Danny Blakeman                                            Blogger           

This trimester I have learned a lot throughout the blogging experience. I have begun to read more and get really excited when I find a good book or understand a new word. I have been reading slower then I used to, I believe that I have learned to slow down and take all the details in. I have enjoyed those 2.5 books much more then I would have if I had just flown by. Also I have been remembering the details in the stories better and creating my own text to self-relationships.  Reading wise I almost reached my goal for amount of books, I read a total of 2.5 out of 3. Even though I haven’t reached my goal quite yet I hope to by the end of finals. My goal for the year is to read 12 books. If I read 3 books in 3 months I should be able to finish 12.

 I unfortunately really struggled with using goodreads, no matter how hard I tried I just didn’t pick up on it. Next trimester in English B I hope to understand goodreads better. I have always had trouble finding good books that stick to me and make me want to read. When I do find a book that I love I just can’t set it down and I love that feeling. Having pleasure when reading is fantastic because it is like TV but a healthy stimulant.  I think goodreads will help me find more good books to enjoy and embark on. 

 Throughout blogging every week I have noticed that I use a lot of my own opinions on the story rather than facts. I wanted to insure that I had plenty of opinions so people decide for themselves if it is worth reading. I find it better to look at how other people view the story, anyone can make a summary sound good, but the real matter is if the story really is good. My goal when blogging was to get readers excited about reading the story and want to find out what happens.  I think I also did very well trying to improve my vocabulary each week. I have gained a great deal of words that I use everyday. I have even started to do “Word of the Day” trying to advance my knowledge.

The quality of my blogging has vastly improved since the beginning. In the beginning I used very little text to ….. Referencing and my vocabulary was very poor. Throughout the blogging my vocabulary has exceedingly increased and my writing elements have become common. You can tell I have improved because I use much larger words and I compare text to text in this sentence: “This element that she incorporated is very similar to what they do in the book “BZRK” compared to my older versions of “The best thing about this book is the intense action scenes that are described so well.” Those examples show that I have improved.