FInal Exam

To be honest, I think that this final exam isn't really hard like the last midterm. It probably was because I studied more, or because the test is just really easier. I was pretty ready, about 95% ready. The 5% I was unsure about was the literary devices used in the poem "Paul Revere's Ride". The teacher was talking about the metaphors and symbolisms before the test. I did understand what he was saying, but then when I was writing the last question, the essay, every thing he said didn't make sense at all. So, I think I didn't really do a good job on that question.When the teacher said "The exam is really easy", I didn't want to kill him because I was pretty sure that I would do ok on the test! I was confident about basically almost everything in the test, since I kind of memorized every vocabulary in the text book. For example, onomatopoeia is like the words that makes a sound. I also remembered the kinds of poems the text book mentioned, and I think that it was kind of useful since there was a question asking about what kind of poem "Paul Revere's Ride" is.

Independent Reading Project Reflection

From doing this independent reading project, I learned that in order to make a good project, it should be well thought and well planned. It would be easier if the project is  well thought. For my project, when I bought the poster paper, I thought that it would be long enough for me to fit all the pictures I wanted, but then when I was almost finished drawing, I realized that the room wasn't enough to fit everything, and the end of the poster was kind of squishy, because I had to put everything in. I think that actually a project isn't necessary, because since we have a book report to write already, the teacher will be able to know whether we understand the book or not. Doing the project takes too much time, and because it is almost the finals week, the time that we could use to study will be spent on doing the project. It isn't that it's wasting money, it's that since I was preparing for the project, I wasn't able to study enough for tests.