Sampson's English Blog

 On October 31, we answered questions based on the poem we read during our last meeting in class. At the end of the class, I could see that being able to analyse the poem the last timed helped me a lot in answering the questions provided for us in class today.I was able to explain my point and was also able to make some type of connection before answering the question provided on the sheet. 

 On October 30,we analyzed a poem in class by Lawrence Ferlinghetti.The poem was titled Constantly Risking Absurdity. We came up with themes and were broke down the poem to understand what each word meant and what the message of the poem was about. At the end of the lesson,I was able to understand what some words meant in a poem and also what it meant in a real world.I was also able to derive themes from a poem.

 On October 27,we continued with the presentation we couldn't complete the last period.We also brought out the sheet we wrote themes and things we learnt from other groups poems.We then began to continue with the presentation we started the last time we met and we then wrote down some themes and personal connections we can make with the poems. At the end of the lesson that day,I was able to get a better understanding of how to derive themes from a poem and also how to summarize it.I also learnt how vocabularies used in the poem means and what it represents.

 On October 26 when we got to class,we were told to get our presentation ready by our teacher so we did so and then we began the presentation.the period was a one and a half hour period so some groups started to present their work.We couldn't finish the presentation on that day because each group took about 25 minutes to present their work.We were also told to take a sheet of paper and write the theme of the poem each group presented and also three things we can learn from the poem. By the end of the period,I was able to come up with themes from a poem and also a personal connection from the poem. 

 On October 24,we were being placed into groups of four in the class and each group was given a poem by Robert Frost to analyse.In the groups each person was given a role to perform for a presentation.At the end of the class,I was able to summarize a poem and also explain each quotes in the poem.

 

 On October 23,we were placed into groups and we were given poems to discuss among our group members and in the group each person was given a role he or she is supposed to play in the group. We were supposed to analyse the poem and come out with quotes and their meaning.We were also also told to define the vocabularies in the poem and also summarize the whole poem.We were then also told to draw a one pager about the poem or how the poem looks like. 

 On October 20,our teacher was not around so his substitute came to fill in for him.We were given 15 new vocabularies to learn and the meaning of each and how it can be used in a sentence.We then formed sentences with each of the vocabularies and we were also given a sentences to fill in the blank spaces provided with the vocabularies we learnt.

 On October 19,we analysed a poem in class and also talked about some literature in class.We also wrote what reminds us of our childhood on a sheet of paper.We then learnt what the meaning of the poem is and then got a theme for the poem. What i learned about in class or what i got from the period was how to analyse a poem and also how to break it down to make meaning to you.And i also learnt how one can derive a theme from a poem.

 On October 17,we summarized the passage we read in class the other day by writing a brief paragraph about what the passage was talking about and also what the passage meant. 

 On October 16,we read and analysed a passage by Robert Frost that was titled "Out Out".The passage talks about a boy who wanted to have fun but ended up losing his life.We also formed a theme from the passage that was "Don't rush into adulthood"

 On October 13,We were given to passages and told to take a sheet of paper to write claims on the passage we were about to read.We were then told to write Analysis promt on our paper and we were told to write down things that a person cannot say but rather a comedian can.After writing those down, our teacher said we should write a agreement and a disagreement claim for the passage we read.  

On October 12, each and every student in the class was given a sheet that contained sentences on it and we were told to derive an agreement claim,a disagreement claim and a compromising claim and before doing that we were given an example on how to derive those claims from a sentence. 

 On October 10, we talked about how to find claims in a passage and we were given an exercise on how to derive claims in passages.Before starting the exercise,we were given an example on how we were supposed to derive claims from passages to get an understanding on what we were doing.

 On October 5,we were given two passages to read and write facts,claims and statistics from each passage.Before we began to read the passage, we were given a brief introduction on how to tackle the questions and how we should answer the questions. After the brief introduction,we began to answer the questions and also we were given time to work on our assignments we are missing in class so that we can be graded on them.

 On October 3,we were given an exercise on passages we read in class yesterday .The test was to give us much understanding of what we were doing and also we would be able to identify claims on our own without the need of discussion.

On October 2, we were given a sheet of paper that contained an argument that we read and also discussed in class but could not finish discussing it.We were also unable to do the exercise given to us and were told to do it during tomorrow's period.