Work Times this week

Reviewed meter- 15 minutes Thursday
Worked on research paper- 45 minutes Saturday
Studied for test- 30 minutes Saturday
Studied for test- 90 minutes Sunday
Total- 180 minutes

The Park

Grass around me, so green.
I feel my head telling me to go to sleep.
People laughing, people playing frisbee.
The frisbee smiling as it whizzes past me.
Sky as blue as the ocean, so blue.
How, I ask myself, do I move?

The people around me
One man with a hat on his head, his clothes baggy.
I wonder, how can someone stand having their pants that saggy?
A woman with a child walks by.
How, oh my, can a child be so happy,
When everything around him seems so dull?


In this poem, I used a lot of end-stopped lines. Also, I used personification talking about the frisbee smiling, and in the same line, I used an onomatopoeia with the word whizzes. In the second stanza, there is an end rhyme in baggy and saggy. There is an internal rhyme in "A woman with a child walks by./ How, oh my,.../.

Working Times
2/11- 10 minutes in class (Allegiant)
2/12- 10 minutes in class (Allegiant)
2/12- 30 minutes- Working on final draft of paper
2/13- 10 minutes in class (Allegiant)
2/14- 10 minutes in class (Allegiant)
2/16- 60 minutes (Allegiant)
Total: 130 minutes

Jay-Z and Rihanna- Umbrella

Link to song: http://www.metrolyrics.com/umbrella-lyrics-rihanna.html


While evaluating this song, I noticed many poetic devices. I first noticed an internal rhyme with "Let it rain, I hydroplane in the bank" These lyrics come up in Jay-Z’s part of the song. Also, there was assonance when Jay-Z says, “comin’ down like the Dow Jones”, with the repetition of the O sound.

In Rihanna’s portion of the song, there is a repetition of “under my umbrella,…” which creates an assonance with the repetition of the U’s at the beginning of the words under and umbrella. Also, the umbrella could be used as a symbol of a good-standing relationship. I found this song to be pretty easy to analyze, and had a deeper meaning past umbrella, ella, ella, ay, ay, ay.

Reading Times

2/4- 90 minutes- Read and finished ATD
2/5- 45 minutes- 3 discussion posts
2/6- 15 minutes- 1 discussion post

Total: 150 minutes

Research Paper Draft

My research paper draft is decent so far, in my opinion. I think the ideas are all there, but I am lacking in my organization. I feel most confident about my thesis after I revised it. I am concerned about my use of paraphrasing/quoting in the paper.  

I found that the easiest thing was the introduction/conclusion paragraph, and the hardest thing was putting all of my research into words. I think I need help putting quotes into my paper. I think I should focus on the organization of my paper when I receive feedback. 

Work Times
1/28- 20 minutes- Drafting Video
1/28- 60 minutes- Drafting Paper
1/29- 60 minutes- sending feedback to Emma Scott and Camille's Detailed Outline
1/29- 30 minutes- Drafting Paper
1/30- 90 minutes- Drafting Paper
2/2- 45 minutes- Drafting Paper
2/2- 45 minutes- Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian

Total- 350 minutes

Snow Week

Over the 3 days of break we had, I really did not do anything. For all the days, I woke up at around 11 and watched netflix all day until around 5 or 6 when I would start my homework. So from 11-5 I laid in bed and watched however many episodes of Law and Order: SVU or One Tree Hill. I got all of my homework done pretty quickly, except on Thursday when I had a ton of homework.

I did not see people besides my family until Wednesday night, when I went to one of my friend's house. On Thursday, we had a soccer game which we won 8-0, but it was freezing. I know I really needed these 3 days just to rest, and I definitely got my much needed rest.