William’s English Blog

 Creating this poster took a lot of time, but I think it was worth it with the way it came out. I had to think deeply about what pictures to put with my similes and metaphors. Also, planning the placement of everything was a tedious process. Today we finished working on our posters. The class period was a pretty chill environment. 

 The whole backside of what others say about you challenged me while doing this paper. Specifically pressure to fit in, because I have never really felt pressure to fit in I am always just being myself without thinking about it. Today we worked on a poster for our Rising in My Own Words project. It was tedious but I liked the project overall.

 Creating similes and metaphors for myself opened my eyes to how big of a window my life has been. It jogged my mind of everything I have done in my life and the impacts of others in my life. Everything that I have done had to come together to create consistent figurative language about myself. Today we created similes and metaphors about ourselves on a worksheet.

 Over the break I went skiing in North Carolina. I was with my family such as my dad, step mom, brother, sister and girlfriend. We skied the whole week and it was a lot of fun. I went down my first black diamond, it was scary at first but after I went down once I only went down black diamonds. Today we read a poem and identified similes and metaphors.

 Three objects I would use to show love would be a playlist, food, and gifts. The playlist because I love music. The food because it is an easy thing to give that shows you care a lot. Finally the gifts because giving gifts is the best way to show love. Today I presented the interactive oral.

 I enjoyed the memoir the most because it is all raw emotion. It shows the real experiences that happened on the journey. It has shaped a different path in my mind about life. Today we listened to 2 groups interactive orals.

 Participating in the interactive oral made me more prepared for our presentation by giving be a visual of how it is supposed to look. It started turning gears in my head for ideas of what we can do in our 30 minute window. Today we listened to group two's interactive oral. 

 The perfect day with a loved one would be having a good breakfast in the morning. Then hanging out with family the whole day. Going to a nice dinner and hanging around outside to end the day. Today we listened to group 1's interactive oral. 

 The best piece of advice I have ever received would be from my dad. He always has told me to always tell the truth no matter what. It has put me in better situations all of my life, because if you tell a lie it can send you down a rabbit hole of trouble. Today we worked on our interactive oral.

 The most challenging part of working in a group would be when people don't want to communicate about the work. I have been put in groups that the people just do their own thing without conversation with other group members. Today we started our last assignment before break. 

 The thing that I struggle with most when writing an essay is organizing ideas to write about. Sometimes it can be rough to figure out what to write about and also the order of your explanation. Today we read chapter 9 and took notes on it.

 A moment in my life that felt like the beginning of a powerful story would be when I found out I needed surgery on my feet. I was born flat footed and with a short Achilles tendon which made it very painful to run. I found out I needed surgery and knew that it would be a long recovery but change my life for the better.