Learning Blog for Dec.15, 2014

Because I explained mainly the same things that we did last Monday ( Learning Blog of Dec.8, 2014), I will try to explain different things in this learning blog.

WHAT DID WE DO

Today, just like any other Monday, we did literature circles. Following, we did self assessments and conclusions to our discussions and dialectical journals. Today was our final Lit. Circle for out first novel, so we had different ways of self-assessing ourselves. 

WHY WE DID IT

We did these Literature Circles to help our speaking, reading, evaluation and summary skills. Doing novel studies help us understand and read novels easier, which makes reading other pieces of writing easier. This will help us a lot later on, since almost every job, from a teacher to an engineer, uses forms of writing to work. Improving our speaking skills also can help us a lot, since we speak in our everyday lives frequently. This would not only help our normal lives, but also our jobs, school and beyond. 

REFLECTIONS AND CONNECTIONS

I think Literature Circles help us in a lot of categories that can help us beyond Humanities and even beyond schools. The points I already stated and many more can help with out jobs and life. 

A connection that I can make with this, is that in elementary school we also did literature circles. The difference is that in elementary school, we didn't do everything we do now, such as Dialectical Journals and Self Evaluations. Usually, we would just discuss on a certain part of our novel for a short amount of time. We would also do "Chapter Reviews", which are summaries of each and every chapter and what that chapter was about. Literature Circles in Humanities are way more complicated and take longer. 

HOMEWORK REMINDERS

* Literature Circles' Self Evaluations due tomorrow

* Learning blogs if you have them this week

* Paragraph Booklet due by winter break

HOMEWORK TIPS

*Literature Circles: Explain in detail why you think like you do. If you write that you improved on something, give examples as to how you improved in that certain area. 

*Paragraph Booklets: Don't rush your exercises in the booklets, since the booklet is to help you improve your writing and organizing skills. If you rush it, you won't get better and won't get a good quality booklet to hand in.