January 28, 2011

This week in English class we really did not cover any new content. We basically worked on our Inquiry Project Proposal this whole week so it can be pretty perfect. We also did our Beowulf quiz corrections. I really did not do very well on the quiz, but hope the corrections makes my grade better. In class Stephanie helped us make a Diigo account so we can bookmark things for our Inquiry Project. So far I still need to interview some people to answer my essential question for my project. I'm probably going to interview my aunt who is a college professor and maybe the writers who wrote the books I'm reading. I really hope to get some good answers. I'm pretty excited to see my end results of my project. :D

January 21, 2011

This was a very busy week for me. Thank god for the weekend. In English we finally read the whole story of Beowulf and took a quiz on it. Also I finished writing my essay on, if we should preserve languages. That essay was also part of my quiz. The quiz was quite challenging but I think I did average.

For my inquiry project I have selected my three books that I will be reading. My first book is called Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn, second Net Force #1 by Tom Clancy, and Ark Angel by Anthony Horowitz. Extreme Measures is a very good book. It really captured me in the first chapter. The book is about counter terrorism. A group of special opp's have to go find them.  My essential question that I will be answering is, what makes the perfect spy? I really am excited to learn and read books about spy's and their epic adventures to find the enemy.

December 14, 2011

This week in English class we read the whole story of Beowulf. Stephanie wanted us to get an understanding of what an epic-hero is. After reading Beowulf I had a very good definition of an epic-hero. An epic-hero is someone who is loyal, caring to their people, respectful, strong, and wise. I thought Beowulf was a very interesting story. The story kind of reminded me of Shrek in a way. :D. From this reading I actually have a very good understanding of what an epic-hero is.

For my inquiry project I will be analyzing spy/adventure books. I picked this genre so I can understand why people enjoy it. I really don't have a good idea why people like it. Over the semester I hope to get a better understanding why people like spy/adventure and also have a good time reading my books. I think I will find my answers soon.

Begining of 2nd Semester

This week was our first week back to school from winter break. We have started the second semester. This weekend our class discussed how people you different types of speaking. The different ways people speak are formal, slang, and broke. Our teacher gave us articles about how different languages are going to become or all ready are extinct. When I read those articles, I was very fascinated and engaged to the reading. One thing that was interesting was the city of New York has about 800 different languages spoken. I was like OMG (Oh My God!). OMG is a great example of internet talk. Other examples are like LOL, TTLY, TMI, GTG, WTF, etc...... That is what we covered this week in class. :D