Chrissy and Kimani

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Tuesday, June 16, 2009

OH SNAP! Writing! =]

Well, as I consider myself to be a strong reader, I find not only in my school work but in my heart,that I am a better writer .I feel as if my writing has evolved while I traveled through the experience of 8th grade. At the beginning of this long and interesting year,the "writer's block" that I had faced was challenging,and, quite boring actually. What I was desperate for was to free my thoughts from the prison inside my head."How can I do this?" was the question I always seemed to ask myself, when I got stuck in the midst of a brainstorm. When I began to doubt myself as a writer was when I realized it was about time I let everyone around me,in on how strong my creativeness is,and how intelligent I could be. To move beyond my "writer's block" I started writing without thinking. My question to myself (with the help of Locker) became "why am I making this more difficult than it needs to be?". When I finally re leaved Chrissy Mendez of the urge to be perfect,my writing became more influential. The writing that I once called bland and boring,transformed into one big ball of facts,personality,and most of all the ability to make you think,and make you say "WOW". No I don't believe my writing is the best and doesn't need work,because the more I work on my writing the more interesting it gets. (By the way,it's still very good! Lol) In order to for me to feel really confident with my writing I had to work on it all year. I took positive criticism from teachers and peers. (which was also a challenge cause I don't like criticism..lol) Two classes that I would say that are special to me and that I used to my advantage is Communication Arts and Humanities. I feel this because in Communication arts we are/have been working on poetry,and when I am writing poetry I push myself out of my comfort zone and put everything out on the paper. (By the way RECYCLE!=])I use vocabulary that makes my words stand out and mean more. The poetry that I work hard on also teaches me to break free from boringness and helps me to have more of a voice. I also feel humanities helped me with my writing skills because I was learning how to responed to texts/historical texts,like the DBQ! (Man was that challenging)But as I developed and progressed I started to put my opinion , and basically myself into each response. The more I tried to make my writing have more of a voice the more my writing seem to make sense. People were also starting to think of me differently. They started to think of me not as the the "young immature Chrissy" but as the "intelligent Chrissy with much maturity". This was the result of me growing as a writer and as a person. I don't really face any challenges with my writing at the moment,but I know that I will later on and that I will do my best to over-come...

5 comments:

It's Chrissyyy!! said...

I'm sooooooo proud of us (Kimani and I) for accomplishing so much so far...the blog looks awesome!!I love it!

The destroyer said...

i enjoyed ur titles and omg chrissy reads is so awsome and it was true lol bf c ya later alligator

Octavia said...

well this is very deep i like your writing reflection because you tell how you have grown as a writer which is very important because we are going to have to do a lot of that in high and it's personal it's about you

I LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!

Reena Shah said...

Wow. You are very reflective and have REALLY improved as a writer since September. So exciting to see.

Mike F said...

Wuts gud nice blog it aint better then .. WE DO WORK!!!! lolz

Some Advice From Us To You

We feel like we did a pretty good job getting through our three years in middle school. We struggled a little when we first started 8th grade and though we adjusted and worked our way to where we are now, there are some things we wished we would've known before we actually walked into the 8th world. Heres some tip's that we wished we had in the beginning of 8th grade...

Come into class with an open mind because your going to be exploring things deeper than just learning. But don't worry it'll be fun.

It's time to grow up. The year will go super fast and before you know it you'll be off to high school. So don't waste any time being scared to ask of a question or to raise your hand.


5 Things We Didn't Do In Sept. But We'll Always Do Now...

Numero Uno:
Analyze my books cos you know we love to read!

Numero Dos:
Try to join clubs. We weren't in them in September but we'll always try to do that because it really helped us this year.

Numero Tres:
Teachers are here to help you.ASK FOR HELP IF YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!!! In September we didn't really ask for help ,but as we progressed we started to think if we need help then get it!

Numero Cuatro:
In September we didn't really write in specific , detailed , transitioned,and exampled paragraphs.Working on this all year helped us to create these exotic paragraphs.

Chrissyyyy

Chrissyyyy
I like my star glasses * TWINKLES*

Kim-tastico

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