Final Reflective Essay

1. How do I like having a blog? How has blogging changed the way I write, the way I think, or the way I think about writing?
2. Explain one or two ways audience feedback helped me grow over the semester. This doesn't have to be stuff Sutherland said; if people wrote response posts about my writing, what did I learn from their reactions?
3. Where do I get my ideas doe blog post topics? What inspires me to write?

           

Reflective essay

            This reflective essay is basically about the things we have done lately throughout the year which is very helpful to me because it leads to my expectations. When I say lead me to my expectations I mean it helps me become more fluent in my writing which bloggers does because we always write a post mostly somewhere to once a week till 4 a week or 3. Also it leads me to my future too because it helps me become a better writer because I have done a lot of post about blogger like sometimes I become so bored and I post or if I am having a bad day or something that is effecting me through my life. I like having a blogger a lot it makes me a better person and make me become a more understandable person because I bring out my personality out to see how people think of me and how awesome I am in some way and not awesome. It makes me different and as it make me different person it helps me become a better person.


`           I like having a blog because it helps me express my feelings and also it gives me something to do when I do not have anything that is useful. If I am having a bad I go ahead and blog it online or if there is a question people need to ask I have like response which is basically like an advices to whom that asked the question. Well there is no link into it but as soon I come to school I just get response and what to do to do better. I don’t have a link because people usually have something else to do instead of being on blogger all day so that maybe why I didn’t get comments or people did not like the topic. Another thing why I like having a blog it helps me more in my education and more for my English speaking.  It’s because usually my grammar was horrible and as soon as I became blogging my grammar became better than I would thought it would be. Usually in my writing class for my goals is that I need to become better in my grammar for all of my essays and so far it has been so since I got better I have changed my goal since I already succeeded in one of them but I still have a couple of them to go and I feel confident of myself because I succeeded in one what would hold me back into succeed another goals that I would love to accomplish. 

     Also in my opinion I think that blogger have made me a better writer because I can read others people blogs and post and as I read it I learn from it I get information like use big vocabulary that I haven't used before and I try to put it in my post. It helps me a lot because it helps me become a better writer because sometimes I get help on my grammar because either people are being friendly or they have nothing to do or it is for homework. That helps me better in my education for a specific class which is writing and English those classes I have the best on. That is why I like the blog it is not just homework it is called in my perspective "leading you to a better Education". Like I said about how blogger is good because it helps me express my feelings and I get advices which I got it from you Sutherland and I am going to show the quote that I posted up in blogger

I want to stay but I don't think I have a chance of staying because of my grade. I am trying to do better than my first marking period. I promised I will. Well I think I am doing well but I guess I am not. I have never been kicked out. But I guess this is going to be my first time. I just want to have a good grade so that I can succeed and only take 2 years of college. I am hoping I can stay this whole year to show them something. I am very pissed and mad at myself. I am tired of my lack of work now I am going to show people who I really am. I am going to be a good student. I am going to ignore people when they talk to me. I will make improvements.

This quote is from my blog which is called “ “I am Mad! I need help” As I posted this up I had an advice that had help me out throughout the whole year of my school. That why blogger is a fantastic source for me. This helps me a lot to lead into my future and become a stronger person which it is extremely helpful it helps me become a new person. When I mean a new person I mean that if I have problems or mad I can get help because people in blogger might help me and influence me to calm down if I have any problems.

            In conclusion, I think blogger is a really helpful place for people to write. If people are screwing up in some of their classes like especially writing then I am guessing that they should have a blogger to become. I say especially writing because I use to screw up in writing a lot because I never use to do any writing in middle school. My middle school in my opinion is like a play ground because I we do is just having in class and become disruptive. But as I came to ASTI I learned more than 3 years of middle school. I really succeed the most on writing because of blogger. That why I garneted that blogger is the best solution for you to become a better writer.

Rough Draft Reflective Essay!

How do I like having a blog? How has blogging changed the way I write, the way I think, or the way I think about writing?
Where do I get my ideas doe blog post topics? what inspires me to write? 

