To Reflect on Mockingbird To Kill A Mockingbird reflected the contentious race relations of the 1930’s-1960’s, and sparked nationwide examination of racism. There are countless court cases that closely resemble the trial that took place in the novel, such as the Scottsboro Trials. The book was published right before the culmination of the Civil Rights Movement. In the years after the book’s publication, the Freedom Riders made their famous trip across the South, and the March on Washington took place
Character To Kill a Mockingbird was a great book and had many wonderful characters in it. As I was reading, I reflected on my reactions to the characters. Scout was an undoubtedly unique character in all that she did. Scout stood out in a crowd, not only for her courage, but her instinct to do what is right. When Atticus told her not to get into fights with other children about the lawsuit, she held back on her urge to fight. She chose to do what was right, even though she found it difficult. Scout’s
English Reflection: I have changed from who I was at the beginning of the year. I feel that English class has really let me grow as a person and a student. I feel more open to talking with different people and doing different things. I am still not to fond of the idea of talking in front of people but I feel that I am better than I was at the start of the year. And I feel like I like learn more about real life problems through books. I think this year in English, I’ve really developed as both a
Term 2 Reflection During term 2, I feel that I have strongly grown as a presenter and a writer. Comparing my work to term 1, I feel that my presenting skills have gotten stronger and my reading and analytical skills have grown and it reflects on the character analysis that was done in class. Consequently, my writing skills have constantly improved over time. Another area of improvement I felt improvement in this term is my work habits. Collectively, I feel that these traits have improved my English
HARPER LEE'S VIEW OF THE 1930'S AS A CHILD Harper Lee is well known for her great contributions towards modern society through her astounding book, To Kill a Mockingbird. The novel is read world-wide, in high schools and colleges because of its in-depth look at the social classes in the south during the 1930's. The book was influenced by society, in particular the social order of the south during her childhood. Lee grew up during this time of controversy which is why she writes so passionately about
life for those who are poor. Go Set A Watchman by Harper Lee~ Pulitzer Prize winner -This book is the sequel of To Kill a Mockingbird, which follows 26 year old Jean Louise Finch (Scout), home from New York to visit her father, Atticus. While visiting Scout discovers troubling truths from her past. This book would be a good choice for me because, when I read To Kill A Mockingbird in eighth grade I fell in love with the story. The Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes~ Man Booker Prize -This book
White Bread Reflection Essay Teaching in a multicultural society is difficult, it’s a balancing act, you have to be able to help the students from other cultures be able to easily integrate into a new society and culture, but you also don’t want to make your students from another culture lose their sense of identity. There’s no solid answer for how to maintain both of these at once, it’s incredibly difficult. The fictional novel White Bread by Christine Sleeter shows us how fifth grade teacher Jessica
and makes them easier to read. Adding commas to my writings is very important because sometimes I write longer sentences and if there are no commas it would not make a lot of sense. One of my writings that reflects my comma use is my To Kill a Mockingbird exam essay. “It can cause people to see the world in different ways, including hatred, and is also used for people to express their feelings.”(1). This example is a great showcase of my comma use and If this sentence did not have commas it would read
Portfolio Reflection Essay I feel that my strength as a writer is that I am creative in my stories. I am good at creating the storyline and what happens next. The writing piece I feel I did best on was the allegory project. Likely because it was mostly drawing. Though my weakness is that I have very generalized sentences. They have few details and are somewhat short. The writing piece I feel I did the worst on was the thumbprint project. I had such a short story that I just repeated it until I filled
Final Reflection Time flies and here comes to nearly the end of the semester, which is also the end of Grade Nine. We have finished several writing assignment. This revision project has helped me find my improvement and weakness. I can know what and how to improve in order to write better. I have gone through difficulties and challenges while revising. For example, I have to recall the plot and characters in The Lottery and The Most Dangerous Game when revising the expository essay. However, I