November 7, 2016- Sklar Winberry

In our class today, Mr. Rivers introduced our next summative It is an exercise in reflection. We were told to select a rational and a romantic prompt and write two paragraphs about each. The prompts provided for the rational paragraphs are:
Select a strong and a weak assignment from this marking period. How does each assignment show growth? How do you plan to improve?
   
Apply a grade to an assignment or activity that we did not grade. How does your work show your strengths in this class? How does it help you to make improvements?

Write a logical letter to the September version of yourself and explain what you would have done differently (as well as what you did well). Use (and label) five rhetorical devices.
The romantic prompts are:
Select a song or poem that represents some aspect of your role in our class. How does this song/poem represent your past? What will change about the song moving forward (as in, during future marking periods)?

If YOU were your own English teacher, how would you encourage your own independence? How have you become more independent this marking period?

Select a tone and write an emotional letter to your teacher about how you have developed youthful innocence or educated sophistication. Your tone may be positive or negative, but please label your specific tone in the prompt box.
I chose to do the rational letter to myself in September. I chose this one because I prefer creative writing over more structured writing. I plan on writing (to myself) about the strong notes I take and how I can improve them by adding more of a personal lens to them.
For my romantic writing I am deciding between the first and last prompts. I am choosing these because I enjoy music and poetry but also like the creative aspect of the emotional letter.

This image showcase some of the distinct differences between romantic and rationalists. These may be helpful when writing the summative.