Writing
"At this Moment, I Am"
This writing assignment was a piece where we had to describe what we were doing at that very moment. You had to explain what you were doing, how you were feeling, and how this inspires you for the future. We basically had the freedom to write about whatever we wanted. During class we critiqued each other saying what needed to be unproved and our celebrations. After we had published our final piece, we were assigned to make a wooden board of our work, and an image that was special to us. After we finished that wood piece, we hung them up outside of the classroom.
This project was fun and I'm glad we had the freedom to write about ourselves. I think it was great that we got feedback from other kids. If I could improve anything, it would probably be to not get off task so easily. I'd talk about one subject and then jump right into the other. I also wish I had written about something else. To be honest, I didn't really take this essay seriously , I thought it was just a fun little writting piece that we did to be creative. Surprisingly I did pretty good on it. I wish I had written something different.
Project Proposal
This was a large writing assignment that was very stressful and long. We needed to write a proposal in order to get a grant for our designs. In other words, it's a letter thats asking for money and in return, we come up with a creative unique design for the community. It was part of the year long project we had been working on with our groups. The proposal itself explains more about the project.
This was my least favorite project of all. I hated my group, and their work ethic. I had to do this assignment and it took me forever to revise it. They wrote it so unprofessionally, and it was a hot mess. If I could fix anything, I would probably write it first so my group doesn't have a chance to ruin it. They made me so stressed, I had to stay up very late revising their mistakes.
"What I know"
The what I know project was a writing assignment where we had to write what we know about ourselves. It was based off the book "The House on Mango Street", and we were inspired by the author "Sandra Cisneros". She mentioned something called the writers block, which is basically something you know you want to write, but too afraid too. We wrote what we were too afraid to write in one big piece. This is what it eventually looked like.
Reflection - This writing piece was ok, it wasn't too large because it was only classwork. I was a little nervous saying my golden nugget in front of the class, but I did it, and I'm proud. If I could improve anything, it would be adding more to why I'm a semi-happy child. I wish I could've been honest about being transgender. Allot of people don't know that I am and I wish they were more educated. I also wish I wrote more in general.
Vignettes
This was another writing assignment based on the house on mango street. We needed to write our own small stories in a vignette. The story didn't need to be grammatically correct, we could write in incomplete sentences instead of a complete format. We had the freedom to write about whatever we wanted, however it had to be similar to the book itself. You can't write about your crazy dog or anything, because she doesn't have a dog. It's kind of like you are re-writing the vignette in your own words, and modern lifestyle.
Again, I love it when we have the option to do our own assignments creatively. I always hate it when we are assigned writing pieces that we can't relate too. This one was very fun for me, I wish we did another one. If I could improve anything, it would be the MLA format. I would also change the last paragraph about something more positive.
Sonnet - Silent Lone Parasite
During this period of school, we were learning about Shakespeare. Our assignment was to make a sonnet about love. Of course, most teenagers are in a relationship, except for me. I wanted mine to be dark, sad, showing that love isn't always pretty. There's abuse, assault, heartbreak, and sorrow. I'm a gay boy, and I have a crush on a special person, however I'm pretty sure he isn't attracted to the same gender. I want to talk to him, but he's scary and doesn't have an interest me.
I liked this project very much. Like I said earlier, I love it when he have projects based on our own creativity. I think this one was even better because I was writing about my crush. The only thing I wish to improve was my 3rd quatrain. I accidentally followed the rhyme wrong.
5 Paragraph Essay
This assignment was where we needed to write an assignment on Shakespeare stating if he was still relevant. We read many articles and brainstormed evidence for either argument. We wrote drafts and got them critiqued. This lead us to writing our last draft.
This project was a little stressful due to the drafts and many articles we had to annotate. I eventually got it finished and I was actually pretty confident. If I could fix anything, it would be to put more counter arguments. I also need to be able to see the other side of the argument , yet talk about his relevance positively.