post was very enjoyable to read, especially after all of the essays I've been commenting on. It must've been a pain to write this without the "H" key on your keyboard!
ReplyDeleteThe terms test was still really tough, even though it was exactly the same. I don't really remember what I missed, but I know there were a lot of frustrating questions like the one you recall.
I think that in this reflection, the Salesman part is phenomenal, because it does a really good job of reprocessing the information from the movie and making sense of it. In the future, try to make the whole post like this! (its hard, I think my posts are a lot worse than that)