In this junior Language Arts class, we began our adventure into the world of grammar, literature, and vocabulary by reading Yann Martel's The Life of Pi. Within that novel we learned about survival and religious values, and came up with our own mantras. We set our goals and aspirations for the upcoming year.
While reading Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird, we learned about many different concepts. We learned how rumors and gossips are detrimental to many people, and cause nothing but bad things. Also, we delved into the days of 1930's Alabama, and discovered the racism and inequality that ravaged the whole southern United States.
As for how we went about learning, we utilized 21st century technology. Every Tuesday and Friday we worked on these very blogs, uploading posts discussing underlying themes and illusions to To Kill a Mockingbird. I found this very helpful and thought it helped us make better connections to the novel. I think that other classes should utilize technology like we have in this class, as it makes projects easier and more enjoyable to work on.
All in all, I have found my junior year exciting and interesting, and am doing very well grade-wise. I enjoy all of the curriculum we are learning, and hope that the following quarters will be as enjoyable as this one.
I find this junior year to be quite exciting as well and hope we can get along this year. I know how you feel, I like language arts and this class and the books. Reading To kill a Mocking Bird was really meaningful and taught so many life lessons. I cant wait to read all the other books we are going to read in the future are.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Andy, I think this year was fun as well. I also said in my post how good I thought To Kill I Mockingbird was compared to other school books we've read. I hope we continue to read these inspirational books and this years continues to be interesting
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