This
year blogging I think went really well. I think that blogging has helped me
break down exactly what I’m reading to understand it more. I read 10 books this
trimester meaning that I did not meet my goal of 15, but I was close. I think
that I thought I would read more books than I did because I usually read at
night, but once all the homework started piling on, I just wasn’t able to read
as many books. I still think that I read a good amount of books for me though.
Some ways that I got ideas on what books to read was asking friends what books
to read and also looking at what movies were going to be coming out soon and
reading those books before the movie came out. I think one strength that I had
while blogging was making the blogs interesting for people to read and using
text evidence to support what I said.
One
of the quotes that I used in the “Allegiant” blog was:
“The train slows down when we get closer to the
fence, a signal from the driver that we should get off soon. Tobias and I sit
in the doorway of the car as it moves lazily over the tracks. He puts his arm
around me and touches his nose to my hair, taking a breath. I look at him, at
the collarbone peeking out from the neck of his T-shirt, at the faint curl of
his lip, and I feel something heating up inside me” (88).
The
quality of my writing has improved because I have become better at adding
evidence from the text, like the above example. One other example of a quote
from the text is:
"He saw the figure long before he reached
it, for at this point in the journey the road climbed straight up a hill, as if
it had been drawn with a ruler. Someone was huddled by the roadside, brown and
gray like the dirt, and for a fraction of a second he was afraid there might
have been an accident, that an injured person was lying there. But then the
figure sprang up, and he saw the typical gesture. Someone wanted a ride"
(Boie 74).
In the beginning of blogging, I didn’t even use
quotes until I got that tip from Mrs. Bowman to start using them so the reader
can have an example of how the author writes.
One other thing that has improved the quality of
my writing is adding pictures of videos in my blog so the readers can get a
clear picture of exactly what I’m talking about or describing. One thing that I think I have improved is
ending the blog with a sentence that is not too plain or simple.
Before: This video is a song written by Troye Sivan after being
inspired by 'The Fault in Our Stars'. I hope you enjoy!
Now: If you want to find out how Tobias and Tris solve these
problems, go read ‘Allegiant’.
Even though the ‘now’ one is shorter, I think that it
leaves the readers with something to think about, being of they should read the
books or not. The original ending sentence just told you to enjoy but never
really gave you something to think about.
I think that overall my
blog has been doing very well and I have been able to turn them in on time and
not have them take that long. I think that I will continue to improve my
blogging and just keep getting better.
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