ExTrA cReDiT

I hope I don't get marked down for being too informal in this blog, but I'm going to make it as personal as possible. Wow, its really weird to think that we have been blogging for 7 months! This year in English has definitely been a lot different than any English class I've had before... A lot more freedom, if you will. In middle school we pretty much wrote essays, read together as a class, then shoved everything that we had learned into the back of our minds. Speaking plural probably isn't fair to some people, but basically that was MY middle school experience. But, in English class this year there has definitely been a lot less "hand-holding" (a phrase that's loved by pretty much every teacher I've had before...). Working in groups is something that i have really enjoyed, like the Earnest Essay. Ive also learned that there are a lot of books out there that are actually pretty decent, for example, I really liked Animal Farm, The Bean Trees, A Separate Peace, The Importance of Being Earnest, and (although i hate to admit it) there were some parts of Great Expectations that were really touching. This year has also been a lot of fun! Even though we do our share of work, I also like having a sort of party at the end of each novel. It feels like a sort of reward for getting through the book! I also think our class is really great, everyone is just so nice! So, as a whole, and as we are finishing up our last few weeks in English (craziness!), I'd have to say that English as a whole this year has been pretty great :)