2nd Quarter Reflection

Today is the last day of 2nd quarter.  I have learn many things and I have grown and improved academically.  The areas I think I did the best improvements in ELA are annotating, writing the main idea, and selecting a good paragraph. In Quarter 1 we learned a few things about annotating like how to annotate a poem or article, but this quarter we learned how to annotate non-fiction books, and we started out Invastigative Journal unit. This quarter we have done so much research, and it has helped me because I learned what information was relevant and I also learned how to paraphrase better. I think I improved a little in my blogs, and I should try to add more words that are captivating and not common to use.

I liked this quarter better because we learned about the things that were going around the world through our AOW's and Invastigative Journal Unit. I am currently reading a book called Auggie & Me by R.J Palacio, I am almost done with the book. I have read 6 books so far, it has taken me some time because the books I read are chapter books. Instead of doing a 10 book challenge I might do 15 book challenge because reading helps me visualize and sometimes I learn new words.

I struggled this quarter in a few areas like managing my time correctly, doing homework, and being early to school. On 3rd quarter I'm going to fix my mistakes by not doing them again. Since I am bad at managing my time, I will create an agenda and also write my homework down so I don't forget. I will also be coming to school at 7:55 or 8:00. To improve more on my blogs I will add more details, be clear, and use big words.

Book Talk

The title of the book I’m reading is For One More day by Mitch Albom. The book is a story about Chick Benetto’s life. Chick Benetto was chasing his dream, he wanted to be a professional baseball player, but his dream didn't come true. When was older he had a family but they left because he was an alcoholic. He had a loving mom but he always disrespected her because he thought she was the reason his dad left. Chick never got to say goodbye to her before she died. He ended up alone and he had a miserable life, after he found out his daughter got married and didn't invite him he decided to commit suicide (he felt like he was a nobody) After his 2 attempts failed he went back to his childhood house and makes a discovery that changed his life.

I give the book 5 stars out of 5 because most books talk about a made up story that is really long and the theme is confusing. I also give it 5/5 because I had never read a story that had a clear theme, easy to understand, inspiring and real. I would recommend this book to people who like suspenseful things and also to people who like to read non fiction books that are inspiring. I loved it and I would recommend others to read it, and also to read more book by Mitch Albom because they're really pleasant.

 I also loved the book because it talks about family and it made me think about how sometimes I'm mean to members of my family and that one day they're not going to be there. The thing I remember the most about the book are the “notes” and stories about his mom. After each chapter there was like a transition that told a story about his family, or sometimes it was a note his mom left him when he was younger. It sounds boring, but it's really awesome because this is a real person talking about something real that happened to him, and taking a break from reading more common books (fiction, mystery, science fiction, history) feels good. In conclusion I loved the book and would recommend to everyone.

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