Week 8 Progress

Looking back on my progress, I can say that I feel pretty accomplished. I've been able to stay on schedule and complete all of the assignments in a timely matter. I wouldn't say I have a good weekly routine, I kind of work on the assignments when I have some free time.

Some pitfalls that I'm going to try and avoid is making sure that my comments that I'm leaving on other students blogs are actually showing up. I ran into that problem last week, so hopefully I keep a close eye on it from here on out.

Looking forward, I hope to start taking better notes on the stories that I read and reading more on how to do so. I think taking better notes will allow me to write better stories and come up with different creative ideas to incorporate into my stories.

I think one thing I might work on changing is my overall theme and layout with my Portfolio. I'm not 100% happy with how it looks right now so I might be changing it here soon.

Determination

Week 8 Comments and Feedback

The quality of feedbacks that I have been receiving have been very helpful! I have gotten some useful tips that have allowed me to better my story telling skills. Some of the most useful comments that I have received are when classmates validate my stories and leave comments saying that they liked or enjoyed reading my stories. Although the critical and suggestive comments are extremely useful, it's nice to read the comments saying that others have enjoyed reading my retold stories. I think it's more of a confident booster more than anything!

I think the quality of comments that I have been leaving have been helpful. All of the stories that I have read so far have been great! It's interesting to read all the different stories that others are writing.

I think something that I might try differently is work on reading to understand the stories rather than just reading and commenting on them. I think trying to understand the ideas that have been put into retelling the story will really help me understand the overall plot of the story.

I chose the picture below because it accurately represents me on a daily basis. I am always making mistakes or doing things in the most complicated way when I'm sure there are easier ways it could have been done. I think this picture allows us to see that it's okay to not be perfect as long as you're trying.

Imperfectly

Week 8 Reading and Writing

When reflecting back on the past eight weeks, I'd have to say I'm pretty proud of how far I've come since week one.

When I learned that we were going to be blogging for this class I panicked a bit. I barely knew what having a blog even meant, let alone starting one of my own.

So far, I'm pretty happy with my blog. I just changed the colors and the overall layout to something different. As for my Portfolio, it can use some work. Every other day or so I try and change the layout to find a theme that I like best, but I haven't quite found one yet. I've also been using some of the different images I find on Google Sites.

So far I'm pretty satisfied with how my stories are turning out. I feel like each week I come up with more and more creative and unique ideas to incorporate into my stories.

One of my favorite readings so far has been How Sun, Moon, and Wind Went Out to Dinner. I think I have liked this reading the best because it teaches a valuable life lesson on putting others needs before your own.

I chose this picture below as one of my favorite because being at the beach is one of my favorite places to be. I love laying in the sand with the sun beating down. Hearing the seagulls chirp and the waves crashing onto the shore is such a soothing and relaxing sound.

Palm Trees by The Sea

Looking forward, I plan to continue working on coming up with different and unique ideas to incorporate to the different stories that I retell.