     I like having a blog because it helps me express my feelings and also it gives me something to do when i do not have anything that is useful. If i am having a bad i go ahead an blog it online or if there is a question people need to ask i have like response which is basically like an advices to whom that asked the question. Another thing why i like having a blog it helps me more in my education and more for my english speaking. Also in my opinion i think that blogger have made me a better writer because i can read others people blogs and post and as i read it i learn from it i get information like use big vocabulary that i haven't used before and i try to put it in my post. It helps me a lot because it helps me become a better writer because sometimes i get help on my grammar because either people are being friendly or they have nothing to do or it is for homework. That helps me better in my education for a specific class which is writing and English those classes i have the best on. That is why i like the blog it is not just homework it is called in my perspective "leading your self to a better Education".

Final Draft

              In this novel "The OUTSIDERS" by S.E Hinton is about gangs, also I think that the purpose is the comparison and contrast between both gangs. The gangs are Greasers and Socials. They are both gangs and they are pretty tough. ("Tuff") But Greasers are poor they do not have money like the Socials do, Socials have weapons like knives and other type which is not named yet in the story which I have not reached yet. Anyways, the Greasers have knives but they do not carry it all the time, and when they do not have it all the time they just find a glass bottle and break the end of it so then it can become spiky and sharp. Socials always have weapons with them the never have to use a bottle because they are too rich to Greasers. By the way, they usually fight with their own fist because they just want to give each other pain for now they do not want to kill them. Anyways the purpose was achieved because I can already tell what the whole story is about because of the first chapter. They basically try to show who is a better gang and why.

            Basically, in the story it is based upon how they are safety and the most important is caring for Greasers. By saying how they are meaning their looks and how it makes them a Greaser, what makes them a Greasing their hair back. What make a Social are their close and their objects, their close is a blue madras shirt also their object is their mustang. The Greasers always need a weapon with them because they are always getting jumped or they will need another group member because one of the Greasers got jumped and the while team came and scared the Socials away. Caring is the last thing because the three main people in the story their names are Darry Curtis who’s the oldest brother, Sodapop Curtis second to oldest, and Ponyboy Curtis the youngest. Their parents died in a car accident which makes Darry do all the hard work because he has a job that gives him muscle spasm.

            Overall, as the part I read Ponyboy who is the main character thinks that his big brother Darry is an ass but he really is not because all he do wanting the best of him and always worrying about him since their is no one else to except Sodapop here is a quote from Sodapop have to say about Darry because of Ponyboy's life

            "Listen, kiddo, when Darry hollers at you . . . he don't mean nothin'. He's just got more worries than somebody his age ought to. Don't take him serious . . . you dig, Pony? He's really proud of you 'cause you're so brainy. It's just because you're the baby-I mean, he loves you a lot."

             As people can see is that Darry is just caring about his little brother by yelling at him and teaching him the bad things and the rights things. Darry is just trying to be the bigger man as he is trying to be so he can take care of his brothers which is one of the main points of the story.

           

             As reading through the book I sort of see what the other is really trying to show us in my opinion. I think that it is about care for each other I am talking about Ponyboy Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, and Darry Curtis. Because they're parents died in a car accident so now Darry who is the oldest is in charge of everything that is happening. Darry have two jobs because there would not be anyone else to support them. He works to give them food so they would not be sad all the time because there parents usably give them food and make it but they are not there. So that is why I think that the author is trying to say look how important caring is and if they were not taking care of each other they would get in a big mess or even to death because the symbols of their gang.

            Carrying is a good thing for the family because I know that it would not be great if one of your brothers or sisters die. (Just trying to get to the point this is an example) Anyways they are so worried about each other because they do not want anymore people from their family to die. That is all they have is each other. Here is a quote were it showed that Darry cared about Ponyboy as he left his house for 5 days

            "Oh, Pony, I thought we'd lost you . . . like we did Mom and Dad . . ."

             This shows a lot of love in my opinion and it also showing that he really cares about him because he does not want anyone from his family to pass away because he Darry said that his Mom and Dad are enough.

            I think that this was well achieved because it does not just show one place where the other one cares about each other there is many different places like when Ponyboy was getting jumped his brother and the whole Greasers came to have his back. There are many different places where there is love and carrying but I am just naming the main thing that had me almost in a tear drop. Which is the one above?

            

            The paragraphs above are both of my review of the book. Which the second one was more accurate because I had read more into the story it brings a lot of info and it grabs people attention. It was a great book also it is one of my favorite. It gives me ideas of how I should change and become a better person. They have been through a very rough time in life because they were orphans and were in a gang which makes them extremely unsafe. It gives me and idea in the future of how should I become when I lost my parents, I know that I will change deeply and do what my parents would expect me to do to keep them happy and myself.

