On this weeks episode of AP Lit and the Senior Year, the biggest focus was on poems (specifically The Eagle") and analyzing poems through TP-CASTT, but more on that later. Starting off, I'd like to talk about the rest of my week outside of the AP Lit classroom. In Business Management I got a lot of good work done. Dylan (my partner on production) and I were able to form a list of possible products, which includes lanyards, bath bombs, hats, bracelets, socks, and mugs) and find good cheap ways to produce them in order to make a good profit. It's really important that things work out because we are dealing with real money and people are relying on me so I don't want to let them down. In AP Gov we went over the Constitution and took a test over it on Friday. I thought I did really well on it but when I checked Power School I only got 1/10 on the short essay questions. I'm hoping he just meant to put in 10/10 and just messed up. I'm Section Leader in Orchestra and I'm very proud of myself. I've kind of been working towards this goal since 7th grade so I feel very relieved and accomplished. This week in AP Lit though was a good week. We focused on "The Eagle" a lot and I really like the poem. For me, the poem conveys a beautiful sense of peace and serenity that can only come from nature and powerful imagery. The writer then in the last sentence is able to completely shift from peace to power. Using TP-CASTT made analyzing the poem a lot easier than just off the top of my head and it was kinda fun doing so. I had the most difficult with the timed writing on the poem. I just couldn't seem to get myself to write a lot on it, I think because it's such a short poem but also because I just have a hard time articulating my thoughts into writing. I hope I get better and want to work harder to do so. One thing I learned was how to create a weebly link of all things, so I will hopefully do better on Reflective Learning Blogs from now on. I also found myself procrastinating a lot this week which reminded me of a TED talk I watched in Social Movements. I connect really strongly to the talk and find myself doing a lot of the things he talks about. I put off my SSR because i didn't think of the deadline and I didn't even come close to my reading rate. I want to dedicate the next week to reading my book and finishing it to make up for lost time.
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