Juan’s English blog

 Today in class we were given a poem called “Constantly Risking Absurdity” by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. We were then told to take out a two sheets of paper where we would take down notes and answer 9 questions that were on the back of the poem. We then read the poem as a class analyzing it and writing things down. Once we finished taking down notes and analyzing the poem we had to answer questions 1-3 for the last 10 minutes of class and tomorrow we’ll be given the first 15 minutes of class to finish up the rest of the questions

 In class we were put into random groups of 4 and given a poem to read and analyze. We were each given a different sheet of paper with a task that we had to do. I had to pick out at least 4 quotes from the poem analyze them and figure out a way to present them because we’d also be presenting them on Thursday

In class we were given a poem called “Birches” by Robert Frost. It was about an adult who wanted to go back to their childhood after realizing how much they’ve missed it due to how their life has been going so far due to choices in life leading to adulthood. We read the poem and while reading we analyzed and annotated it. We were also given another sheet of paper that had a quick write which we had to do before we started reading which was having us think of something that reminds us of our childhood. Then we had to pick three quotes and analyze them, afterwards we had to write the definition of four words that were in the poem. We also had to write down three themes and a personal connection to the poem.  When I am feeling down I like to go outside and sit next to a tree close to where I live because it helps me calm down whenever I feel down because it helps me remember how when I was little I would go around and climb on trees for fun and sit on them to rest

 Today in class we were given instructions by the substitute teacher on what we were given to do. We were told to open the vocabulary college board book to lesson 4 and write down the definition then to do exercises 1,2,3 and 4 and once we finished to turn it in. Exercise 1 was putting the words in correct order that they would go into the sentences there were 5 different ones. Then exercise 2 was about root words, prefixes and suffixes and we it had five questions to answer. Exercise 3 was choosing the correct answer for the questions that best fit the questions word such as question 1 asked “Who is most likely to be censured”. Then finally, exercise 4 involved reading a passage by Ralph Waldo Emerson and answering four questions that involved the passage 

 Today in class we were given back the paper that had the poem. We were told to take out our chromebooks because we’ll be writing down an essay about the poem. We had to have 7 paragraphs the first one being the introduction, then a short paragraph about the meaning of the title and how it establishes the theme. Paragraph three was about lines 1-6 and how it sets the setting of the poem as calm and peaceful, paragraph four was lines 7-12 which was contrasting the setting and the saw, paragraph 5 was lines 13-27 and it was to describe how the the author uses metaphors and what happened, how the boy changed attitude. Paragraphs 6 and 7 were used to describe how people reacted towards the boys death and discussing the time of it 

 In class we were given a poem that was called “Out Out” by Robert Frost. We were also told to take out a separate sheet of paper and before reading the poem we had to write down 5 different freak accidents that could happen to anyone. Once we did that we started reading the poem that was about a kid who was doing a man’s work and was waiting for his 30 minute early break. He ended up cutting off his hand with the chainsaw that he was working with when his sister told them ‘Supper’. Once we finished reading the poem we analyzed it and annotated it 

 Today in class we were handed two pieces of paper one had two articles about David Chappelle on the front and on the back talking about how he was getting backlash due to his Netflix standup comedy called “The Closer” and how he was making jokes about the trans community. The front one talked about what Netflix and the venue thought about the whole situation and what they did. Then on the back it talked about how he reacted to the whole situation. The other paper we were handed had us write down 3 claims that supported our idea whether or not comedians are important or not. Then we had to write down 3 counterclaims