            

             Overall, the book in my opinion was based about love and represent. When I say love I mean like caring for one another. Like what Darry and Sodapop have done for Ponyboy. Also when I say represent meaning that if you are in a gang u can not just hide you have to fight to show that is stronger than whose gang. My opinion if I had to chose what this story about from love and represent I would say love because they need to show one another love, especially since they are orphans no one else can help them out the most its either themselves or the gang the greasers that always have each others back.

Peer Review Comments

For Bany: Explain why you think the book is good in a way i want to see your perceptive. What makes it good what do you like about this book?
You should expand on a summary and more about the characters and show how they life been and how it is similar so it can become more interesting.
The most important thing is to talk about the story more instead of the character.
Your is pretty good but you need to explain more about different characters and the story because that is what its all about.

FOR BEATRICE: NO POST

FOR ADRYLAN: NO POST

For Andy: For your draft Andy you were pretty redundant. Why did you take a quote from Bany do you really need it or u were on a rush and tried to get as much words as you can?
You should expand on why did they write the story and how it is a great book and what you've had learned from it. Basically just write significant things about the story.
Something better you can do in your draft is to become less redundant so then you can write more about the story, also there is no need for you to take quotes from other peoples unless it extremely help you out in your
draft, because you did not even reach to a thousand yet you know that you only reached to 981.
So make sure you take more time in to your draft so that you explain fantastic events in your book ok.

For Christy: For your draft so far is the best i read. Because you bring a lot of detail into and the image pops up in the mind and u grabbed readers attentions like me it is very strong for me to pull my eyes away from your post. In my opinion i feel like reading it myself because of you describing it very well. Good Job!

rough draft

            
           Saber Saleh
English 2nd period
Mr. Sutherland
27 April 2011
Rough Draft
In this story "The OUTSIDERS" by S.E Hinton is about gangs, also I think that the purpose is the comparison and contrast between both gangs. The gangs are Greasers and Socials. They are both gangs and they are pretty tough. ("Tuff") But Greasers are poor they do not have money like the Socials do, Socials have weapons like knives and other type which is not named yet in the story which i have not reached yet. Anyways, the Greasers have knives but they do not carry it all the time, and when they do not have it all the time they just find a glass bottle and break the end of it so then it can become spiky and sharp. Socials always have weapons with them the never have to use a bottle because they are too rich to Greasers. By the way, they usually fight with their own fist because they just want to give each other pain for now they do not want to kill them. Anyways the purpose was achieved because i can already tell what the whole story is about because of the first chapter. They basically try to show who is a better gang and why.

Basically, in the story it is based upon how they are safety and the most important is caring for Greasers. By saying how they are meaning their looks and how it makes them a Greaser, what makes them a is Greasing their hair back. What make a Social are their close and their objects, their close is a blue madras shirt also their object is their mustang. The Greasers always need a weapon with them because they are always getting jumped or they will need another group member because one of the Greasers got jumped and the while team came and scared the Socials away. Caring is the last thing because the three main people in the story their names are Darry Curtis who’s the oldest brother, Sodapop Curtis second to oldest, and Ponyboy Curtis the youngest. Their parents died in a car accident which makes Darry do all the hard work because he has a job that gives him muscle spasm.

Overall, as the part I read Ponyboy who is the main character thinks that his big brother Darry is an ass but he really is not because all he do wanting the best of him and always worrying about him since their is no one else to except Sodapop here is a quote from Sodapop have to say about Darry because of Ponyboy's life "Listen, kiddo, when Darry hollers at you . . . he don't mean nothin'. He's just got more worries than somebody his age ought to. Don't take him serious . . . you dig, Pony? He's really proud of you 'cause you're so brainy. It's just because you're the baby-I mean, he loves you a lot." As people can see is that Darry is just caring about his little brother by yelling at him and teaching him the bad things and the rights things. Darry is just trying to be the bigger man as he is trying to be so he can take care of his brothers which is one of the main points of the story.
As reading through the book I sort of see what the other is really trying to show us in my opinion. I think that it is about care for each other I am talking about Ponyboy Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, and Darry Curtis. Because they're parents died in a car accident so now Darry who is the oldest is in charge of everything that is happening. Darry have two jobs because there would not be anyone else to support them. He works to give them food so they would not be sad all the time because there parents usably give them food and make it but they are not there. So that is why i think that the author is trying to say look how important caring is and if they were not taking care of each other they would get in a big mess or even to death because the symbols of their gang.

