Angel's AP blog

Today I was absent in class due to ACT WorkKeys. The tests were extremely easily, and it was basic reading and math skills. Although it was easy, I still took my time. I did this to watch out for trick question, but oddly there were not many. I am  very thankful that the test was not difficult.

Today we worked in groups to analyze the poem “Lady Lazarus” by Sylvia Plath. This poem was much harder to comprehend than “Mirror”. My group and I struggled  for the first ten out of twenty eight stanzas. The structure of the poem was most confusing; the poem was broken into three lines per stanza. Being a beginner at analyzing poems, it was hard to follow along. However toward the last couple of stanzas,  began to grasp the concepts of the authors purpose for the structure, and it all started to make sense.

Today we read the poem “Mirror” by Sylvia Plath. While reading the poem I reflected on the person I see when I look in the mirror. When I look in the mirror I see a strange, puzzled girl. The girl yearns to feel beautiful, but she fails at every attempt. The girl longs for her father’ love and reassurance, but she knows she’ll never receive it. She’s broken and feels as if half of her is the the graveyard. The girl can’t accept reality. The girl is lost and heartbroken hoping to see the beauty in herself like others  do. She wants to feel smart. She wants to be optimistic. The girl in the mirror want to have hope that change is really inevitable.

Mr. Rease was not here today, so we completed our scene. It was a little challenging because we did not have the book. That did not stop us though. My group and I successfully created most of our scene, and everyone was given their character. Overall, today was a great day filled with excessive talking.

Almost everyday I realize how much of a bad writer I am. After several days we were able to present our paragraph. It was horrible, and we came in second to last place. We earned 15/40 points. I did majority of the writing so I automatically felt like I was responsible. I’m so frustrated with myself, and I’m disappointed that I let my team down.

Today we went on field trip to see Frankenstein. The play was well acted out and very suspenseful. There were times when I would scream really loud or jump really hard. For example, the scene when the gun is shot caused the whole audience to jump. I really loved watching the play, especially since the actors seemed so devoted. I love going to see play’s.

Today we got out of Mr. Rease’s class early because of something dealing with homecoming week; however, during the time we were in there, we finished our previous assignment. It took my group thirty minutes to finish up because we had to revise what we wrote. After revision, everything we wrote flowed perfectly. I liked class today.