So far in class we have watched the Death of a Salesman and I think I liked watching the movie better then reading through the book because it gave me a visual that i can fall back on. The overall book though is a little confusing and I'm not sure that if in the end Willy kills himself on purpose. He talks about being more useful dead then alive so he might be talking about his insurance and how if he died the family would get the money. But in the end he seemed so excited that they were all going to be successful and he was talking about going down to Boston so then maybe he didn't kill himself on purpose? But over all the whole thing was really confusing to me I'm going to have to read it a few more times to be sure about anything in the book. When mrs. Holmes first talked about reading books more then once i thought 'you've got to be kidding' but now I get that its actually really helpful and so far the things we have read in class I don't mind reading again.
Going over other peoples Blogs is kind of fun. II enjoy reading other peoples opinions about whats going on in class. And its nice to know someone is reading my blog and I'm not just doing it for the grade. But it can be a little embarrassing to have a classmate point out your mistakes and critique you though it is helpful.
We also did an in class writing thing. And that was... well an experience. Its hard to say were I stand as far as if I'm ready for that but i think i did okay. And the Century Quilt was not as hard to decipher as I thought it would be. But I think that with more practice and a LOT of help I might be about to do what Mrs. Holmes say we should be able to do.
Emily Mackson
Good job on the post Emily. I agree that it is a little weird having people you don't really know reading your writing, but it is really helpful. I actually think I enjoyed reading the book more but I also watched the movie last year so that may have had effect on my thoughts. Keep up the good work!
ReplyDeleteHi Emily! I agree with what you said about watching the movie, and having something to fall back on, because while I was reading the book, I was envisioning parts of the movie that went along with it! Just a few small errors, like make sure to capitalize "I" and "Mrs." and don't forget to add the apostrophe in certain words like "what's." But other than the minor grammar errors, great job! :)
ReplyDeleteI wasn't sure he had killed himself intentionally either until it suddenly hit me on my second read that he was talking about insurance money. I'm also glad we watched the movie, but for a different reason. Normally, I have difficulty reading a long selection slowly. After a half-hour or so, I start to lose patience and skim over things. Reading along with the movie kept me reading at a constant pace which, to me, is a heck of a lot more useful than multiple readings, beneficial as those have turned out to be.
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