Carrying is a good thing for the family because I know that it would not be great if one of your brothers or sisters die. (Just trying to get to the point this is an example) Anyways they are so worried about each other because they do not want anymore people from their family to die. That is all they have is each other. Here is a quote were it showed that Darry cared about Ponyboy as he left his house for 5 days
"Oh, Pony, I thought we'd lost you . . . like we did Mom and Dad . . ."
This shows a lot of love in my opinion and it also showing that he really cares about him because he does not want anyone from his family to pass away because he Darry said that his Mom and Dad are enough.

I think that this was well achieved because it does not just show one place where the other one cares about each other there is many different places like when Ponyboy was getting jumped his brother and the whole Greasers came to have his back. There are many different places where there is love and carrying but I am just naming the main thing that had me almost in a tear drop. Which is the one above?
The paragraphs above are both of my review of the book. Which the second one was more accurate because I had read more into the story it brings a lot of info and it grabs people attention. It was a great book also it is one of my favorite. It gives me ideas of how I should change and become a better person. They have been through a very rough time in life because they were orphans and were in a gang which makes them extremely unsafe. It gives me and idea in the future of how should I become when I lost my parents, I know that I will change deeply and do what my parents would expect me to do to keep them happy and myself.

2nd Review of the OUTSIDERS

What was the author's purpose(s) in writing this book, and how can you tell? How well was this purpose achieved?  
     As reading through the book i sort of see what the other is really trying to show us in my opinion. I think that it is about care for each other I am talking about Ponyboy Curtis, Sodapop Curtis, and Darry Curtis. Because they're parents died in a car accident so now Darry who is the oldest is in charge of everything that is happening. Darry have two jobs because there would not be anyone else to support them. He works to give them food so they would not be sad all the time because there parents ussaly give them food and make it but they are not there. So that is why i think that the author is trying to say look how important carring is and if they were not taking care of each other they would get in a big mess or even to death because the symbols of their gang.

     Carrying is a good thing for the family because i know that it would not be great if one of your brothers or sisters die. (just trying to get to the point this is an example) Anyways they are so worried about each other because they do not want anymore people from their family to die. That is all they have is each other. Here is a quote were it showed that Darry cared about Ponyboy as he left his house for 5 days

"Oh, Pony, I thought we'd lost you . . . like we did Mom and Dad . . ."

this shows a lot of love in my opinion and it also showing that he really cares about him because he does not want anyone from his family to pass away because he Darry said that his Mom and Dad are enough.

     I think that this was well achieved because it does not just show one place where the other one cares about each other there is many different places like when Ponyboy was getting jumped his brother and the whole Greasers came to have his back. There is many different places where there is love and carrying but i am just naming the main thing that had me almost in a tear drop. Which is the one above.

Response to Adralyn

     As i was reading one of my groups which is Adralyn Zulu mini review about her book I found something interesting that grab my attention which was:

Not trying to say something wrong but most people know black women as people with bog booty and big boobs. So when a women like that is trying to be in something where some men think they can use them to get a little something they want.

     The first sentence grab my attention because she is saying that most African American have big booty and big boobs. I just want to ask a question does it matter about how the body looks like and how it is appeared. Basically, I disagree because there might be some other people with different ethnicity that have that body shape.It is wrong to said that I know for some people it causes attraction but still your basically saying that African American have the most how do you know where is your proof. I know that i sound like i am in a rebuttal but i am just saying. When i say i disagree i do not mean like "WTF she hella stupid no they don't have big booty and big boobs" thats is just not me i would of said that personal to you but i know that you will know i am playing because we always play like that.

     In my opinion i could of said yes but people will be like oo Saber i see you trying to holla and they would think i am a perve for check out people body.  But i am not saying anything negative about African American body shape. All i am saying that they are not the only person that have shapes like that there are many ethnicity you do not even know so you can not just bring it out like that. I would of agreed with you if you had prove to back it up but i am guessing you do and i am also guessing that you rushed on this and put personal thoughts into but make sure that you know what your saying. It is wrong because you have not seen others ethnicity, also that is the main reason why i had to disagree with you on that.