Reflection

              Over the coarse of the semester, we have done some very interesting things, in our High School English class.  This English class, in my opinion, has been the most unconventional English class, that I have ever been in.  In this class, we do not follow the norm.  Reading a book, then writing a 5 paragraph essay, on some stupid topic that really we don't even care about.  Yes we have had to write one or two of those boring papers , but we have also got to do some more interesting things as well.  These things, that we have done, besides writing a paper, is making a power point and doing this blog.  These two projects, have been really fun, and they have gotten the same thing, that our teacher wants out of us, as writing one of those stupid papers.  Throughout the year we have read articles and books, that to me, have been really good.  We started of the year, by doing a power point on education.  We read all of these different kinds of articles about the topic, and became very knowledgeable, on the subject.  Then we were asked to do a project.  You could do the boring paper, make a video, or make a power point.  My group, chose to do the power point.  Our group, did a project on the different types of education, where they were found around the world, and what we thought was the best.  This was so out of the norm for me, at least in English class, so it took some time and some thinking.  I really liked doing this, because this project really made me think, and when I went out, and found the answers myself, I felt like i learned a lot more.  I am positive, that if we would have just written a paper, that i would have forgotten about this project for ever.  Another project that we did, was making this Blog.  We were asked to read a book, and then each week, we would come in, and then type a blog.  This was one of my favorite projects, for a few reasons.  One reason is that I really loved the book that I read.  I mean it was one of the best books i have ever read.  Next, I have never created a blog before, so it was a great learning experience.  So when you put those two things together, it was probably one of my favorite projects.  I mean I have never done this in any of my other English class, so it was a change( I was getting burned out on the same thing every time). The last thing that we did, that I really liked, was all of the books that we have read.  I don't think that I have ever liked to read so many books in my life, until I have gotten to this class.  We read a book called Night which was about a boy that survived the Holocaust.  This was a really good book, and I really felt like I had a good idea what he went through, since he was about our age. We also read a book called I am the Cheese, and this was a weird book.  It was told in three  different points of view, but i really like it because there was a lot of mystery, and you didn't know what would happen next.  Then we read our independent reading book called Outliers, and this was probably one of my favorite books.  This book talked about success, and that you do not earn success by yourself and dedication, but it has a lot to do with were you were from, and what year you were born in, and your family background.  The reason that I liked it so much, was because the author, really proved his case, and everyone that he showed that was successful, really had some very good advantages.  So to in reviewing this year, we have done a lot of awesome things, things that i would have never guessed you would do in an English class, and all I can say, is I cant wait for next semester!!!