Salar English Blog

  Reflect on a time when you paused to appreciate the beauty of nature, much like the speaker in  “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening.”  Where were you, what did you notice, and how did that moment of stillness make you feel or change your perspective? A time when i have stopped to notice nature is when i go over to my great aunt and uncles house which is on the lake and i stop and look over the lake and all of nature around it. today in class we worked on our poetry analysis and our 1 pagers I am better understanding how to analyze poems throught our 1 pager that we our doing in class.

  Prompt: In the poem, the speaker and his neighbor meet each year to repair a wall. Describe a time when you had to set or respect a boundary with a friend, family member, or classmate. How did it help or hurt your connection with that person? A time when I had to set a boundary with a friend was when I had to tell my family that I can't eat any more when they are trying to get me to eat more at their function, such as Thanksgiving, and at parties. Today in class we did the commonlit mending wall. I leant about a new type of poerty called blank verse where there is no ryming in the poem

  Prompt: Both poems by Robert Frost explore the passage of time and life’s changing moments. Write about a time when something in your life changed more quickly than you expected. How does this experience connect to Frost’s idea that “Nothing gold can stay”? A time when my life changed quickly was when I first got a phone it allowed me to do a lot more talk to more people and be more productive for example I'm writing this on my phone right now while on the bus Today, we went over 2 poems by Robert Frost we analyzed one as a class and the second we die ok our own Today I reread Robert Frost the road not taken and I gained a deeper understanding of it and all of the little nuancew in it

  Prompt: As we think about our upcoming Vocabulary Monday, tell me what is your favorite word RIGHT NOW? Why is it your favorite word, and how often do you use it?  My favorite word right now would have to be success because that's how I approach every assignment with the intent of succeeding. I dont really use it too often, but I think of it when I do things in school. In class today, we worked on our presentation of linking the poem we read in class to our own personal lives. Today I learnt about all of the things that you can do in PowerPoint to make it easier to do your presentations.

  In  “Birches,”  Robert Frost celebrates imagination as a way to escape life’s difficulties and reconnect with innocence. The speaker wishes to “get away from earth awhile” but also understands that he must eventually return to reality. Think about the role of imagination in your own life. How does imagination help you cope with challenges, boredom, or stress?  To escape this world I sleep and play video games Today in class we analyzed the poem birches by robert frost. Today i learnt about the diffrent ways the word heaven is used in poetry becuase i missed first time we learned about that.

  After reading  “Out, Out—”  by Robert Frost, reflect on a time when you faced a dangerous or high-pressure situation that demanded your complete focus. What made the situation risky, and how did your concentration affect the outcome? After reading out out I think about the AP World AP exam that demanded my full concentration and if I didn't, then I could have failed the exam Today in class, we read the poem out out and had a class discussion about it. I learnt how to more deeply analyze poems and understand their meanings through reading them multiple times.

 Over the break i went to north calorina to visit family and i also caught up on some work that i had left for my classes and tried to get ahed for some of my classes so i wouldnt feel as far behind. In todays class we worked on lesson four vocab and we are working on writing a comic with all of the 15 words that we got in lesson 4 vocab Today I leant what the word debauchery means which is corruption and self indulgence.

  Prompt: How do you find time to enjoy your day, even when you have a lot going on? Write about at least three specific things you do to enjoy small moments throughout your day. I find time to enjoy myself throughout the day, even with a lot of things going on. For example, when my day is full of work to do, I find enjoyment in the work and the feeling of getting the work accomplished. Another thing that I like to do is find small breaks to play short games like Clash. Also, who doesn't like to take a short snack break every once in a while? Today in class, we worked on our ambush argumentative paragraphs.  I worked on not making the evidence from the author's pov but from the story's views and how it was written.

  Prompt: Describe a time when someone’s words had a lasting impact on you.   A time someone's words had a lasting impact was when my teachers encouraged me to work harder. Today in calss we worked on seeing why claim's and evidence from our class were not right. I now see why most of these claims were wrong and how specific they have to be to count for full points.

  Prompt: Write about a moment when you had to step out of your comfort zone.  A time I had to step out of my comfort zone was when I needed to do public speaking in front of a large number of people whom I didn't know. Today in class, we worked on our argument stories about whether there is such a thing as a good kill. I see the different viewpoints of the arguments about whether there can be a good kill, and I think that there can be, especially if you need to defend yourself.

  Prompt:  Write about a dream that felt real.  A dream that felt real to me has to be the dreams where I am falling/flying i think those dreams where you are in the air feel real for everyone. Not in class due to TSA competition.

  Prompt:  Write about something you’ve always been curious about. Something that I have always been curious about is money. Why can some people make so much, and how do they figure it all out? Today in class, we wrote our argumentative paragraphs. The one I wrote was about how movies are not just time-wasting snores's. In summary, today I now see how there are so many different perspectives on one idea.

  Prompt:  Write about the best gift you have received.  The best gift I have ever received was my first phone because it was the gift that, when I received it, I used the most out of any gift I have ever gotten. Today in class, we went over the format when writing a formal argumentative essay. I learnt today that one does not use contractions when one writes formally. 

  Prompt: As you grow older and face new experiences, what issue or topic do you think you'll have to stand up and debate most often, whether with friends, family, or society?  As I grow older, I know I will have to stand up to my family about their opinions about phones and technology in general because I feel that they go by the first thing that they hear, ex. I heard someone I know in school say you can rotate the iPhone 17 Pro Max camera bar, and I had to argue with them about the topic.