“The art of being happy lies in the power of finding happiness in ordinary things. Life doesn’t force us to be perfect it only asks us to do our best.” -Unknown This has been a quote I have learned to follow throughout the course of my junior year. If we allow ourselves to be happy about little achievements and know that we did our best regardless of the outcome, then we can help ourselves be more successful in the future. A good example of some of the small accomplishments i 've made my junior year were in my English 11 class. First off, some of the books I have read independently throughout the semester were, Life as We Knew It, The Dead and The Gone, This World We Live In, The Shade of The Moon, The memory of Light, and Quarantine.
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Some examples of writing I did was Problem-solution, feature article, and a movie review. Before taking English 11 I had never written a feature article, or a movie review. These forms of writing were challenging as there are many different elements to have to pay attention to. In writing, detail seems to be the most important. Along with learning new formats, every week we had the chance to write 5 pages in our notebook about anything we wanted. During this time I would write about memories from the past and things that were currently happening to me in the present. At times, writing the pages each week became a challenge. I had to come up with different topics that I could expand on to make a story. Making up a story is a lot harder as it requires more thought, rather than just writing about things you 've already experienced for yourself. Learning and seeing new writing formats along with having to come up with new ideas to write about, made me realize just how important writing really is.Being able to write a paper correctly will allow you to get your message across to others the way you intended them …show more content…
As difficult as it seemed in the beginning as you became more intune with the story and the characters, at some points you could decipher what was being said. In my opinion the message shakespeare wanted his audience to get out of the play was that your decisions play a big role in what your life will turn out to be. This is also a theme shown in the real world today. Usually those who make poor decisions end up suffering more consequences, and will be remembered for those bad decisions they made. Unless, they choose to become a better person and turn their lives
Some examples of writing I did was Problem-solution, feature article, and a movie review. Before taking English 11 I had never written a feature article, or a movie review. These forms of writing were challenging as there are many different elements to have to pay attention to. In writing, detail seems to be the most important. Along with learning new formats, every week we had the chance to write 5 pages in our notebook about anything we wanted. During this time I would write about memories from the past and things that were currently happening to me in the present. At times, writing the pages each week became a challenge. I had to come up with different topics that I could expand on to make a story. Making up a story is a lot harder as it requires more thought, rather than just writing about things you 've already experienced for yourself. Learning and seeing new writing formats along with having to come up with new ideas to write about, made me realize just how important writing really is.Being able to write a paper correctly will allow you to get your message across to others the way you intended them …show more content…
As difficult as it seemed in the beginning as you became more intune with the story and the characters, at some points you could decipher what was being said. In my opinion the message shakespeare wanted his audience to get out of the play was that your decisions play a big role in what your life will turn out to be. This is also a theme shown in the real world today. Usually those who make poor decisions end up suffering more consequences, and will be remembered for those bad decisions they made. Unless, they choose to become a better person and turn their lives