Sampson's English Blog

 On December 5,the whole class was told to go to the auditorium to learn about how one can get enrolled into a college.First of all we were told to take a post test on our chromebook sor phones.We were taught how to check our GPA and how to get a college based on our GPA and also . Reflection summary:At the end of the program,i was able to learn how to check my GPA and also get a college that was suitable for my GPA.

On December 4,we were given an assessment in class to do.In the test,we were given a story to read and questions that correspond to the story.We were also told to complete the story but we weren't able to complete the assessment before the period ended.

 On November 30, we continued reading the play by August Wilson but we were told to read it on our own.The class was given a sheet which had questions about what we were about to read and also what we previously read. Reflection summary:I was able to answer questions on a play and also describe a person's characteristics,personality and behaviors. 

 My racial descent is Ghanaian.My cultural heritage is a mix of different races because it is based on our shared ancestry,language and cultural traditions. The first image talks about how we celebrate our festivals.It is when the people and the chief of the cultural race come together to witness how the celebration is being celebrated.The people of the cultural race dances while drummers and other instruments are being played during the celebration of the festival.The second and third images talks about how our cultural race dress.We wear traditional cloths to show the beauty of it and and these cloths are called "Kente" in our local dialect.The forth image shows how children are named.First of all,the child is being kept indoors for seven days(7) and on the seventh day, the child is brought outdoors and being given a name.The whole family organizes a place the are going to host the ceremony and the child is given to the elder or the head of both families.The then dips his i...

 On November 28, we read a play by August Wilson and before we started reading the play,our teacher chose some students and gave them a role to do in the play. The rest of the class were audiences and were given a sheet and was told to list down interesting quotes and also the key events from the play we read that day.The audience were then told to describe the characters that they come across while’s the play was in session and also told to summarize the play we read that day.

 On November 27, we started a new unit and in this unit we are reading a play called Fences.The play was written by August Wilson in the 1950s. We talked about why people make fences and some of the class said fences are made to set boundaries,protection and also the disadvantages of them. We said one can run into them and also can keep you from getting somewhere in case of emergencies.

 

 On November 13, our teacher was not around but he left us an exercise to do on the story we read during our last meeting.

 On November 10,we continued with the story reading and were able to complete the whole story.We were then asked questions about the names of characters and what we learnt from the story,etc.We were selected randomly to answer some questions and others was general questions. Reflection Summary:I learnt that our parents always have a reason for being strict on us and also prevents us from going or doing certain things. 

 On November 9, we read a story in class but before doing so we were told to take a sheet of paper and describe what our neighborhood was like and how difficult or easy it was to live there.After writing a paragraph about our neighborhood,some of the students were selected randomly to share what they wrote.After doing so,we began to read the story. Reflection Summary:I was able to know which types of areas people grew up in and how hard it was to live in their neighborhood.

 On November 6, we presented our poems we wrote in front of the class.Each student was to read his or her poem to the whole class and also tell the whole class the theme of the poem, Reflection summary:I was able to hear some of my classmates wonderful and sweet poems they wrote.

 On November 3, when we got to class we were told to take our Chromebook out for a test.The test was based on poems and it was a multiple choice test.The test took the whole lesson for the class to complete. Reflection Summary: I was able to answer questions based on poems and also how to answer a question when set from a poem.

 

 On November 2,we were told to write a poem in class and also make a theme out of the poem,give a title to the poem and also the poem should include Alliteration,Personification,Metaphor,Simile,Imagery and Hyperbole. At the end of the lesson,I was able to write a poem including all mentioned above.

 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.