Secret Place Poem

I see it from the corner of my eye.  Looks very big.
I smell it from miles away. Its been there for years.
I  taste emptyness. I shouldn't have to taste it.
I hear  loud annoying voices. They are always there and talking
I feel its roughness on my skin.

"Third Quarter Goals Reflection."

One of my goals for this quarter is to get at least to get a 3.0 or higher. I have gotten above a 3.0 before by just doing my homework and turning in my assignments. Therefore it's pretty easy just to turn in assignments.  To achieve this goal I have been turning in everything Ms. Priester has been giving me.  I am doing very well this quarter. Last quarter my grades were horrible, for me do bring my grades up like that is very exciting to me. It feels good to turn in my homework.  Right now I’m pretty happy about my grade and at the end of the quarter I should still have that good grade. 

"Poetry Experience Paragraph."

I don’t feel excited about studying poetry because it doesn’t seem fun. I know that when your write poetry it can rhyme. Also, you can write about whatever you feel inside. Another thing I know about poetry is that it make people feel better when they write things down. I have not studied poetry before. It doesn’t seem like it’s something I absolutely have to learn about. I have read about poetry before in middle school. Like I said it’s not something I like to learn about. I also, don’t write poetry for fun. During this unit I hope it will be fun to learn about it. Maybe this time it will be something that I enjoy reading.

Good Teacher Traits

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Symbolism and Allegory Unit Reflection.

Over the past few weeks my classmates and I have been studying about symbolism and allegory. I have learned about symbolism by reading "The Grandfather." By Gary Soto. One assignment that I have learned about sybolism is by completing my poster assignment. Also I learned about allegory by reading "The Skull and the Arrow." Another assignment that I did to understand was the graphic organizer. Graphic organizers are useful because they help me sort out information so I could learn better.One of my favorite symbolism assignment was the tree trunk paragraph we had to do because I love talking about my mom. Also, my favorite allegory assignment was the skull and the arrow cave paragraph because it was fun learning about it. Symbolism and allegory changed my thinking because I thought allegory was going to be easy but it was hard.

Symbolism String

1. A peace sign because I like being in peace instead of having chaos.

2. A volleyball symbolizes me because I love to play it.

3. A green bracelet because green represents harmony.

4. Nockerballs symbolize my mom because she used to put my hair in them when I was little.

5. A radio symbolizes me because I love to listen to music.

6. A picture of my favorite artist because I can relate to him.

"Homework Banner."