Reflections of my English Year

This year in English we had an IMMENSE amount of projects. Although at many times I was overwhelmed with work, this class has taught me a lot. These projects have involved using all aspects of what we knew prior to this class, including the first day of class when we discussed our meaningful learning experience, up to recently when we did the poem anthology. All of these “great” projects tested our skill in writing and helped us to become better writers.

I made great progress in my abilities to read, write, listen and speak for information and understanding. An experience that reflects my ability to do all the processes that I have stated was when we read “Our Town” by Thorton Wilder and then discussed the values of Jericho. To further increase our knowledge of Jericho, we interviewed people that have lived in Jericho for multiple decades to tell us about Jericho in the past. The three people that we interviewed were Gerda Miller, Ms. Murphy and M...