"Hits"
Flood Disaster
My parents woke me up on the morning of August 14th, 2016 to an image I will never forget. The Great Flood of 2016 was no longer affecting only those in low-lying areas; now, large portions of Baton Rouge, that had never experience flooding, would receive backwater flooding. One of those areas would only be feet away from the place I call home. When my parents awoke me in a rush I was initially confused, and then scared. I hastily put on my shoes and headed out the back door to what seemed like a sea of water. The water steadily creeped up the driveway of my house as my family and I cringed in fear as we realized that this could be the day that we lost everything.
Other houses in the front of our subdivision had already been flooded, while some in the back of the neighborhood were certain they would be safe from the backwater. One of my first thoughts was if one of our neighbors, the mother and father of one of the recent fallen officers in the tragic shooting in July, would be safe from these rising waters. On this sunny Sunday morning, I hoped that God would protect those grieving parents, my family, and everyone else in Louisiana suffering from this tragic flood that left thousands without a place to call home.
I think I did a good job on this piece because I really used by emotions to help write this piece. I also think that I had good word choice in sentence structure, something that I lack in other pieces of my writing.
My parents woke me up on the morning of August 14th, 2016 to an image I will never forget. The Great Flood of 2016 was no longer affecting only those in low-lying areas; now, large portions of Baton Rouge, that had never experience flooding, would receive backwater flooding. One of those areas would only be feet away from the place I call home. When my parents awoke me in a rush I was initially confused, and then scared. I hastily put on my shoes and headed out the back door to what seemed like a sea of water. The water steadily creeped up the driveway of my house as my family and I cringed in fear as we realized that this could be the day that we lost everything.
Other houses in the front of our subdivision had already been flooded, while some in the back of the neighborhood were certain they would be safe from the backwater. One of my first thoughts was if one of our neighbors, the mother and father of one of the recent fallen officers in the tragic shooting in July, would be safe from these rising waters. On this sunny Sunday morning, I hoped that God would protect those grieving parents, my family, and everyone else in Louisiana suffering from this tragic flood that left thousands without a place to call home.
I think I did a good job on this piece because I really used by emotions to help write this piece. I also think that I had good word choice in sentence structure, something that I lack in other pieces of my writing.
Transition From Winter Sports to Spring Sports
As most winter sports are coming to an end, many of Episcopal's teams have been very successful, and I hope that this continues during the Spring. The boy's soccer team was state-runner up, the boy's basketball team just won their first playoff game yesterday, and the girl's basketball team is headed to the state semifinals today! I am very hopeful and excited for the upcoming sporting events. I try to support the Episcopal sports teams, especially basketball, whenever I can. I find basketball most entertaining to watch, which is why you could probably find me at any Episcopal basketball game, boys or girls.
While the Winter athletics at Episcopal are coming to an end, many Spring athletics have began practicing, and the boy's baseball teams have started playing. I am participating in softball, which is why I am very excited for what is to come during the Spring. I love softball, and I haven't played in over a year since in middle school, softball is a fall sport. Softball has its first game next Monday and I think that the entire team is anxious and terrified to play because we have a lack of participants because they are still caught up in their winter sports. I wish the best of luck to all of the winter athletes who are fighting for the championship and I hope that everyone is just as successful in the Spring.
I think that this post shows how I feel about this hectic transition between the sports seasons. I also think that I do a good job on balancing the amount of time that I talk about Winter sports and the amount of time that I talk about Spring sports.
Tick Tock
Tick, Tock
I can't get through this writer's block
When we were asked to write a poem I wasn't in a state of shock
But that didn't stop me from letting out a squawk
I need to get my focus in lock
Because my creativity is in a box
I hear a hand on my door go Knock, knock
I open my door after it is unlocked
But no-one is standing there as I gawk
I can just hear the clock go tick, tock
I am very proud of this piece because I usually fail to excel with it comes to writing poetry. While this piece isn't perfect, I still use new poetry techniques that we learn throughout this unit while still showing how I am feeling while I am writing this blog entry. `
Human Nature (literary analysis)
I also find that I have trouble analyzing things and giving my honest opinion in a paper. I think that I did improve on stating my opinion and analyzing the book, but it was a struggle to get through the literary analysis.
Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith (reading response/blog post)
The reason that I consider this blog post a "miss" is because it is very repetitive and my sentence fluency is weak.
Dear 13 Year Old
This blog post was one of my weaker one's because I didn't really put a lot of thought into it. I also thought that my word choice was weak in that I used words like good.
I can't get through this writer's block
When we were asked to write a poem I wasn't in a state of shock
But that didn't stop me from letting out a squawk
I need to get my focus in lock
Because my creativity is in a box
I hear a hand on my door go Knock, knock
I open my door after it is unlocked
But no-one is standing there as I gawk
I can just hear the clock go tick, tock
I am very proud of this piece because I usually fail to excel with it comes to writing poetry. While this piece isn't perfect, I still use new poetry techniques that we learn throughout this unit while still showing how I am feeling while I am writing this blog entry. `
"Misses"
Human Nature (literary analysis)
I also find that I have trouble analyzing things and giving my honest opinion in a paper. I think that I did improve on stating my opinion and analyzing the book, but it was a struggle to get through the literary analysis.
Blood Dazzler by Patricia Smith (reading response/blog post)
The reason that I consider this blog post a "miss" is because it is very repetitive and my sentence fluency is weak.
Dear 13 Year Old
This blog post was one of my weaker one's because I didn't really put a lot of thought into it. I also thought that my word choice was weak in that I used words like good.
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