Thursday 19th

 Today in class we started off with a quick write on something that reminds us of our childhood and why. I wrote that Barbie dolls and movies reminded me of my childhood because since little I would watch Barbie movies with my cousins and play with our dolls and a Barbie dreamhouse. Once we were done writing we analyzed and read a poem by Robert Frost called "Birches." After reading the poem and annotating it we learned that the poem was in first person point-of-view. The poem talks about childhood, and how as you get older you start wishing that you could go back to when you were a child without responsibility and able to enjoy life. Once we were done reading the poem we had to write down some themes we got from the poem. Some things we wrote down were; Life is only what you make it, your childhood could help or hurt you, and nature can make you feel free and happy. Before class ended we had to write a paragraph talking about what was our special spot where we go to when feeling down and why we considered it our special spot. I wrote that my special spot was my room because when I'm feeling down I can go to my room and distract myself by rearranging my stuff or just lying down on my bed and listening to music. I also consider it my special spot because if I need some alone time and quiet I can go to my room where there won't be any noise and I can get my thoughts straight without any interruptions. We were also given the chance to get extra credit on our blog if we needed to bring our grades up.