Confused about Transitional Sentences

          As I read through a memoir in chapter 60 of my English 101 course book, I see the paragraphs of the article jump from one topic to another without really relating to the same thing.  The first paragraph starts off by explaining a little bit of the author’s history and the thesis statement which is related to making friends.  The next paragraph starts off with describing another area that he had lived at as a boy.  I see this article going from subject to subject and apparently, the article is correct.  I do the same thing when I write and I get marked down…..I obviously do not understand transitional sentences. 

A Tough Experience

          The experience of development and writing has been a roller coaster.  I write everyday about my thoughts.  I like writing about things that interest me.  Even though I scored 100% on a college English placement test, I certainly was not prepared for what the class involved.  I have never been super great in an English class.  This class is no different.  From the very first assignment I didn’t really know what I was supposed to do.  I have read the book work and listened to my teacher in class yet putting my thoughts down in an articulate way is tough for me to accomplish.

Fantasy, Mystery, and Ambiguity Review

          Fantasy, Mystery, and Ambiguity, a literary analysis written by Philip Nel, discusses the first four installments of Harry Potter.  I really enjoyed what the writer had to say about the Harry Potter series, however, I didn’t feel that it was necessary to include similarities from other children’s fantasies such as Lloyd Alexander’s chronicles of Prydain, Susan Coopers Dark Is Rising series and Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy.  I feel that just analyzing the Harry Potter installments would have been good enough on its own rather than bringing in examples that were never discussed further other than relating that children like to feel like they are something more than ordinary. 

Revisions, Revisions, Revisions

          I was pleasantly surprised with my conference with my English class.  I thought that my paper was going to be ripped to shreds and feared that I was not on the right path for the given assignment.  The hints I was given to revise my paper made sense and I am going about it by watching my scene from Shrek the Third again.  Having my teacher’s words in the back on my mind, I continue to rewrite my thesis statement to make it fit with the paper.  Overall I hope that the revising of my paper will meet my teacher’s standards.

We Are All Good and Bad

          In Fantasy, Mystery and Ambiguity, a literary analysis written by Philip Nel, one passage describing Harry Potter grabbed my attention.  “Just as we all must come to terms with who we are, Harry also wonders if some of his abilities make him a bad person.”  I always thought that the bad parts of me were not really me.  I recently learned that both the bad and good parts make up who I am.  They make up part of who everyone is.  Sometimes our abilities are not good or bad, they just are.  How we use our abilities is our choice.  We can choose to use our abilities for good or evil.   

Questions for my Conference

          Conferences are coming up and I have a couple of questions pertaining to assignment number three.  I would like to know the overall impression of my paper.  Did I fulfill the assignment?  Did I analyze the film I sis the assignment on properly? Was I able to capture the reader’s attention?  Was I able to keep the reader’s attention throughout the paper?  Did I create any new views on the movie Shrek the Third pertaining to stereotypes in women and how they are being portrayed to children?  What can I do differently within my paper to get a better result?  

Tired of Chapter 57

           I have written two previous blogs about different argument articles and I don’t want to write about them anymore.  Part of the reason that I do not want to write about an article in chapter 57 could be that the articles do not interest me what-so-ever and when I try to read them, I want to go to sleep.  I like reading articles that interest me.  Some topics that interest me would be environmental issues, women’s issues, and vaccines.  I read articles and arguments every day that pertain to one of those issues.  I wish I could pick an article off the internet that interests me to blog about.